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| Thursday, March 12 -Professional Workshops |
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| 9:00am- 12:00pm |
Concurrent Workshops |
| Workshop 1 |
How to Apply for Grants
Eleanor Hanna, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Special Projects and Centers, Office of Research on Women’s Health, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health Chair, NIH Working Group on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Office of the Director, NIH Advisory Committee, Women’s Health Agenda for the 21st Century, American Psychological Association
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| Workshop 2 |
Treating Sleep, Pain & Fatigue Among ME/CFS Patients
Lucinda Bateman, M.D.
Board Member IACFS/ME, Secretary
Director, Fatigue Consultation Clinic, Salt Lake City, UT Adjunct Clinical Faculty, University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
Adjunct Instructor, University of Utah, Family and Preventive Medicine
Charles W. Lapp, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor, Duke University Medical Center
Medical Director, Hunter-Hopkins Center
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| 12:00pm - 1:00pm |
Lunch Break |
| 1:00pm – 4:00pm |
Concurrent Workshops |
| Workshop 3 |
Behavioral Assessment and Treatment of ME/CFS
Fred Friedberg, PhD
Board Member IACFS/ME, Treasurer
Assistant Professor, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
Leonard Jason, PhD
Board Member IACFS/ME, Vice President
Professor, Clinical and Community Psychology, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
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| Workshop 4 |
Research 101
Suzanne Vernon, Ph.D.
Scientific Director, CFIDS Association of America, Charlotte, NC |
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| Friday, March 13 - Professional Meeting |
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| 8:00am - 8:15am |
Welcome and Introduction
Nancy Klimas, M.D.
Board Member IACFS/ME, President |
| 8:15am – 8:45am |
Fatigue Science for Human Health
Yasuyoshi Watanabe, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, RIKEN Center for Molecular Imaging Science
Professor, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan |
| 8:45am – 10:00am |
Session 1: Pharmacologic and Non-Pharmacologic Treatment Advances
Chair: Hirohito Kuratsune, M.D., D. Med. Sci.
Designing TLR-therapeutics for treatment of virally-induced and/or immune-complex mediated inflammation and fatigue in animal models of lupus and chronic fatigue syndrome
Petar Lenert, MD, PhD
Response to Treatment in CFS: Evaluation of Combining Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Graded Exercise Therapy
Greta Moorkens, MD, PhD
The Influence of EMDR and BioFeedback on the Hypervigilance in CFS
Elke Van Hoof, Ph.D.
Alternative Medical Interventions used in the Treatment and Management of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia
Nicole Porter, Ph.D
Interferon and Cytokine Levels in a Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Phase III Clinical Trial (AMP-516) of Ampligen® (Poly I : C12U) in CFS
David R. Strayer, M.D
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| 10:00am - 10:15am |
Break / Visit Exhibits |
| 10:15am – 11:30pm |
Session 1 (Continued): Pharmacologic and Non-Pharmacologic Treatment Advances
Chair: Fred Friedberg, Ph.D.
The Patients’ own Experiences of Post-Giardiasis Fatigue Syndrome and the Rehabilitation Process Following a Gastrointestinal Infection in 2004
Eva Stormorken RN, MSc.
How is Physical Activity Experienced by CFS Patients? A Focus Group Study
Kirsti Malterud MD, PhD
Calling in Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Michael H. Antoni, Ph.D.
Understanding and Overcoming Trauma Induced by CFS/ME, FM, and Other Chronic Conditions
Patricia A. Fennell, MSW, LCSW-R
Immune and Viral Response to Isoprinosine in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Maria Araceli Vera, MD
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| 11:30pm - 1:00pm |
Lunch Break/Visit Exhibitors |
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Note: Lunch is Self Pay from hotel restaurants.
Networking Session: All attendees are invited to bring their lunch to the networking center during the lunch break to network with colleagues about possible interdisciplinary studies. |
| 1:00pm – 2:20pm |
Session 5: New Developments in Epidemiology
Chair: Leonard Jason, Ph.D.
Causes of Death in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Compared to Deaths in Non-CFS Patients
Rosamund Vallings MB BS
Co-morbid medical and psychiatric conditions in fatigued and well persons: a population study in Georgia, USA
James F. Jones, MD
Revision of exclusion criteria for CFS on pre-existing mental disorders will increase the number of CFS patients by 10%.
Matsui Tokuzo MD, PhD
A case-control study of chronic fatigue syndrome in Swedish Twins
Andreas Jacks, MD
Mental stress symptoms is most strongly associated with fatigue: a population-based comparison of demographic, mental stress, somatic morbidity, and self-rated health variables
Anners Lerdal, RN, PhD
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| 2:20pm – 2:35pm |
Break / Visit Exhibits |
| 2:35pm – 4:00pm |
Sessions 5 New Developments in Epidemiology (Continued)
Clinical and laboratory characteristics of post-infective fatigue syndrome after acute Q fever: a prospective Australian cohort
Andrew Lloyd MD, PhD
Work-related risk factors for chronic fatigue
Eliana Mattos Lacerda, MD, PhD
Gynecological history in women with CFS: a population-based study in Wichita, KS
Roumiana S. Boneva, MD, PhD
Classification of Persons with ME/CFS by Types of Fatigue
Aaron Boulton, B.A.
Demonstration of a Correlation between Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and the Incidence of NHL in a Nevada Cohort
Julie Smith Gagen, MPH, PhD
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| 4:00pm – 5:00pm |
Session 4: Neuroendocrine Advances
Chair: Gudrun Lange, Ph.D.
Hormonal evaluation in the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Andrea Suarez
Adrenergic and Sensory Receptor Expression on Leukocytes Increases After Moderate Exercise in Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia
Alan Light, Ph.D.
Neuropeptide Y (NPY): Correlates with Sympton Severity in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Mary Ann Fletcher, Ph.D.
Pre-existing psychological stress predicts acute and Chronic Fatigue Following Symptomatic Parvovirus B19 Infection
Jonathan R. Kerr, M.D., Ph.D.
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| 5:00pm – 5:30pm |
Keynote Presentation
Speaker TBD
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| 5:30pm – 6:30pm |
Visit Poster Presentations / Exhibits |
| 6:30pm |
Special IACFS/ME Fundraising Reception Sponsored by the Whittemore-Peterson Institute for Neuro-Immune Disease |
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| Saturday, March 14 |
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| 8:00am – 9:00am |
Difficult Clinical Cases Discussed
Nancy Klimas, M.D.
Board Member IACFS/ME, President
Birgitta Evengård, M.D., Ph.D.,
Board Member IACFS/ME, Vice President
Associate Professor, Department Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Lucinda Bateman, M.D.
Board Member, IACFS/ME. Secretary
Fatigue Consultation Clinic, Salt Lake City , UT
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| 9:00am – 10:15am |
Session 3: Infectious Disease Research
Chair: Nancy Klimas, M.D.
Herpesvirus and parvovirus B19 DNA in the gastric and intestinal mucosa of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome
Kenny De Meirleir, M.D., Ph.D.
Identification of Differentially Expressed Viruses in American CFS Patients Probed with a custom mammalian virus microarray
Judy A. Mikovits, PhD
High prevalence of IgM antibodies to EBV VCA but not of elevated EBV VCA IgG in patients with CFS
Nadine Unterwalder
Active HHV-6 and HHV-7 Infection and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Modra Murovska, MD, PhD
Serological investigation of the role of the Herpes viruses, EBV, CMV and HHV-6 in post-infective fatigue syndrome: a masked case-control study
Barbara Cameron PhD
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| 10:15am – 10:30am |
Break/Visit Exhibits |
| 10:30am – 12:00pm |
Session 6: The Latest Research in Immunology
Chair: Nancy Klimas, M.D.
The Immunological Profile of an Australian Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Female Population
Ekua Weba Brenu HBSc,
Immunological Biomarkers Fail to Discriminate Between CFS and Control Subjects
Christopher R. Snell, Ph.D
Isolating Characteristic Immune Signals under Challenge in Gulf War Illness
Gordon Broderick, Ph.D.
Serum Cytokine and Chemokine Profiles of Individuals with ME/CFS Distinguish Unique Subgroups Amont Patient Populations
Vincent C Lombardi, PhD
Patterns of Cytokine Expression in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Nancy G Klimas, M.D.
The Importance of Viral vs. Non-Viral Onset Subgrouping in an ME/CFS Community Sample: Differences in Cytokine Production and Expression.
Nicole Porter, Ph.D
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| 12:00pm – 1:15pm |
Lunch Break/Visit Exhibitors
Note: Lunch is Self Pay from hotel restaurants.
Founders Lunch for all Past Presidents: Networking lunch dedicated to Founders Session; Past presidents (Anthony Komaroff; Dedra Buchwald; Benjamin Natelson; Dharam Ablashi ; Nancy Klimas and Ed Taylor
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| 1:15pm – 2:15pm |
Session 7: Assessment Issues from Biological to Behavioral
Chair: Fred Friedberg, Ph.D.
An Investigation of CFS Heterogeneity Utilizing Structural Equation Models
Eric Aslakson
Associations between CFS severity measures and changes in MR and brain SPECT images of the brain
Leighton Barnden PhD
A Diagnostic Test for the Identification of Metabolic Dysfunction
J. Mark VanNess, Ph.D.
Chronic fatigue syndrome and mitochondrial dysfunction
Norman E. Booth, Ph D
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| 2:15pm – 2:30pm |
Break / Visit Exhibits |
| 2:30pm – 4:30pm |
Session 8: New Developments in Pediatric ME/CFS
Chair: Leonard Jason, Ph.D.
Innate immune responses define pediatric CFS
Ritchie C. Shoemaker MD
Examining Criteria to Diagnose ME/CFS in Pediatric Samples
Leonard Jason, Ph.D.
Clinical Characteristics of Belgian Adolescents with Chronic Fatigue
Greta Moorkens, MD, PhD
Characteristics and recovery of children housebound with CFS/ME
Andrew Haig-Ferguson, BSc (hons), MSc
Do patterns of symptoms suggest distinct subtypes of pediatric chronic fatigue syndrome?
Esther Crawley BA(Hons), BM BCH, FRCPCH, PhD
Screening method of high risk group for childhood chronic fatigue syndrome from healthy students
Sanae Fukuda, Ph.D.
Selective and divided attention in childhood chronic fatigue syndrome
Kei Mizuno, Ph.D.
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| 4:30pm - 5:30pm |
Visit Poster Presentations / Exhibits |
| 5:15pm - 6:15pm |
IACFS/ME Membership Business Meeting |
| 6:30pm – 7:30pm |
IACFS/ME Social/Cocktails Hour |
| 7:30pm - 9:30pm |
Banquet Dinner |
| 8:30pm – 9:00pm |
Perpich Award |
| 9:00pm – 9:15pm |
Junior Investigator Award |
| 9:15pm – 9:30pm |
Clinician Award
Special Service Award
Research Award
Research Award
Research Award
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| Sunday, March 15 |
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| 8:00am - 8:30am |
Genomics
Jonathan R. Kerr, M.D., Ph.D.
Consultant in Microbiology, St. George’s Hospital, London, UK Sir Joseph Hotung Senior Lecturer in Inflammation, St. George’s University of London, UK |
| 8:30am – 10:15am |
Session 9: Research Developments in Genetics
Chair: Nancy Klimas, M.D.
Gene polymorphism studies support the implication of intestinal dysfunction and activation of the Th17 axis in chronic fatigue syndrome
Marc Fremont, Ph.D.
Microbial Infections in Eight Genomic Subtypes of Chronic Fatigue / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
Jonathan R Kerr MD, PhD, FRCPath
microRNA expression patterns in chronic fatigue syndrome.
Robert Daniel Petty
A Genomewide Association Study of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Mangalathu Rajeevan, PhD
Variation at the HLA and KIR gene loci in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Judy A. Mikovits, PhD
Cytokine polymorphisms have a synergistic effect on severity and duration of acute infective illnesses and post-infective fatigue
Andrew Lloyd MD, PhD
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| 10:15am – 10:30am |
Break |
| 10:30am – 11:30pm |
Session 10: Advances in Brain functioning
Chair: Gudrun Lange, Ph.D.
Do Physical Complaints Negatively Influence the Information Processing Speed in CFS?
Elke Van Hoof, Ph.D.
Electroencephalographic Data Distinguish Patients with CFS From Healthy and Depressed Controls
Frank H. Duffy, MD
Cognitive Function in Adolescents and Young Adults with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Laura Younis BNurs(Prereg), BAppSc(Psych)(Hons), Doctoral Candidate DPsych(Health)
Assessment of Amino Acid Neurotransmitter Function in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Major Depressive Disorder and Healthy Volunteers In Vivo using 1H MR Spectroscopy
Dikoma C. Shungu, Ph.D.
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| 11:30pm – 12:45pm |
Lunch / Visit Exhibits
Note: Lunch is Self Pay from hotel restaurants.
Networking Session: All attendees are invited to bring their lunch to the networking center during the lunch break to network with colleagues assessment and treatment issues.
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| 12:45pm – 1:45pm |
Modeling the Integrative Approach: The Japanese Experience
Co-Chair: Birgitta Evengård, MD, PhD
Co-Chair: Hirohito Kuratsune, M.D.
Development of anti-fatigue food and equipment through animal and human studies
Yasuyoshi Watanabe, MD, PhD
Relationship between fatigue and daily diet, and assessment of metal task induced fatigue model using heart rate variability analysis
Hirohiko Kuratsune, MD, PhD
Evaluation of labor’s fatigue using chaos analysis
Seiki Tajima, M.D.
Pathophysiology of chronic fatigue syndrome in childhood
Teruhisa Miike, M.D.Ph.D
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| 1:45pm – 2:30pm |
Summary of the Conference
Anthony L. Komaroff, M.D.
Simcox-Clifford –Higby Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School |
| 2:30pm |
Conference ends |
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| Thursday, March 12 -Professional Workshops |
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| 9:00am- 12:00pm |
Concurrent Workshops |
| Workshop 1 |
How to Apply for Grants
Eleanor Hanna, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Special Projects and Centers, Office of Research on Women’s Health, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health Chair, NIH Working Group on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Office of the Director, NIH Advisory Committee, Women’s Health Agenda for the 21st Century, American Psychological Association
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| Workshop 2 |
Treating Sleep, Pain & Fatigue Among ME/CFS Patients
Lucinda Bateman, M.D.
Board Member IACFS/ME, Secretary
Director, Fatigue Consultation Clinic, Salt Lake City, UT Adjunct Clinical Faculty, University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
Adjunct Instructor, University of Utah, Family and Preventive Medicine
Charles W. Lapp, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor, Duke University Medical Center
Medical Director, Hunter-Hopkins Center
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| 12:00pm - 1:00pm |
Lunch Break |
| 1:00pm – 4:00pm |
Concurrent Workshops |
| Workshop 3 |
Behavioral Assessment and Treatment of ME/CFS
Fred Friedberg, PhD
Board Member IACFS/ME, Treasurer
Assistant Professor, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
Leonard Jason, PhD
Board Member IACFS/ME, Vice President
Professor, Clinical and Community Psychology, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
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| Workshop 4 |
Research 101
Suzanne Vernon, Ph.D.
Scientific Director, CFIDS Association of America, Charlotte, NC |
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| Friday, March 13 - Professional Meeting |
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| 8:00am - 8:15am |
Welcome and Introduction
Nancy Klimas, M.D.
Board Member IACFS/ME, President |
| 8:15am – 8:45am |
Fatigue Science for Human Health
Yasuyoshi Watanabe, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, RIKEN Center for Molecular Imaging Science
Professor, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan |
| 8:45am – 10:00am |
Session 1: Pharmacologic and Non-Pharmacologic Treatment Advances
Chair: Hirohito Kuratsune, M.D., D. Med. Sci.
Designing TLR-therapeutics for treatment of virally-induced and/or immune-complex mediated inflammation and fatigue in animal models of lupus and chronic fatigue syndrome
Petar Lenert, MD, PhD
Response to Treatment in CFS: Evaluation of Combining Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Graded Exercise Therapy
Greta Moorkens, MD, PhD
The Influence of EMDR and BioFeedback on the Hypervigilance in CFS
Elke Van Hoof, Ph.D.
Alternative Medical Interventions used in the Treatment and Management of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia
Nicole Porter, Ph.D
Interferon and Cytokine Levels in a Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Phase III Clinical Trial (AMP-516) of Ampligen® (Poly I : C12U) in CFS
David R. Strayer, M.D
|
| 10:00am - 10:15am |
Break / Visit Exhibits |
| 10:15am – 11:30pm |
Session 1 (Continued): Pharmacologic and Non-Pharmacologic Treatment Advances
Chair: Fred Friedberg, Ph.D.
The Patients’ own Experiences of Post-Giardiasis Fatigue Syndrome and the Rehabilitation Process Following a Gastrointestinal Infection in 2004
Eva Stormorken RN, MSc.
How is Physical Activity Experienced by CFS Patients? A Focus Group Study
Kirsti Malterud MD, PhD
Calling in Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Michael H. Antoni, Ph.D.
Understanding and Overcoming Trauma Induced by CFS/ME, FM, and Other Chronic Conditions
Patricia A. Fennell, MSW, LCSW-R
Immune and Viral Response to Isoprinosine in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Maria Araceli Vera, MD
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| 11:30pm - 1:00pm |
Lunch Break/Visit Exhibitors |
| |
Note: Lunch is Self Pay from hotel restaurants.
Networking Session: All attendees are invited to bring their lunch to the networking center during the lunch break to network with colleagues about possible interdisciplinary studies. |
| 1:00pm – 2:20pm |
Session 5: New Developments in Epidemiology
Chair: Leonard Jason, Ph.D.
Causes of Death in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Compared to Deaths in Non-CFS Patients
Rosamund Vallings MB BS
Co-morbid medical and psychiatric conditions in fatigued and well persons: a population study in Georgia, USA
James F. Jones, MD
Revision of exclusion criteria for CFS on pre-existing mental disorders will increase the number of CFS patients by 10%.
Matsui Tokuzo MD, PhD
A case-control study of chronic fatigue syndrome in Swedish Twins
Andreas Jacks, MD
Mental stress symptoms is most strongly associated with fatigue: a population-based comparison of demographic, mental stress, somatic morbidity, and self-rated health variables
Anners Lerdal, RN, PhD
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| 2:20pm – 2:35pm |
Break / Visit Exhibits |
| 2:35pm – 4:00pm |
Sessions 5 New Developments in Epidemiology (Continued)
Clinical and laboratory characteristics of post-infective fatigue syndrome after acute Q fever: a prospective Australian cohort
Andrew Lloyd MD, PhD
Work-related risk factors for chronic fatigue
Eliana Mattos Lacerda, MD, PhD
Gynecological history in women with CFS: a population-based study in Wichita, KS
Roumiana S. Boneva, MD, PhD
Classification of Persons with ME/CFS by Types of Fatigue
Aaron Boulton, B.A.
Demonstration of a Correlation between Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and the Incidence of NHL in a Nevada Cohort
Julie Smith Gagen, MPH, PhD
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| 4:00pm – 5:00pm |
Session 4: Neuroendocrine Advances
Chair: Gudrun Lange, Ph.D.
Hormonal evaluation in the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Andrea Suarez
Adrenergic and Sensory Receptor Expression on Leukocytes Increases After Moderate Exercise in Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia
Alan Light, Ph.D.
Neuropeptide Y (NPY): Correlates with Sympton Severity in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Mary Ann Fletcher, Ph.D.
Pre-existing psychological stress predicts acute and Chronic Fatigue Following Symptomatic Parvovirus B19 Infection
Jonathan R. Kerr, M.D., Ph.D.
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| 5:00pm – 5:30pm |
Keynote Presentation
Speaker TBD
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| 5:30pm – 6:30pm |
Visit Poster Presentations / Exhibits |
| 6:30pm |
Special IACFS/ME Fundraising Reception Sponsored by the Whittemore-Peterson Institute for Neuro-Immune Disease |
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| Saturday, March 14 |
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| 8:00am – 9:00am |
Difficult Clinical Cases Discussed
Nancy Klimas, M.D.
Board Member IACFS/ME, President
Birgitta Evengård, M.D., Ph.D.,
Board Member IACFS/ME, Vice President
Associate Professor, Department Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Lucinda Bateman, M.D.
Board Member, IACFS/ME. Secretary
Fatigue Consultation Clinic, Salt Lake City , UT
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| 9:00am – 10:15am |
Session 3: Infectious Disease Research
Chair: Nancy Klimas, M.D.
Herpesvirus and parvovirus B19 DNA in the gastric and intestinal mucosa of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome
Kenny De Meirleir, M.D., Ph.D.
Identification of Differentially Expressed Viruses in American CFS Patients Probed with a custom mammalian virus microarray
Judy A. Mikovits, PhD
High prevalence of IgM antibodies to EBV VCA but not of elevated EBV VCA IgG in patients with CFS
Nadine Unterwalder
Active HHV-6 and HHV-7 Infection and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Modra Murovska, MD, PhD
Serological investigation of the role of the Herpes viruses, EBV, CMV and HHV-6 in post-infective fatigue syndrome: a masked case-control study
Barbara Cameron PhD
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| 10:15am – 10:30am |
Break/Visit Exhibits |
| 10:30am – 12:00pm |
Session 6: The Latest Research in Immunology
Chair: Nancy Klimas, M.D.
The Immunological Profile of an Australian Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Female Population
Ekua Weba Brenu HBSc,
Immunological Biomarkers Fail to Discriminate Between CFS and Control Subjects
Christopher R. Snell, Ph.D
Isolating Characteristic Immune Signals under Challenge in Gulf War Illness
Gordon Broderick, Ph.D.
Serum Cytokine and Chemokine Profiles of Individuals with ME/CFS Distinguish Unique Subgroups Amont Patient Populations
Vincent C Lombardi, PhD
Patterns of Cytokine Expression in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Nancy G Klimas, M.D.
The Importance of Viral vs. Non-Viral Onset Subgrouping in an ME/CFS Community Sample: Differences in Cytokine Production and Expression.
Nicole Porter, Ph.D
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| 12:00pm – 1:15pm |
Lunch Break/Visit Exhibitors
Note: Lunch is Self Pay from hotel restaurants.
Founders Lunch for all Past Presidents: Networking lunch dedicated to Founders Session; Past presidents (Anthony Komaroff; Dedra Buchwald; Benjamin Natelson; Dharam Ablashi ; Nancy Klimas and Ed Taylor
|
| 1:15pm – 2:15pm |
Session 7: Assessment Issues from Biological to Behavioral
Chair: Fred Friedberg, Ph.D.
An Investigation of CFS Heterogeneity Utilizing Structural Equation Models
Eric Aslakson
Associations between CFS severity measures and changes in MR and brain SPECT images of the brain
Leighton Barnden PhD
A Diagnostic Test for the Identification of Metabolic Dysfunction
J. Mark VanNess, Ph.D.
Chronic fatigue syndrome and mitochondrial dysfunction
Norman E. Booth, Ph D
|
| 2:15pm – 2:30pm |
Break / Visit Exhibits |
| 2:30pm – 4:30pm |
Session 8: New Developments in Pediatric ME/CFS
Chair: Leonard Jason, Ph.D.
Innate immune responses define pediatric CFS
Ritchie C. Shoemaker MD
Examining Criteria to Diagnose ME/CFS in Pediatric Samples
Leonard Jason, Ph.D.
Clinical Characteristics of Belgian Adolescents with Chronic Fatigue
Greta Moorkens, MD, PhD
Characteristics and recovery of children housebound with CFS/ME
Andrew Haig-Ferguson, BSc (hons), MSc
Do patterns of symptoms suggest distinct subtypes of pediatric chronic fatigue syndrome?
Esther Crawley BA(Hons), BM BCH, FRCPCH, PhD
Screening method of high risk group for childhood chronic fatigue syndrome from healthy students
Sanae Fukuda, Ph.D.
Selective and divided attention in childhood chronic fatigue syndrome
Kei Mizuno, Ph.D.
|
| 4:30pm - 5:30pm |
Visit Poster Presentations / Exhibits |
| 5:15pm - 6:15pm |
IACFS/ME Membership Business Meeting |
| 6:30pm – 7:30pm |
IACFS/ME Social/Cocktails Hour |
| 7:30pm - 9:30pm |
Banquet Dinner |
| 8:30pm – 9:00pm |
Perpich Award |
| 9:00pm – 9:15pm |
Junior Investigator Award |
| 9:15pm – 9:30pm |
Clinician Award
Special Service Award
Research Award
Research Award
Research Award
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| Sunday, March 15 |
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| 8:00am - 8:30am |
Genomics
Jonathan R. Kerr, M.D., Ph.D.
Consultant in Microbiology, St. George’s Hospital, London, UK Sir Joseph Hotung Senior Lecturer in Inflammation, St. George’s University of London, UK |
| 8:30am – 10:15am |
Session 9: Research Developments in Genetics
Chair: Nancy Klimas, M.D.
Gene polymorphism studies support the implication of intestinal dysfunction and activation of the Th17 axis in chronic fatigue syndrome
Marc Fremont, Ph.D.
Microbial Infections in Eight Genomic Subtypes of Chronic Fatigue / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
Jonathan R Kerr MD, PhD, FRCPath
microRNA expression patterns in chronic fatigue syndrome.
Robert Daniel Petty
A Genomewide Association Study of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Mangalathu Rajeevan, PhD
Variation at the HLA and KIR gene loci in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Judy A. Mikovits, PhD
Cytokine polymorphisms have a synergistic effect on severity and duration of acute infective illnesses and post-infective fatigue
Andrew Lloyd MD, PhD
|
| 10:15am – 10:30am |
Break |
| 10:30am – 11:30pm |
Session 10: Advances in Brain functioning
Chair: Gudrun Lange, Ph.D.
Do Physical Complaints Negatively Influence the Information Processing Speed in CFS?
Elke Van Hoof, Ph.D.
Electroencephalographic Data Distinguish Patients with CFS From Healthy and Depressed Controls
Frank H. Duffy, MD
Cognitive Function in Adolescents and Young Adults with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Laura Younis BNurs(Prereg), BAppSc(Psych)(Hons), Doctoral Candidate DPsych(Health)
Assessment of Amino Acid Neurotransmitter Function in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Major Depressive Disorder and Healthy Volunteers In Vivo using 1H MR Spectroscopy
Dikoma C. Shungu, Ph.D.
|
| 11:30pm – 12:45pm |
Lunch / Visit Exhibits
Note: Lunch is Self Pay from hotel restaurants.
Networking Session: All attendees are invited to bring their lunch to the networking center during the lunch break to network with colleagues assessment and treatment issues.
|
| 12:45pm – 1:45pm |
Modeling the Integrative Approach: The Japanese Experience
Co-Chair: Birgitta Evengård, MD, PhD
Co-Chair: Hirohito Kuratsune, M.D.
Development of anti-fatigue food and equipment through animal and human studies
Yasuyoshi Watanabe, MD, PhD
Relationship between fatigue and daily diet, and assessment of metal task induced fatigue model using heart rate variability analysis
Hirohiko Kuratsune, MD, PhD
Evaluation of labor’s fatigue using chaos analysis
Seiki Tajima, M.D.
Pathophysiology of chronic fatigue syndrome in childhood
Teruhisa Miike, M.D.Ph.D
|
| 1:45pm – 2:30pm |
Summary of the Conference
Anthony L. Komaroff, M.D.
Simcox-Clifford –Higby Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School |
| 2:30pm |
Conference ends |
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