We are delighted to welcome Julie Hughes to our Occupational Therapy Advisor to the Board. We hope to strengthen knowledge and capacity of our future clinic with her guidance. The role of Occupational Therapy is to assist people to participate in everyday life, the things they want to do, need to do, or are expected… Continue reading Occupational Therapy Advisor to the Board
Category: Research
Research Advisor to the Board
We are excited to welcome Dr Natalie Eaton-Fitch (PhD) to our Research Advisor to the Board. Natalie is a Research Fellow at the National Centre for Neuroimmunology and Emerging Diseases (NCNED), Griffith University. She holds a multidisciplinary PhD in Immunology and Epidemiology in the field of ME/CFS. Natalie’s research at the NCNED has been instrumental… Continue reading Research Advisor to the Board
MRI Research Presentation by Associate Professor Leighton Barnden
MRI manifestation of brainstem regulatory deficits in ME/CFS A researcher from the National Centre for Neuroimmunology and Emerging Diseases (NCNED), Associate Professor Leighton Barnden presented their MRI research at the ME/CFS International Conference 2021:RID held in November last year. The NCNED has shared the recording of the Associate Professor’s presentation on their Facebook page. We… Continue reading MRI Research Presentation by Associate Professor Leighton Barnden
MRI and Neuroimaging Research Advisor to the Board
We are excited to welcome Dr Kiran Thapaliya (PhD) to our team. Kiran has accepted to be our Neuroimaging Research Advisor to the Board.
His expertise will strengthen the evidence on neurological abnormalities with ME-ICC. It will help us to create Clinical Pathway for ME and Neuroimaging protocol for clinicians.
Research Innovation and Discovery (RID) International Conference 2021 – Report
On 16 and 17 November 2021, The National Centre for Neuroimmunology and Emerging Disease (NCNED) hosted the ME/CFS International Conference 2021: RID-Research Innovation and Discovery conference. As a caution, this layperson report may not agree with other attendants’ reports and feedbacks. I wish I could share the details of all presentations and lectures from the… Continue reading Research Innovation and Discovery (RID) International Conference 2021 – Report
Knowledge Translation and Research Advisor to the Board
We are excited to welcome Dr Maria Alejandra Pinero de Plaza (PhD) to our team! Alejandra has accepted to be our Knowledge Translation and Research Advisor to the Board. Alejandra is a scientist committed to facilitating healthy living and better public health services through knowledge translation and health research. She is a Research Fellow at… Continue reading Knowledge Translation and Research Advisor to the Board
NCNED – International Conference RID 2021 Registration
National Centre for Neuroimmunology and Emerging Disease (NCNED) has opened the early bird registration for the International Conference RID 2021. You can make the reservation and pay the fee here. RID stands for Research, Innovation and Discovery. It is exciting to notice they have significantly reduced the fee this year and introduced concession fee for… Continue reading NCNED – International Conference RID 2021 Registration
NCNED – International Conference RID 2021
According to NCNED’s website, they are preparing for the biannual International Conference RID 2021 scheduled on 16-17 November 2021 on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. If you are a supporter of NCNED, you may be aware that their International Conference scheduled in 2020 was postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic. Let’s hope the pandemic will be… Continue reading NCNED – International Conference RID 2021
Research Recruitment – NCNED
Information shared at NCNED’s Facebook Page. NCNED is inviting patients formally diagnosed with ME/CFS and healthy controls (aged between 18 to 65 years old) to participate in continuing research using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain.Interested participants will be asked to undergo MRI scanning with an advanced ultra-high field scanner (7 Tesla) for 60… Continue reading Research Recruitment – NCNED