Professional Conference Faculty-Oral Presentations
 

Michael H. Antoni, Ph.D.
Leader, Biobehavioral Research Oncology Program, Sylvester Cancer Center
Professor, Psychology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami

Leighton Barnden Ph.D.
Chief Medical Scientist, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
 
Lucinda Bateman, M.D.
Board Member/ Secretary, IACFS/ME
Director, Fatigue Consultation Clinic, Salt Lake City, UT
Adjunct Clinical Faculty, University of Utah School of Medicine, Dept Internal Medicine
Adjunct Instructor, University of Utah, Family and Preventive Medicine
 
Roumiana S. Boneva, M.D., Ph.D.
Medical Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Volunteer Assistant Professor, Emory University, Dept of Psychiatry
 
Norman E. Booth, Ph.D.
Professorial Fellow Emeritus, Mansfield College, Depart of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Volunteer, Oxfordshire  M.E. Group for Action  (OMEGA)
 
Aaron J. Boulton, B.A.
Research Assistant, Center for Community Research, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
 
Ekua W.  Brenu, HBSc, Grad Dip BMed, Ph.D.-Student
Research Student, Bond University, Queensland, Australia
 
Gordon Broderick, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Depart of Medicine, Div Pulmonary Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
 
Barbara Cameron, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate / Lecturer, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
 
Esther Crawley , BA(Hons), BM BCH, FRCPCH, Ph.D.
Consultant Paediatrician, Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Bristol, UK
Senior Clinical Lecturer, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath  UK
Consultant Paediatrician, Clinical Lead Bath Specialist CFS/ME Service
 
Kenny L.  De Meirleir, M.D., Ph.D., FECC
Professor Physiology, Internist, Vrije Universiteit, Brussels, Belgium
 
Frank H. Duffy, M.D.
Director, Developmental Neurophysiology, Dept of Neurology, Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School
 
Birgitta Evengård, M.D., Ph.D.
Board Member/Vice President, IACFS/ME
Professor Infectious Diseases, Senior Consultant, Dept Clinical Microbiology, Div of Infectious Diseases, Umea University, Stockholm, Sweden
 
Patricia A. Fennell, MSW, LCSW-R
President & CEO, Albany Health Management Associates, Latham, NY
 
Mary Ann Fletcher, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine, Microbiology, Immunology and Psychology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL
 
Marc Fremont, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer, Protea Biopharma, Belgium
 
Fred Friedberg, Ph.D.
Board Member/Treasurer, IACFS/ME
Research Assistant Professor, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
Member,  Editorial Board. Health Psychology
 
Sanae Fukuda, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, RISTEX/JST, Osaka City University, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan         
 
Brian M. Gurbaxani, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Chronic Viral Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
 
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, Bethesda MD
 
Andreas Jacks, M.D.
Ph.D Student, Dept of Medical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
 
Natalie L. Hone
Medical Student/Research Assistant, Center for Multidisciplinary Research on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & Gulf War Illness, Miami, FL
 
Leonard  Jason, Ph.D.
Board Member / Vice President, IACFS/ME
Professor, Clinical and Community Psychology, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
 
James F. Jones, M.D.
Research Medical Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
 
The Honorable John Kitzhaber, M.D.
Governor of Oregon 1995-2003
Director, Center for Evidence Based Policy, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
 
Nancy Klimas, M.D.
Board Member/President, IACFS/ME
Professor of Medicine, University of Miami and the Miami VA Medical Center, Miami, FL
 
Anthony L. Komaroff, M.D.
Simcox-Clifford-Higby Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
 
Hirohito Kuratsune, M.D., D. Med. Sci       
Board Member, IACFS/ME
Professor, Faculty of Health Science for Welfare, Kansai University of Welfare Sciences
Visiting Professor, Department of Physiology, Osaka City University Medical, School,
Visiting Professor, Clinical Center for Fatigue Science, Osaka City University Medical School
Director, Japanese Society of Fatigue
 
Gudrun Lange, Ph.D.
Board Member, IACFS/ME
Clinical Neuropsychologist & Professor, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
Director, War Related Illness and Injury Study Center, DVA NJ Health Care System
 
Charles W. Lapp, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor, Duke University Medical Center
Medical Director, Hunter-Hopkins Center, Charlotte, NC
 
Petar S. Lenert, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, The University of Iowa
 
Anners Lerdal, RN, Ph.D.
Researcher, Buskerud University College / Aker University Hospital, Norway
 
Alan R. Light, Ph.D.
Professor, University of Utah, Dept of Anesthesiology and Dept of Neurobiology and Anatomy
 
Andrew Lloyd M.D. FRACP
Professor of Infectious Diseases, University of New South Wales
Director, Centre for Infection and Inflammation Research, Sydney, Australia
 
Vincent C Lombardi, Ph.D.
Research Scientist / Clinical Adjunct Professor, Departs of Microbiology and Pathology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV
Research Fellow, Whittemore Peterson Institute, Sparks, NV
 
Tokuzo Matsui M.D., Ph.D.
Research Fellow, Dept of Psychiatry, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
 
Eliana Mattos-Lacerda, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Manager, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, CFS/ME Observatory Nutrition & Public Health Intervention Research Unit, London, UK
 
Teruhisa Miike, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief, Children’s Sleep and Development Medical Research Center, Kohbe, Japan
Professor Emeritus, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
 
Judy A. Mikovits, Ph.D.
Research Director, Whittemore Peterson Institute for Neuro-Immune Disease, Reno,  NV
Clinical Adjunct Professor, University of Nevada School of Medicine at Reno, Departs of Pathology, Immunology and Microbiology
Vice President of Research, Genyous Biomed, Redwood Shores, CA
 
Kei Mizuno, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine
 
Greta Moorkens, M.D., Ph.D.
Vice Chair, Department of Internal Medicine, Antwerp University Hospital, Belgium
Faculty of Medicine, Antwerp University
 
Modra Murovska, M.D, Ph.D.
Director, August Kirchenstein Institute of Microbiology and Virology, Riga Stradins University
Member of Experts, Latvian Council of Science, Commission in Biology and Medicine, Latvia
 
Robert D. Petty, BSc.
Ph.D. Student, St. George’s Medical School, University of London, UK
Nicole S. Porter, Ph.D
Project Director, Center for Community Research, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
 
Mangalathu S. Rajeevan, Ph.D.
Research Microbiologist, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta, GA
 
Carmen Scheibenbogen, M.D.
Deputy Chair, Institute Medical Immunology, Charite, Germany
 
Ritchie C. Shoemaker ,M.D.
Medical Director, Center for Research in Biotoxin Associated Illnesses
 
Dikoma C. Shungu, Ph.D.
Professor of Physics in Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
 
Julie Smith Gagen, MPH, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, University of Nevada at Reno
 
Christopher R. Snell, Ph.D.
Professor, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
 
Eva Stormorken RN, CRNA, MNSc
Ph.D. Student, Institute of Nursing and Health Science, University of Oslo, Norway
 
David R. Strayer, M.D.
Medical Director, Hemispherex Biopharma
 
Andrea Suarez Segade, M.D.
Associate Professor, Medical School University of Barcelona, Spain
 
Seiki Tajima, M.D.
Lecturer, Kansai University of Welfare Sciences, Kashihara, Japan
 
Rosamund Vallings MB BS
Family Health Medical Practitioner, Howick Health and Medical Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
 
Elke Van Hoof, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist, Vrije Universiteit, Brussels, Belgium
 
J. Mark VanNess, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
Research Director, Pacific Fatigue Lab, University of the Pacific, Stockton,CA
 
Maria Araceli Vera, M.D.
Research Assistant, Center for Multidisciplinary Research on Chronic Faigue Syndrome & Gulf War Illness, Miami, FL
 
Suzanne D. Vernon, Ph.D.
Scientific Director, CFIDS Association of America, Charlotte, NC
 
Yasuyoshi Watanabe, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, RIKEN Center for Molecular Imaging Science
Professor, Osaka City University, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
 
Toni Whistler, Ph.D.
Research Microbiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,  Atlanta, GA
 
Laura Younis BNurs(Prereg), BAppSc(Psych)(Hons), Doctoral Candidate DPsych(Health)
Doctoral Candidate, Deakin University, Australia
 
Lihan Zhang
Medical Student, St. George’s University of London, UK

Professional Conference Poster Faculty

José Alegre, MD
Physiology Unit. Bellvitge University Hospital. Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain  

Eleanor K. Axe MD, PhD
Department of Epidemiology, University of California, Los Angeles
 
Alicia Blazquez – Montenegro
Psychologist / Family Therapist, Department of Physiological Sciences II, Medical School, University of Barcelona, L ’Hospitalet, Barcelona, Spain
 
Daniel Blockmans, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
 
Aaron J. Boulton, B.A.
Research Assistant, Center for Community Research, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
 
Ekua W. Brenu HBSc, Grad Dip BMed, Ph.D. Student
Research Student, Bond University, Queensland, Australia
 
Gordon Broderick, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
 
Barbara Cameron Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate / Lecturer, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
 
Bruce M. Carruthers, M.D
 
Paul R. Cheney MD, PhD
 
John Chia MD
EV Med Research, Lomita, CA
 
Dr.Dai Dechun
 
Violant Poca-Dias
Senior Rheumatologist, CIMA Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
 
Julie G. Donalek, R.N., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Patricia A. Fennell, MSW, LCSW-R
President & CEO, Albany Health Management Associates, Latham, NY
 
Kenneth J. Friedman, Ph.D.
Board Member, IACFS/ME
Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ
 
Deborah L. S. Goetz
Whittemore Peterson Institute, University of Nevada, , Reno, Nevada
 
Ashok Gupta MA, MSc  
Director, Harley Street Solutions, London, UK
 
Brian M. Gurbaxani, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Chronic Viral Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
 
John Herd
 
Byron Hyde M.D.
Nightingale Research Foundation, Ottawa, Canada
 
Leonard Jason, Ph.D.
Board Member / Vice President, IACFS/ME
Professor, Clinical and Community Psychology, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
 
Lawrence Klapow, Ph.D.
Scientist, Klapow Biosciences
 
Marian Dix Lemle
 
Anners Lerdal, R.N., Ph.D.
Researcher, Buskerud University College / Aker University Hospital, Norway
 
Susan Levine, M.D.
New Jersey Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Association
 
Vincent C Lombardi, Ph.D.
Research Scientist / Clinical Adjunct Professor, Departments of Microbiology and Pathology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV
Research Fellow, Whittemore Peterson Institute, Sparks, NV
 
Lionel Lubitz, M.B, ChB, MRCP(UK), FRACP
University of Melbourne / Austin and Royal Children’s Hospitals Melbourne Australia
 
Luis Carlos Nacul, MD, PhD, MFPH
Clinical Senior Lecturer, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Consultant, Public Health Genetics Foundation
 
Garth L. Nicolson, PhD
The Institute for Molecular Medicine,S. Laguna Beach, Ca
 
Martin L. Pall, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Basic Medical Sciences, Washington State University Research Director, The Tenth Paradigm Research Group, Portland, OR
 
Tae H. Park,M.D.
CFS/ME Clinic of Seoul, Korea
 
Lesley Parkinson, Ph.D.
Brainhealth, The Diagnostic Clinic, London, UK
 
Sue Pemberton, MSc
Consultant Occupational Therapist (MSc Professional Health Studies, BHSc Professional Health Studies, Diploma in Occupational Therapy), Leeds & West Yorkshire CFS/ME Service, Newsam Centre, Seacroft Hospital, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
 
Raymond N.  Perrin, D.O., Ph.D.
Hon. Sr. Lecturer, Allied Health Dept., University of Central Lancashire, UK
Clinical Director, The Perrin Clinic
Research Director, The Fund for Osteopathic Research into M.E.
 
Mangalathu S. Rajeevan, PhD
Research Microbiologist, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta, GA
 
Ritchie C. Shoemaker M.D.
Medical Director, Center for Research in Biotoxin Associated Illnesses
 
Samuel Shor, MD, FACP
Associate Clinical Professor, George Washington University Health Care Sciences
 
Andrea Suarez -Segade, M.D.
Associate Professor, Medical School, University of Barcelona, Spain
 
Elana Taub, BScH
University of Calgary, Faculty of Kinesiology
 
Hao Tian, Ph.D.
Computer Scientist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
 
Philippe Tournesac, MD.
Presidentof  Association de recherche sur les troubles neurofonctionnels et la spasmophilie,
Faculty, de medicine et pharmacie de Dijon, France
 
Elke Van Hoof, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist, Vrije Universiteit, Brussels, Belgium
 
Richard A. Van Konynenburg, Ph.D.
Independent Researcher, Livermore, CA
 
Suzanne D. Vernon, Ph.D.
Scientific Director, CFIDS Association of America
 
Toni Whistler, Ph.D.
Research Microbiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

 

Professional Conference Faculty-Oral Presentations
 

Michael H. Antoni, Ph.D.
Leader, Biobehavioral Research Oncology Program, Sylvester Cancer Center
Professor, Psychology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami

Leighton Barnden Ph.D.
Chief Medical Scientist, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
 
Lucinda Bateman, M.D.
Board Member/ Secretary, IACFS/ME
Director, Fatigue Consultation Clinic, Salt Lake City, UT
Adjunct Clinical Faculty, University of Utah School of Medicine, Dept Internal Medicine
Adjunct Instructor, University of Utah, Family and Preventive Medicine
 
Roumiana S. Boneva, M.D., Ph.D.
Medical Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Volunteer Assistant Professor, Emory University, Dept of Psychiatry
 
Norman E. Booth, Ph.D.
Professorial Fellow Emeritus, Mansfield College, Depart of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Volunteer, Oxfordshire  M.E. Group for Action  (OMEGA)
 
Aaron J. Boulton, B.A.
Research Assistant, Center for Community Research, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
 
Ekua W.  Brenu, HBSc, Grad Dip BMed, Ph.D.-Student
Research Student, Bond University, Queensland, Australia
 
Gordon Broderick, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Depart of Medicine, Div Pulmonary Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
 
Barbara Cameron, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate / Lecturer, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
 
Esther Crawley , BA(Hons), BM BCH, FRCPCH, Ph.D.
Consultant Paediatrician, Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Bristol, UK
Senior Clinical Lecturer, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath  UK
Consultant Paediatrician, Clinical Lead Bath Specialist CFS/ME Service
 
Kenny L.  De Meirleir, M.D., Ph.D., FECC
Professor Physiology, Internist, Vrije Universiteit, Brussels, Belgium
 
Frank H. Duffy, M.D.
Director, Developmental Neurophysiology, Dept of Neurology, Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School
 
Birgitta Evengård, M.D., Ph.D.
Board Member/Vice President, IACFS/ME
Professor Infectious Diseases, Senior Consultant, Dept Clinical Microbiology, Div of Infectious Diseases, Umea University, Stockholm, Sweden
 
Patricia A. Fennell, MSW, LCSW-R
President & CEO, Albany Health Management Associates, Latham, NY
 
Mary Ann Fletcher, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine, Microbiology, Immunology and Psychology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL
 
Marc Fremont, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer, Protea Biopharma, Belgium
 
Fred Friedberg, Ph.D.
Board Member/Treasurer, IACFS/ME
Research Assistant Professor, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
Member,  Editorial Board. Health Psychology
 
Sanae Fukuda, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, RISTEX/JST, Osaka City University, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan         
 
Brian M. Gurbaxani, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Chronic Viral Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
 
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, Bethesda MD
 
Andreas Jacks, M.D.
Ph.D Student, Dept of Medical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
 
Natalie L. Hone
Medical Student/Research Assistant, Center for Multidisciplinary Research on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & Gulf War Illness, Miami, FL
 
Leonard  Jason, Ph.D.
Board Member / Vice President, IACFS/ME
Professor, Clinical and Community Psychology, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
 
James F. Jones, M.D.
Research Medical Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
 
The Honorable John Kitzhaber, M.D.
Governor of Oregon 1995-2003
Director, Center for Evidence Based Policy, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
 
Nancy Klimas, M.D.
Board Member/President, IACFS/ME
Professor of Medicine, University of Miami and the Miami VA Medical Center, Miami, FL
 
Anthony L. Komaroff, M.D.
Simcox-Clifford-Higby Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
 
Hirohito Kuratsune, M.D., D. Med. Sci       
Board Member, IACFS/ME
Professor, Faculty of Health Science for Welfare, Kansai University of Welfare Sciences
Visiting Professor, Department of Physiology, Osaka City University Medical, School,
Visiting Professor, Clinical Center for Fatigue Science, Osaka City University Medical School
Director, Japanese Society of Fatigue
 
Gudrun Lange, Ph.D.
Board Member, IACFS/ME
Clinical Neuropsychologist & Professor, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
Director, War Related Illness and Injury Study Center, DVA NJ Health Care System
 
Charles W. Lapp, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor, Duke University Medical Center
Medical Director, Hunter-Hopkins Center, Charlotte, NC
 
Petar S. Lenert, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, The University of Iowa
 
Anners Lerdal, RN, Ph.D.
Researcher, Buskerud University College / Aker University Hospital, Norway
 
Alan R. Light, Ph.D.
Professor, University of Utah, Dept of Anesthesiology and Dept of Neurobiology and Anatomy
 
Andrew Lloyd M.D. FRACP
Professor of Infectious Diseases, University of New South Wales
Director, Centre for Infection and Inflammation Research, Sydney, Australia
 
Vincent C Lombardi, Ph.D.
Research Scientist / Clinical Adjunct Professor, Departs of Microbiology and Pathology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV
Research Fellow, Whittemore Peterson Institute, Sparks, NV
 
Tokuzo Matsui M.D., Ph.D.
Research Fellow, Dept of Psychiatry, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
 
Eliana Mattos-Lacerda, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Manager, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, CFS/ME Observatory Nutrition & Public Health Intervention Research Unit, London, UK
 
Teruhisa Miike, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief, Children’s Sleep and Development Medical Research Center, Kohbe, Japan
Professor Emeritus, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
 
Judy A. Mikovits, Ph.D.
Research Director, Whittemore Peterson Institute for Neuro-Immune Disease, Reno,  NV
Clinical Adjunct Professor, University of Nevada School of Medicine at Reno, Departs of Pathology, Immunology and Microbiology
Vice President of Research, Genyous Biomed, Redwood Shores, CA
 
Kei Mizuno, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine
 
Greta Moorkens, M.D., Ph.D.
Vice Chair, Department of Internal Medicine, Antwerp University Hospital, Belgium
Faculty of Medicine, Antwerp University
 
Modra Murovska, M.D, Ph.D.
Director, August Kirchenstein Institute of Microbiology and Virology, Riga Stradins University
Member of Experts, Latvian Council of Science, Commission in Biology and Medicine, Latvia
 
Robert D. Petty, BSc.
Ph.D. Student, St. George’s Medical School, University of London, UK
Nicole S. Porter, Ph.D
Project Director, Center for Community Research, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
 
Mangalathu S. Rajeevan, Ph.D.
Research Microbiologist, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta, GA
 
Carmen Scheibenbogen, M.D.
Deputy Chair, Institute Medical Immunology, Charite, Germany
 
Ritchie C. Shoemaker ,M.D.
Medical Director, Center for Research in Biotoxin Associated Illnesses
 
Dikoma C. Shungu, Ph.D.
Professor of Physics in Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
 
Julie Smith Gagen, MPH, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, University of Nevada at Reno
 
Christopher R. Snell, Ph.D.
Professor, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
 
Eva Stormorken RN, CRNA, MNSc
Ph.D. Student, Institute of Nursing and Health Science, University of Oslo, Norway
 
David R. Strayer, M.D.
Medical Director, Hemispherex Biopharma
 
Andrea Suarez Segade, M.D.
Associate Professor, Medical School University of Barcelona, Spain
 
Seiki Tajima, M.D.
Lecturer, Kansai University of Welfare Sciences, Kashihara, Japan
 
Rosamund Vallings MB BS
Family Health Medical Practitioner, Howick Health and Medical Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
 
Elke Van Hoof, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist, Vrije Universiteit, Brussels, Belgium
 
J. Mark VanNess, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
Research Director, Pacific Fatigue Lab, University of the Pacific, Stockton,CA
 
Maria Araceli Vera, M.D.
Research Assistant, Center for Multidisciplinary Research on Chronic Faigue Syndrome & Gulf War Illness, Miami, FL
 
Suzanne D. Vernon, Ph.D.
Scientific Director, CFIDS Association of America, Charlotte, NC
 
Yasuyoshi Watanabe, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, RIKEN Center for Molecular Imaging Science
Professor, Osaka City University, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
 
Toni Whistler, Ph.D.
Research Microbiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,  Atlanta, GA
 
Laura Younis BNurs(Prereg), BAppSc(Psych)(Hons), Doctoral Candidate DPsych(Health)
Doctoral Candidate, Deakin University, Australia
 
Lihan Zhang
Medical Student, St. George’s University of London, UK

Professional Conference Poster Faculty

José Alegre, MD
Physiology Unit. Bellvitge University Hospital. Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain  

Eleanor K. Axe MD, PhD
Department of Epidemiology, University of California, Los Angeles
 
Alicia Blazquez – Montenegro
Psychologist / Family Therapist, Department of Physiological Sciences II, Medical School, University of Barcelona, L ’Hospitalet, Barcelona, Spain
 
Daniel Blockmans, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
 
Aaron J. Boulton, B.A.
Research Assistant, Center for Community Research, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
 
Ekua W. Brenu HBSc, Grad Dip BMed, Ph.D. Student
Research Student, Bond University, Queensland, Australia
 
Gordon Broderick, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
 
Barbara Cameron Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate / Lecturer, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
 
Bruce M. Carruthers, M.D
 
Paul R. Cheney MD, PhD
 
John Chia MD
EV Med Research, Lomita, CA
 
Dr.Dai Dechun
 
Violant Poca-Dias
Senior Rheumatologist, CIMA Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
 
Julie G. Donalek, R.N., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Patricia A. Fennell, MSW, LCSW-R
President & CEO, Albany Health Management Associates, Latham, NY
 
Kenneth J. Friedman, Ph.D.
Board Member, IACFS/ME
Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ
 
Deborah L. S. Goetz
Whittemore Peterson Institute, University of Nevada, , Reno, Nevada
 
Ashok Gupta MA, MSc  
Director, Harley Street Solutions, London, UK
 
Brian M. Gurbaxani, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Chronic Viral Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
 
John Herd
 
Byron Hyde M.D.
Nightingale Research Foundation, Ottawa, Canada
 
Leonard Jason, Ph.D.
Board Member / Vice President, IACFS/ME
Professor, Clinical and Community Psychology, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
 
Lawrence Klapow, Ph.D.
Scientist, Klapow Biosciences
 
Marian Dix Lemle
 
Anners Lerdal, R.N., Ph.D.
Researcher, Buskerud University College / Aker University Hospital, Norway
 
Susan Levine, M.D.
New Jersey Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Association
 
Vincent C Lombardi, Ph.D.
Research Scientist / Clinical Adjunct Professor, Departments of Microbiology and Pathology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV
Research Fellow, Whittemore Peterson Institute, Sparks, NV
 
Lionel Lubitz, M.B, ChB, MRCP(UK), FRACP
University of Melbourne / Austin and Royal Children’s Hospitals Melbourne Australia
 
Luis Carlos Nacul, MD, PhD, MFPH
Clinical Senior Lecturer, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Consultant, Public Health Genetics Foundation
 
Garth L. Nicolson, PhD
The Institute for Molecular Medicine,S. Laguna Beach, Ca
 
Martin L. Pall, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Basic Medical Sciences, Washington State University Research Director, The Tenth Paradigm Research Group, Portland, OR
 
Tae H. Park,M.D.
CFS/ME Clinic of Seoul, Korea
 
Lesley Parkinson, Ph.D.
Brainhealth, The Diagnostic Clinic, London, UK
 
Sue Pemberton, MSc
Consultant Occupational Therapist (MSc Professional Health Studies, BHSc Professional Health Studies, Diploma in Occupational Therapy), Leeds & West Yorkshire CFS/ME Service, Newsam Centre, Seacroft Hospital, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
 
Raymond N.  Perrin, D.O., Ph.D.
Hon. Sr. Lecturer, Allied Health Dept., University of Central Lancashire, UK
Clinical Director, The Perrin Clinic
Research Director, The Fund for Osteopathic Research into M.E.
 
Mangalathu S. Rajeevan, PhD
Research Microbiologist, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta, GA
 
Ritchie C. Shoemaker M.D.
Medical Director, Center for Research in Biotoxin Associated Illnesses
 
Samuel Shor, MD, FACP
Associate Clinical Professor, George Washington University Health Care Sciences
 
Andrea Suarez -Segade, M.D.
Associate Professor, Medical School, University of Barcelona, Spain
 
Elana Taub, BScH
University of Calgary, Faculty of Kinesiology
 
Hao Tian, Ph.D.
Computer Scientist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
 
Philippe Tournesac, MD.
Presidentof  Association de recherche sur les troubles neurofonctionnels et la spasmophilie,
Faculty, de medicine et pharmacie de Dijon, France
 
Elke Van Hoof, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist, Vrije Universiteit, Brussels, Belgium
 
Richard A. Van Konynenburg, Ph.D.
Independent Researcher, Livermore, CA
 
Suzanne D. Vernon, Ph.D.
Scientific Director, CFIDS Association of America
 
Toni Whistler, Ph.D.
Research Microbiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA