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Post Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome (PTLDS), Fibromyalgia and Long COVID.

Thankful for Forever Friends | #TripleGivingTuesday

#TripleGivingTuesday Community Spotlight Thankful for Forever Friends: How a Lifelong Friend Became a Healthy Ally Laurel and Sarah were inseparable childhood best friends. But the last time they saw each other in person was in 1998 — the once vivacious Laurel has been homebound with severe ME/CFS for the past 20 years. Laurel and Sarah […]

OMF Welcomes Alain Moreau, PhD, to our Scientific Advisory Board

Dr. Alain Moreau joins the OMF Scientific Advisory Board OMF is honored to welcome Canadian researcher, Dr. Alain Moreau, to our Scientific Advisory Board (SAB,) which is directed by Ronald W. Davis. PhD. “I initially decided to invite Dr. Moreau to join our ME / CFS Working Group because he demonstrated that he could take […]

#TripleTuesdayOMFCA Spotlight — Thank you to our donors

  Through the generosity of our supporters worldwide, we have raised over $2 million for OMF funded research. Donations received during Triple Giving Tuesday OMF and OMF Canada surpassed our goals, raising more than $1.7 million USD, and more than $350,000 CAD. We are honored by the support and trust of our community. Linda Tannenbaum, […]

#TripleTuesdayOMFCA Spotlight – iCPET Study

Proteomic and Metabolic Plasma iCPET Studies By Ronald G.Tompkins, MD, ScD We have received an anonymous grant of $350,000 designated for the “Proteomic and Metabolomic Plasma iCPET Studies” within the OMFCA-funded Harvard ME / CFS Collaboration at the Harvard-Affiliated Hospitals. Dr. David Systrom and his colleagues at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital have developed a […]

How Patients Are Accelerating Research

I’m very grateful for the outpouring of support we’ve received from OMFCA community members, people just like you, during our Triple Giving Tuesday campaign. I’m especially inspired by the ME/CFS patients who dedicate their limited energy to fundraising for our work. I am honored to highlight a few of their stories today. First though, I’d […]

Experts advance ME/CFS research: Chris Armstrong interviewed on ME/CFS Alert

Dr. Christopher Armstrong Talks with Llewellyn King Llewellyn King, host of ME/CFS Alert, has just released his newest episode interviewing OMF Science Liaison Christopher Armstrong, PhD. This edition covers Dr. Armstrong’s pathway into ME/CFS research, his areas of expertise, and his role to help advance OMFCA’s ME/CFS research. This is the third in a series […]

ME/CFS Research is soaring!

#TripleTuesdayOMFCA Spotlight – Chris Armstrong, PhD Every donation today through December 3 will be tripled!   I’m getting in touch with you today to share my personal perspective on why your support is so vital to OMF Canada’s (OMFCA) work. Donations from community members like you allow OMFCA to fund critical research around the globe […]

Dr. Chris Armstrong Speaks Out About ME/CFS

Uninvisible Podcast Episode #46 OMF Science Liaison Christopher Armstrong, PhD, is the guest speaker on the latest episode of Uninvisible Podcast with host and chronic disease patient advocate, Lauren Freedman. The Uninvisible Podcast focuses on invisible conditions and invisible chronic illness. In this interview, Chris shared that OMFCA is focused on research to establish the biology […]