#MayMomentum is here!
Today Open Medicine Foundation launches its third annual #MayMomentum, our fundraising campaign in solidarity with May 12th ME / CFS International Awareness Day and dedicated to the millions of lives disrupted by Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME / CFS) and related chronic complex diseases. We are working to free our community from the cruel restraints of this disease and […]
OMF Adds a Fourth ME / CFS Collaborative Research Center
BREAKING NEWS We are pleased to announce that we have added a fourth ME / CFS Collaborative Research Center (CRC) to join our End ME / CFS Project. Directed by Alain Moreau, PhD, the ME / CFS Collaborative Research Center at CHU Sainte-Justine/Université de Montréal in Québec, Canada will serve to increase our international collaborative efforts. Dr. Moreau and his lab have […]
The Research Continues at Open Medicine Foundation
In a world seemly upended, Open Medicine Foundation can offer you the assurance that this crisis will not divert us from our search for a cure for Myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome (ME / CFS). I thought I would take a moment to let you in on how we work and why we are […]
Ron Davis Update
“We are doing everything we can to continue progress on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME / CFS)during this time when we can’t go into the lab. This is a photo of me on a zoom conference call with doctors and researchers from across the country and Europe planning for a test of a […]
A timely message from Ronald Tompkins, MD, ScD, Chief Medical Officer of Open Medicine Foundation
I want to speak directly to those suffering from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME / CFS), who are trying to cope at this moment, with the international COVID-19 pandemic response. We have all been inundated by the usual and expected advisories that have conveyed the intended influence for otherwise healthy citizens to listen […]
PhD student joins the ME / CFS research team at Uppsala University, Sweden
“It’s of tremendous value to the ME / CFS research field to have a PhD student get involved in a topic like ME / CFS. They can dedicate 100% of their time. They really own the project and drive it. It’s what the field of ME / CFS needs.” – Dr. Jonas Bergquist, MD, PhD […]
A message from Ronald Tompkins, MD, ScD, Chief Medical Officer of Open Medicine Foundation
“It’s an honor to share a new multidisciplinary research article prepared by our colleagues and friends on the OMF Scientific Advisory Board, Dan Peterson, and Maureen Hanson. While not an OMF funded project, this study exemplifies the rigorous research conducted by OMF and our associates. It is impossible to overstate the significance of getting an […]
A Moment of Gratitude
Today, we want to extend a special thanks to OMF Ambassador Karin Alvtegen, one of Scandinavia’s most widely read and appreciated authors.Karin’s post on her Facebook page about her ongoing battle with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME / CFS) has already raised more than $4,500 for OMF to support groundbreaking ME/CFS research! Karin […]
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 […]
OMF adds Ronald Tompkins, MD, ScD
as ‘Chief Medical Officer’
In my role as Founder & CEO/President, and in partnership with our Scientific Advisory Board Director, Ronald W. Davis, PhD, I am thrilled to announce that Ronald Tompkins, MD, ScD has accepted the position of Chief Medical Officer of Open Medicine Foundation. The role of the Chief Medical Officer will be to facilitate communication between […]