On October 17, 2019, the NIH hosted a webinar to update the community on their efforts to advance research on ME/CFS. The webinar, which was live-streamed via WebEx, featured the Chair of the NANDS Council Working Group for ME/CFS, Dr. Steven Roberds, PhD, who summarized the ME/CFS research findings that the Working Group presented to the NANDS Council about a month before. The video of the webinar as well as the transcript have now been posted on the NIH’s website.

The update included details about initiatives that are currently in progress at the NIH, including the efforts that NIH is making to encourage new research topics about ME/CFS and coordinating research on overlapping conditions, encouraging general outreach as well as outreach for scientific endeavors such as conferences, setting up an inter-agency Working Group, and identifying gaps in the field. That next step that the NIH plans to take is to develop a strategic plan which clearly states the process the NIH will use to fill the numerous needs in this field.

To watch the webinar or read the transcript, click here.