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== Advocacy work == ===Dr Alison Bested scholarship fund=== A scholarship was founded in Dr Bested's name to honor her dedication to ME/CFS, FM and MCS patients. Canadian Students enrolled in the Environmental Medicine elective at University of Toronto are eligible.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.mefmaction.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=446:dr-alison-bested-scolarship-fund&catid=61&Itemid=233 | title = DR ALISON BESTED SCHOLARSHIP FUND | website = mefmaction.com | access-date = 2019-04-28}}</ref> ===Open Letter to ''The Lancet''=== Dr. Bested participated in a campaign by ME specialists to have the PACE trial reviewed by an independent panel. In response to ''The Lancet''<nowiki/>'s publication of the controversial [[PACE trial]] in 2011, three [[open letter to the Lancet |open letters to the editor of ''The Lancet'']] urged the editor, [[Richard Horton]], to commission a fully independent review of the PACE trial. In 2016, Dr. Bested, along with 41 colleagues in the ME/CFS field, signed the second letter, and in 2018, Dr. Bested, along with over 100 colleagues signed a third letter. *10 February 2016, [http://www.virology.ws/2016/02/10/open-letter-lancet-again/ An open letter to The Lancet, again - Virology blog] *9 July 2018, [http://www.virology.ws/2018/07/10/trial-by-error-yet-another-appeal-to-the-lancet-with-more-on-board/ Trial By Error: Yet Another Appeal to The Lancet, With More On Board] === Editorial === * Aug 2019, Editorial: Advances in ME/CFS Research and Clinical Care<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Friedman | first = Kenneth | author-link = Kenneth Friedman | last2 = Bateman | first2 = Lucinda | author-link2 = Lucinda Bateman | last3 = Bested | first3 = Alison C. | author-link3 = Alison Bested | last4 = Nahle | first4 = Zaher | author-link4 = Zaher Nahle | date = Aug 2019 | title = Editorial: Advances in ME/CFS Research and Clinical Care | url =https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2019.00370/full | journal = Frontiers in Pediatrics | volume = | issue = | pages=|doi=10.3389/fped.2019.00370|pmc=|pmid=|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref> - [https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2019.00370/full (Partial text)]
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