Anonymous
Not logged in
Talk
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Search
Editing
Nancy Klimas
From MEpedia, a crowd-sourced encyclopedia of ME and CFS science and history
Namespaces
Page
Discussion
More
More
Page actions
Read
Edit
Edit source
History
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
[[File:Nancy klimas.jpg|thumb]] '''Nancy G. Klimas''', MD, is an American researcher and physician who is the Director at the [[Institute for Neuro Immune Medicine]] at Nova Southeastern University in Miami and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. She is, also: Director of Clinical Immunology Research, Miami VAMC; Professor of Medicine, Department of Clinical Immunology, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Nova Southeastern University; Chair, Department of Clinical Immunology, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Nova Southeastern University; and Professor Emerita, University of Miami, School of Medicine.<ref name="bio">http://www.nova.edu/nim/clinic/dr.-nancy-klimas-bio-page.html</ref> ==Awards== *2011, Nelson Gantz Outstanding Clinician Award awarded to a physician who emulates Nelson Gantz's clinical acumen, his passion for medicine, and his empathy for persons with CFS/FM awarded by [[International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis|IACFS/ME]]<ref name=":0">[[International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis]]{{Cite web|url=https://www.iacfsme.org/iacfs-me-awardees | title = IACFS/ME Awardees|website= IACFS/ME|access-date=2020-04-23}}</ref> *2014, Rudy Perpich Senior Lectureship Award, presented to a distinguished [[Chronic fatigue syndrome|CFS]]/[[fibromyalgia|FMS]] scientist, physician or healthcare worker awarded by [[International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis|IACFS/ME]].<ref name=":0" /> == Committees == =====2015 Institute of Medicine report===== * Dr. Klimas was one of the [[ME/CFS]] experts on the "Committee on the Diagnostic Criteria for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome" that was convened to produce the 2015 [[Institute of Medicine report]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://iom.nationalacademies.org/~/media/Files/Report%20Files/2015/MECFS/MECFScliniciansguide.pdf | title = Beyond Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Redefining an Illness | last = Clayton | first = Ellen Wright | date = 2015 | website = National Academies|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date= | authorlink = Ellen Wright Clayton | last2 = Alegria | first2 = Margarita | authorlink2 = Margarita Alegria | authorlink3 = Lucinda Bateman | authorlink4 = Lily Chu | authorlink5 = Charles Cleeland | authorlink6 = Ronald Davis | authorlink7 = Betty Diamond | authorlink8 = Theodore Ganiats | authorlink9=Betsy Keller | last3 = Bateman | first3 = Lucinda | last4 = Chu | first4 = Lily | last5 = Cleeland | first5 = Charles | last6 = Davis | first6 = Ronald | last7 = Diamond | first7 = Betty | last8 = Ganiats | first8 = Theodore | last9 = Keller | first9 = Betsy | last10 = Klimas | first10 = Nancy | authorlink10=Nancy Klimas | last11 = Lerner | first11 = A Martin | authorlink11=Martin Lerner | last12 = Mulrow | first12 = Cynthia | authorlink12=Cynthia Mulrow | last13 = Natelson | first13 = Benjamin | authorlink13 = Benjamin Natelson | last14 = Rowe | first14 = Peter | authorlink14=Peter Rowe | last15 = Shelanski | first15 = Michael | authorlink15=Michael Shelanski}}</ref> =====Case definition authorships===== * Klimas is one of the authors of the 2011 case definition, [[International Consensus Criteria]],<ref name="ICC">{{Cite journal | last = Carruthers | first = Bruce M. | authorlink = Bruce Carruthers | last2 = van de Sande | first2 = Marjorie I. | authorlink2 = Marjorie van de Sande | last3 = De Meirleir | first3 = Kenny L. | authorlink3 = Kenny De Meirleir | last4 = Klimas | first4 = Nancy G. | author-link4 = Nancy Klimas | last5 = Broderick | first5 = Gordon | author-link5 = Gordon Broderick | last6 = Mitchell | first6 = Terry | authorlink6 = Terry Mitchell | last7 = Staines | first7 = Donald | author-link7 = Donald Staines | last8 = Powles | first8 = A.C. Peter | authorlink8 = A C Peter Powles | last9 = Speight | first9 = Nigel | authorlink9 = Nigel Speight | last10 = Vallings | first10 = Rosamund | authorlink10 = Rosamund Vallings | last11 = Bateman | first11 = Lucinda | authorlink11 = Lucinda Bateman | last12 = Baumgarten-Austrheim | first12 = Barbara | authorlink12 = Barbara Baumgarten-Austrheim | last13 = Bell | first13 = David | author-link13 = David Bell | last14 = Carlo-Stella | first14 = Nicoletta | author-link14 = Nicoletta Carlo-Stella | last15 = Chia | first15 = John | author-link15 = John Chia | last16 = Darragh | first16 = Austin | author-link16 = Austin Darragh | last17 = Jo | first17 = Daehyun | author-link17 = Daehyun Jo | last18 = Lewis | first18 = Donald | author-link18 = Donald Lewis | last19 = Light | first19 = Alan | author-link19 = Alan Light | last20 = Marshall-Gradisnik | first20 = Sonya | author-link20 = Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik | last21 = Mena | first21 = Ismael | author-link21 = Ismael Mena | last22 = Mikovits | first22 = Judy | author-link22 = Judy Mikovits | last23 = Miwa | first23 = Kunihisa | author-link23 = Kunihisa Miwa | last24 = Murovska | first24 = Modra | author-link24 = Modra Murovska | last25 = Pall | first25 = Martin | author-link25 = Martin Pall | last26 = Stevens | first26 = Staci | author-link26 = Staci Stevens | date = 2011-08-22 | title=Myalgic encephalomyelitis: International Consensus Criteria|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2796.2011.02428.x|journal=Journal of Internal Medicine|language=en|volume=270|issue=4|pages=327–338|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2796.2011.02428.x|issn=0954-6820|pmc=3427890|pmid=21777306|via=}}</ref> the 2006 Pediatric Case Definition for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome<ref name="JasonL2006paed" />, as well as, one of the authors of the 2003 [[Canadian Consensus Criteria]] for ME/CFS, published as '''Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Clinical Working Case Definition, Diagnostic and Treatment Protocols'''<ref name="canadianconsensus">{{Cite journal | last1 = Carruthers | first1 = Bruce M. | authorlink1 = Bruce Carruthers | last2 = Jain | first2 = Anil Kumar | authorlink2 = Anil Kumar Jain | last3 = De Meirleir | first3 = Kenny L. | authorlink3 = Kenny De Meirleir | last4 = Peterson | first4 = Daniel L. | authorlink4 = Daniel Peterson | last5 = Klimas | first5 = Nancy G. | authorlink5 = Nancy Klimas | last6 = Lerner | first6 = A. Martin | authorlink6 = Martin Lerner | last7 =Bested | first7 = Alison C. | authorlink7 = Alison Bested | last8 = Flor-Henry | first8 = Pierre | authorlink8 = Pierre Flor-Henry | last9 =Joshi | first9 = Pradip | authorlink9 = Pradip Joshi | last10 = Powles | first10 = AC Peter | authorlink10 = A C Peter Powles | last11 = Sherkey | first11 = Jeffrey A. | authorlink11 = Jeffrey Sherkey | last12 = van de Sande | first12 = Marjorie I. | authorlink12 = Marjorie van de Sande | title = Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Clinical Working Case Definition, Diagnostic and Treatment Protocols | journal = Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | volume = 11 | issue = 2 | pages = 7-115 | date = 2003 | pmid = | doi = 10.1300/J092v11n01_02 | url = http://www.investinme.org/Documents/PDFdocuments/CanadianDefinitionME-CFS.pdf }}</ref> =====Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee===== * Dr. Klimas served as a voting member of the [[Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee]] for the [[U.S. Department of Health and Human Services]] from April 1, 2007 to April 1, 2011.<ref>http://nih.granicus.com/DocumentViewer.php?file=nih_e174f9bd-ae0f-4a45-9955-827cb608db2f.pdf</ref> =====International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis===== * Dr. Klimas served as past President of the Board of Directors of the [[International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis]] (IACFS/ME) from 2004-2009.<ref>http://iacfsme.org/Organization/Committees-of-the-IACFS-ME.aspx</ref> She has been awarded the IACFS/ME Nelson Gantz Outstanding Clinician Award (in 2011) and the IACFS/ME Rudy Perpich Senior Lectureship Award (in 2014).<ref name=":0" /> * Dr. Klimas serves on the editorial board of the journal, [[Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior]], published on behalf of the IACFS/ME.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=editorialBoard&journalCode=rftg20& | title = Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior|website=Taylor and Francis Online|access-date=2019-11-01}}</ref> =====ME/CFS Common Data Elements (CDE) Project===== * Co-chair of the Immune Working Group of the Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Common Data Element (CDE) Project sponsored by the [[National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke]] and the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.commondataelements.ninds.nih.gov/Myalgic%20Encephalomyelitis/Chronic%20Fatigue%20Syndrome#pane-138 | title = Complete Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome CDE Roster | last = | first = | authorlink = | date = |website=NIH|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref> == ME/CFS Gene Study == Nancy Klimas is part of the Institute for Neuroimmune Medicine's [[ME/CFS Gene Study]], which aims to "create a one of a kind genetic database for ME/CFS."<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nova.edu/nim/research/mecfs-genes.html | title = ME/CFS Genes Study {{!}} NSU Institute for Neuro Immune Medicine | last = Nova Southeastern University | first = | date = |website=NSU|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2018-11-01}}</ref> The ME/CFS Gene Study is a worldwide internet-based study that asks for either people with ME/CFS or Healthy Controls to submit gene information they have acquired themselves. Participants answer a questionnaire to check they can take part, then arrange their own gene testing through [[23andMe]] or [[Ancestry DNA]], which need saliva samples to be sent by post. They then send the results electronically to the study group.<ref name=":1" /> ==Research studies== === Earlier studies === For earlier studies: ''[[Research studies of Nancy Klimas]]'' === Recent studies === *2016, [[Sleep dysfunction|Poor sleep quality]] is associated with greater circulating pro-inflammatory [[cytokines]] and severity and frequency of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) symptoms in women<ref name="Milrad2016">{{Cite journal | last1 = Milrad | first1 = Sara F. | last2 = Hall | first2 = Daniel L. | last3 = Jutagir | first3 = Devika R. | last4 = Lattie | first4 = Emily G. | last5 = Ironson | first5 = Gail H. | last6 = Wohlgemuth | first6 = William | last7 = Vera Nunez | first7 = Maria| authorlink7 = Maria Vera | last8 = Garcia | first8 = Lina | last9 = Czaja | first9 = Sara J. | last10 = Perdomo | first10 = Dolores M. | last11 = Fletcher | first11 = Mary Ann | authorlink11 = Mary Ann Fletcher | last12 = Klimas | first12 = Nancy| authorlink12 = Nancy Klimas | last13 = Antoni | first13 = Michael H. | authorlink13 =Michael Antoni | title = Poor sleep quality is associated with greater circulating pro-inflammatory cytokines and severity and frequency of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) symptoms in women|journal= Journal of Neuroimmunology| volume = 0 | issue = 0 | page = | date = 2016|doi= 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2016.12.008}}</ref> - [http://www.jni-journal.com/action/showFullTextImages?pii=S0165-5728%2816%2930449-0 (Abstract)] *2016, Illness progression in chronic fatigue syndrome: a shifting immune baseline<ref name="IllnessProgressionBMC2016" /> -[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4785654/ (Full Text)] *2016, Tracking post-infectious fatigue in clinic using routine Lab tests<ref name="Harvey2016">{{Cite journal | last = Harvey | first = Jeanna M. | authorlink = Jeanna Harvey | last2 = Broderick | first2 = Gordon | authorlink2 = Gordon Broderick | last3 = Bowie | first3 = Alanna | authorlink3 = Alanna Bowie | last4 = Barnes | first4 = Zachary M. | authorlink4 = Zachary Barnes | last5 = Katz | first5 = Ben Z. | authorlink5 = Ben Katz | last6 = O'Gorman | first6 = Maurice R.G. | author-link6 = Maurice O'Gorman | last7 = Vernon | first7 = Suzanne D. | authorlink7 = Suzanne Vernon | last8 = Fletcher | first8 = Mary Ann | authorlink8 = Mary Ann Fletcher | last9 = Klimas | first9 = Nancy G. | authorlink9 = Nancy Klimas | date = 2016-04-26 | title = Tracking post-infectious fatigue in clinic using routine Lab tests|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4847210/|journal=BMC Pediatrics|doi=10.1186/s12887-016-0596-8|issn=1471-2431|pmc=4847210|pmid=27118537|volume=15|issue= | pages = 54|quote=}}</ref> - [https://bmcpediatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12887-016-0596-8 (Full Text)] *2016, Gastric Enterovirus Infection: A Possible Causative Etiology of [[Gastroparesis]]<ref name="BarkinJA, 2016">{{Cite journal | last1 = Barkin | first1 = JA | authorlink = | last2 = Czul | first2 = F | authorlink2 = | last3 = Barkin | first3 = JS | authorlink3 = | last4 = Klimas | first4 = NG | authorlink4 = Nancy Klimas | last5 = Rey | first5 = IR | authorlink5 = Irma Rey | last6 = Moshiree | first6 = B | authorlink6 = | title = Gastric Enterovirus Infection: A Possible Causative Etiology of Gastroparesis|journal=Digestive Diseases and Sciences|volume=61|issue=8 | page = 2344-50 | date = 2016 | pmid=27344315|doi=10.1007/s10620-016-4227-x}}</ref> - [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10620-016-4227-x (Abstract)] *2017, [[Depression]], evening salivary [[cortisol]] and [[inflammation]] in [[chronic fatigue syndrome]]: A psychoneuroendocrinological structural regression model<ref name="Milrad, 2017">{{Cite journal | last1 = Milrad | first1 = Sara F. | last2 = Hall | first2 = Daniel L. | last3 = Jutagir | first3 = Devika R. | last4 = Lattie | first4 = Emily G. | last5 = Czaja | first5 = Sara J. | last6 = Perdomo | first6 = Dolores M. | last7 = Fletcher | first7 = Mary Ann | authorlink7 = Mary Ann Fletcher | last8 = Klimas | first8 = Nancy | authorlink8 = Nancy Klimas | last9 = Antoni|first9 = Michael H. | author-link9 = Michael Antoni | title = Depression, evening salivary cortisol and inflammation in chronic fatigue syndrome: A psychoneuroendocrinological structural regression model|journal=Int J Psychophysiol| volume = 0 | issue = 0 | page = | date = 2017|doi= 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2017.09.009}}</ref> - [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167876017301629 (Abstract)] *2017, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and [[Gulf War Illness]] patients exhibit increased humoral responses to the [[Herpesviruses]]-encoded dUTPase: Implications in disease pathophysiology: Herpesviruses in ME/CFS and [[Gulf War Illness]]<ref name="Halpin, 2017" /> - [https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.24810 (Abstract)] *2017, Fecal metagenomic profiles in subgroups of patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome<ref name="Nagy-Szakal, 2017" /> - [https://microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40168-017-0261-y (Full Text)] *2017, Multi-Site Clinical Assessment of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (MCAM): Design and Implementation of a Prospective/Retrospective Rolling Cohort Study<ref name="Unger, 2017" /> - [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28338983 (Abstract)] *2017, Telephone-administered versus live group cognitive behavioral stress management for adults with CFS<ref name="Hall, 2017" /> - [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5270375/ (Full Text)] *2018, KPAX002 as a treatment for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS): A prospective, randomized trial<ref name="Montoya, 2018" /> - [http://www.ijcem.com/files/ijcem0065685.pdf (Full Text)] *2018, Insights into myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome phenotypes through comprehensive [[metabolomics]]<ref name="Nagy-Szakal, 2018" /> - [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-28477-9.pdf (Full Text)] *2018, Identification of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome-associated DNA methylation patterns<ref name="Trivedi2018">{{Cite journal | last = Trivedi | first = Malav S. | last2 = Oltra | first2 = Elisa | authorlink2 = Elisa Oltra | last3 = Sarria | first3 = Leonor | last4 = Rose | first4 = Natasha | last5 = Beljanski | first5 = Vladimir | last6 = Fletcher | first6 = Mary Ann | authorlink6 = Mary Ann Fletcher | last7 = Klimas | first7 = Nancy G. | authorlink7 = Nancy Klimas | last8 = Nathanson | first8 = Lubov | authorlink8 = Lubov Nathanson | date = Jul 2018 | title = Identification of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome-associated DNA methylation patterns|url=http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0201066|journal=PlosOne|volume=|pages=|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0201066|via=}}</ref> - [[pubmed:30036399|(Full Text)]] *2019, From [[Diagnostic biomarker|biomarkers]] to targeted treatment: The myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and gulf war illness (GWI) story<ref name="Klimas2019">{{Cite journal | last = Klimas | first = N.G. | authorlink = Nancy Klimas | last2 = Fletcher | first2 = M.A. | authorlink2 = Mary Ann Fletcher | last3 = Abreu | first3 = M.M. | authorlink3 = | last4 = Aenlle | first4 = K. | authorlink4 = | last5 = Craddock | first5 = T. | authorlink5 = Travis Craddock | last6 = Broderick | first6 = G. | authorlink6 = Gordon Broderick | date = Feb 2019 | title = From biomarkers to targeted treatment: The myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and gulf war illness (GWI) story|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0889159118311413|journal=Brain, Behavior, and Immunity|language=en|volume=76|issue=| pages = e40|doi=10.1016/j.bbi.2018.11.301|quote=|via=}}</ref> *2019, Leveraging Prior Knowledge of Endocrine Immune Regulation in the Therapeutically Relevant Phenotyping of Women With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome<ref name="Morris2019">{{Cite journal | last = Morris | first = Matthew C. | authorlink = Matthew Morris | last10 = Fletcher | first10 = Mary Ann | authorlink10 = Mary Ann Fletcher | last2 = Cooney | first2 = Katherine E. | authorlink2 = | last3 = Sedghamiz | first3 = Hooman | author-link3 = | last4 = Abreu | first4 = Maria | authorlink4 = | last5 = Collado | first5 = Fanny | authorlink5 = | last6 = Balbin | first6 = Elizabeth G. | authorlink6 = Elizabeth Balbin | last7 = Craddock | first7 = Travis J.A. | authorlink7 = Travis Craddock | last8 = Klimas | first8 = Nancy G. | authorlink8 = Nancy Klimas | last9 = Broderick | first9 = Gordon | authorlink9 = Gordon Broderick | date = Mar 2019 | title = Leveraging Prior Knowledge of Endocrine Immune Regulation in the Therapeutically Relevant Phenotyping of Women With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0149291819301122|journal=Clinical Therapeutics|language=en|volume=|issue=|pages=|doi=10.1016/j.clinthera.2019.03.002|quote=|via=}}</ref> - [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0149291819301122?via%3Dihub (Abstract)] *2019, Pharmaceutical Interventions in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Literature-based Commentary<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Richman | first = Spencer | authorlink = | last2 = Morris | first2 = Matthew C. | authorlink2 = Matthew Morris | last3 = Broderick | first3 = Gordon | author-link3 = Gordon Broderick | last4 = Craddock | first4 = Travis J.A. | authorlink4 = Travis Craddock | last5 = Klimas | first5 = Nancy G. | authorlink5 = Nancy Klimas | last6 = Fletcher | first6 = Mary Ann | date = Mar 2019 | title = Pharmaceutical Interventions in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Literature-based Commentary|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0149291819300712|journal=Clinical Therapeutics|language=en|volume=|issue=|pages=|doi=10.1016/j.clinthera.2019.02.011|quote=|via= | authorlink6 = Mary Ann Fletcher}}</ref> - [[pubmed:30871727|(Abstract)]] *2019, Treatment Avenues in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Split-gender Pharmacogenomic Study of [[Gene expression|Gene-expression]] Modules<ref name="Jeffrey2019">{{Cite journal | last= Jeffrey | first = Mary G. | authorlink = | last2 = Nathanson | first2 = Lubov | authorlink2 = Lubov Nathanson | last3 = Aenlle | first3 = Kristina | authorlink3 = | last4 = Barnes | first4 = Zachary M. | authorlink4 = Zachary Barnes | last5 = Baig | first5 = Mirza | authorlink5 = | last6 = Broderick | first6 = Gordon | authorlink6 = Gordon Broderick | last7 = Klimas | first7 = Nancy G. | authorlink7 = Nancy Klimas | last8 = Fletcher | first8 = Mary Ann | authorlink8 = Mary Ann Fletcher | last9 = Craddock | first9 = Travis J.A. | authorlink9 = Travis Craddock | date = Mar 2019 | title = Treatment Avenues in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Split-gender Pharmacogenomic Study of Gene-expression Modules|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0149291819300475|journal=Clinical Therapeutics|language=en|volume=|issue=|pages=|doi=10.1016/j.clinthera.2019.01.011|quote=|via=}}</ref> - [[pubmed:30851951|(Abstract)]] *2019, Genetic Predisposition for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Pilot Study<ref name="Perez2019">{{Cite journal | last = Perez | first = Melanie | authorlink = | last2 = Jaundoo | first2 = Rajeev | authorlink2 = | last3 = Hilton | first3 = Kelly | authorlink3 = | last4 = Del Alamo | first4 = Ana | authorlink4 = Ana Del Alamo | last5 = Gemayel | first5 = Kristina | authorlink5 = | last6 = Klimas | first6 = Nancy G. | authorlink6 = Nancy Klimas | last7 = Craddock | first7 = Travis J. | authorlink7 = Travis Craddock | last8 = Nathanson | first8 = Lubov | authorlink8 = Lubov Nathanson | date = May 2019 | title = Genetic Predisposition for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Pilot Study|url=https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2019.00206/abstract|journal=Frontiers in Pediatrics|volume=7|issue=|pages=206|doi=10.3389/fped.2019.00206|quote=|via=}}</ref> - [https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2019.00206/abstract (Abstract)] * 2019, Relationship satisfaction, communication self-efficacy, and chronic fatigue syndrome-related fatigue<ref name="MilradHall2019">{{Cite journal | last = Milrad | first = Sara F. | authorlink = | last2 = Hall | first2 = Daniel L. | authorlink2 = | last3 = Jutagir | first3 = Devika R. | authorlink3 = | last4 = Lattie | first4 = Emily G. | authorlink4 = | last5 = Czaja | first5 = Sara J. | authorlink5 = | last6 = Perdomo | first6 = Dolores M. | authorlink6 = | last7 = Ironson | first7 = Gail | last8 = Doss | first8 = Brian D. | last9 = Mendez | first9 = Armando | last10 = Fletcher | first10 = Mary Ann | authorlink10 = Mary Ann Fletcher | last11 = Klimas | first11 = Nancy | authorlink11 = Nancy Klimas | last12 = Antoni | first12 = Michael H. | authorlink12 = Michael Antoni | date = Jul 2019 | title = Relationship satisfaction, communication self-efficacy, and chronic fatigue syndrome-related fatigue|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277953619303776|journal=Social Science & Medicine|language=en|volume=|issue=|pages=112392|doi=10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112392|quote=|via=}}</ref> - [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277953619303776 (Abstract)] *2020, Unravelling myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS): Gender‐specific changes in the microRNA expression profiling in ME/CFS<ref name="Cheema2020">{{Cite journal | last = Cheema | first = Amanpreet K. | authorlink = | last2 = Sarria | first2 = Leonor | authorlink2 = | last3 = Bekheit | first3 = Mina | authorlink3 = | last4 = Collado | first4 = Fanny | authorlink4 = Fanny Collado | last5 = Almenar‐Pérez | first5 = Eloy | authorlink5 = | last6 = Martín‐Martínez | first6 = Eva | authorlink6 = | last7 = Alegre | first7 = Jose | authorlink7 = José Alegre | last8 = Castro‐Marrero | first8 = Jesus | authorlink8 = Jesús Castro-Marrero | last9 = Fletcher | first9 = Mary A. | authorlink9 = Mary Ann Fletcher | date = Apr 14, 2020 | title = Unravelling myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS): Gender-specific changes in the microRNA expression profiling in ME/CFS|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jcmm.15260|journal=Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine|language=en|volume=00|issue=|pages=1-13|doi=10.1111/jcmm.15260|issn=1582-4934|pmc=|pmid=32291908|access-date=|quote=|via= | last10 = Klimas | first10 = Nancy | authorlink10 = Nancy Klimas | last11 = Oltra | first11 = Elisa | authorlink11 = Elisa Oltra | last12 = Nathanson | first12 = Lubov | authorlink12 = Lubov Nathanson}}</ref> - [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jcmm.15260 (Full text)] *2020, Using Plasma Autoantibodies of Central Nervous System Proteins to Distinguish Veterans with [[Gulf War Illness]] from Healthy and Symptomatic Controls<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Abou-Donia | first = Mohamed B. | last2 = Lapadula | first2 = Elizabeth S. | last3 = Krengel | first3 = Maxine H. | last4 = Quinn | first4 = Emily | last5 = LeClair | first5 = Jessica | last6 = Massaro | first6 = Joseph | last7 = Conboy | first7 = Lisa A. | last8 = Kokkotou | first8 = Efi | last9 = Abreu | first9 = Maria | date = 2020-09-05 | title = Using Plasma Autoantibodies of Central Nervous System Proteins to Distinguish Veterans with Gulf War Illness from Healthy and Symptomatic Controls|url=https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/9/610|journal=Brain Sciences|language=en|volume=10|issue=9 | pages = 610|doi=10.3390/brainsci10090610|issn=2076-3425}}</ref> - [https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/9/610/htm (Full text)] ==Talks and interviews== There are many videos on YouTube of Nancy Klimas speaking about her work.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=nancy+klimas YouTube - nancy klimas]</ref> *[https://consults.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/readers-ask-a-virus-linked-to-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/ 2009 Readers Ask: A Virus Linked to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome] *[http://www.nova.edu/promo-k.html?id=inimseriesklimas?video=1_pxu42yqf&title=The%20Institute%20for%20Neuro%20Immune%20Medicine&subtitle=From%20Bedside%20to%20Bench%20and%20Back%20Again:%20Untangling%20the%20Mystery%20of%20Gulf%20War%20Illness%20and%20Chronic%20Fatigue%20Syndrome ''From Bedside to Bench and Back Again: Untangling the Mystery of Gulf War Illness and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome''] *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMimz3iDk0s 2011 ME/CFS Management A Pathogenesis Based Approach (sponsored by ANZMES)] *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbaW4JKkin4 ME/CFS and Exercise: VO2 Max Testing with Nancy Klimas M.D. PREVIEW] *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2vIQ92wU9Y 2014 ME/CFS Diagnosis and Name with Dr. Nancy Klimas] *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYn0Hc1bM3o 2014 ME/CFS Treatment Options Part 1 with Dr. Nancy Klimas] *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRj5OczIBKA 2014 ME/CFS Treatment Options Part 2 with Dr. Nancy Klimas] *[http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/health/Tired-Of-Chronic-Fatigue-404085946.html Dec 1, 2016 NBCDFW video interview and transcription] *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0gm5gwM5aU&feature=em-subs_digest Dec 2, 2016, Episode 84 of] [[ME/CFS Alert]] - Dr Nancy Klimas on ME/CFS Research, Treatment *Jun 2, 2017, Speaker at the 12th [[Invest in ME International ME Conference]]; Speech title: ''Genetic Signature Study''<ref>http://www.investinme.org/iimec12.shtml</ref> - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh7hxwpJWlI (Video)] *Sept 13, 2017, [https://www.cfs-me-network.com/2017/09/13/interview-nancy-klimas-cfs/ Interview with CFS/ME researcher Dr. Nancy Klimas] conducted by Zach Elwood *May 31, 2019, Speaker at the 14th [[Invest in ME International ME Conference]]; Speech title: ''Integrative Medicine Approach to Treatment of ME''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.investinme.org/IIMEC14.shtml | title = Invest in ME Research - IIMEC14 14th Invest in ME Reseaerch International ME Conference 2019 | website = [[Invest in ME Research]]|access-date=2020-02-25}}</ref> ''-'' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOpLORv4GgE (Video)] ==Quotations== *"They experience a level of disability equal to that of patients with late-stage AIDS and patients undergoing chemotherapy"<ref>[http://www.prohealth.com/library/showarticle.cfm?libid=12937 University of Miami ME/CFS Researcher Nancy Klimas, MD, Explains Complexity of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Terms That Anybody Can Understand]</ref> *"I split my clinical time between the two illnesses, and I can tell you if I had to choose between the two illnesses (in 2009) I would rather have H.I.V."<ref>[https://consults.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/readers-ask-a-virus-linked-to-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/ Readers Ask: A Virus Linked to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome]</ref> ==Advocacy== ===Open Letter to ''The Lancet''=== Two [[open letter to the Lancet | open letters to the editor of ''The Lancet'']] urged the editor to commission a fully independent review of the [[PACE trial]], which the journal had published in 2011. In 2016, Dr. Klimas, along with 41 colleagues in the ME/CFS field, signed the second letter. *10 February 2016, [http://www.virology.ws/2016/02/10/open-letter-lancet-again/ An open letter to The Lancet, again - Virology blog] ==Online presence== *[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=klimas+N%5BAuthor%5D PubMed - Nancy Klimas] *[http://www.nova.edu/nim/clinic/dr.-nancy-klimas-bio-page.html Nova Southeasterm University - Nancy Klimas] ==Learn more== ==See also== *Dr. [[Gordon Broderick]] *Dr. [[Mary Ann Fletcher]] *Dr. [[Irma Rey]] *Dr. [[Maria Vera]] *[[Institute for Neuro Immune Medicine]] *[[Research studies of Nancy Klimas]] ==References== <references> <ref name="Hall, 2017">{{Citation | last1 = Hall | first1 = DL | authorlink1 = | last2 = Lattie | first2 = EG | authorlink2 = | last3 = Milrad | first3 = SF | authorlink3 = | last4 = Czaja | first4 = S | authorlink4 = | last5 = Fletcher | first5 = MA | authorlink5 = Mary Ann Fletcher | last6 = Klimas | first6 = N | authorlink6 = Nancy Klimas | last7 =Perdomo | first7 = D | authorlink7 = | last8 = Antoni | first8 = MH | authorlink8 = | title = Telephone-administered versus live group cognitive behavioral stress management for adults with CFS | journal = J Psychosom Res | volume = 93 | issue = | page = 41-47 | date = 2017 | pmid = | doi = 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2016.12.004 }}</ref> <ref name="Halpin, 2017">{{Citation | last1 = Halpin | first1 = P | authorlink1 = | last2 = Williams | first2 = MV | authorlink2 = | last3 = Klimas | first3 = NG | authorlink3 = Nancy Klimas | last4 = Fletcher | first4 = MA | authorlink4 = Mary Ann Fletcher | last5 = Barnes | first5 = Zachary | authorlink5 = Zachary Barnes | last6 = Ariza | first6 = ME | authorlink6 = | title = Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and gulf war illness patients exhibit increased humoral responses to the herpesviruses-encoded dUTPase: Implications in disease pathophysiology | journal = Journal of Medical Virology | volume = | issue = | page = | date = 2017 | pmid = 28303641 | doi = 10.1002/jmv.24810 }}</ref> <ref name="IllnessProgressionBMC2016">{{Citation | last1 = Russell | first1 = Lindsey | authorlink1 = | last2 = Broderick | first2 = Gordon | authorlink2 = Gordon Broderick | last3 = Taylor | first3 = Renee | authorlink3 = Renee Taylor | last4 = Fernandes | first4 = Henrique | authorlink4 = | last5 = Harvey | first5 = Jeanna | authorlink5 = Jeanna Harvey | last6 = Barnes | first6 = Zachary | authorlink6 = Zachary Barnes | last7 = Smylie | first7 = AnneLiese | authorlink7 = | last8 = Collado | first8 = Fanny | authorlink8 = | last9 = Balbin | first9 = Elizabeth | authorlink9 = Elizabeth Balbin | last10 = Katz | first10 = Ben | authorlink10 = Ben Katz | last11 = Klimas | first11 = Nancy | authorlink11 = Nancy Klimas | last12 = Fletcher | first12 = Mary Ann | authorlink12 = Mary Ann Fletcher | title = Illness progression in chronic fatigue syndrome: a shifting immune baseline | journal = BMC Immunology | year = 2016 | pmid = | doi = 10.1186/s12865-016-0142-3 }}</ref> <ref name="JasonL2006paed">{{citation | last1 = Jason | first1 = Leonard A | authorlink1 = Leonard Jason | last2 = Jordan | first2 = Karen | authorlink2 = Karen Jordan | last3 = Miike | first3 = Teruhisa | authorlink3 = Teruhisa Miike | last4 = Bell | first4 = David S | authorlink4 = David Bell | last5 = Lapp | first5 = Charles | authorlink5 = Charles Lapp | last6 = Torres-Harding | first6 = Susan | authorlink6 = Susan Torres-Harding | last7 =Rowe | first7 = Kathy | authorlink7 = Kathy Rowe | last8 = Gurwitt | first8 = Alan | authorlink8 = Alan Gurwitt | last9 = De Meirleir | first9 = Kenny | authorlink9 = Kenny de Meirleir | last10 = Van Hoof | first10 = Elke LS | authorlink10 = Elke Van Hoof | title = A Pediatric Case Definition for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | journal = Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | volume = 13 | issue = 2-3 | pages = 1-44 | date = 2006 | doi = 10.1300/J092v13n02_01 }}</ref> <ref name="Montoya, 2018">{{Citation | last1 = Montoya | first1 = Jose G | authorlink1 = Jose Montoya | last2 = Anderson | first2 = Jill N | authorlink2 = | last3 = Adolphs | first3 = Danya L | authorlink3 = | last4 = Bateman | first4 = Lucinda | authorlink4 = Lucinda Bateman | last5 = Klimas | first5 = Nancy | authorlink5 = Nancy Klimas | last6 = Levine | first6 = Susan M | authorlink6 = Susan Levine | last7 = Garvert | first7 = Donn W | authorlink7 = | last8 = Kaiser | first8 = Jon D | authorlink8 = Jon Kaiser | title = KPAX002 as a treatment for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS): A prospective, randomized trial | journal = International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine | volume = 11 | issue = 3 | page = 2890-2900 | date = 2018 | pmid = | doi = | url = http://www.ijcem.com/files/ijcem0065685.pdf }}</ref> <ref name="Nagy-Szakal, 2017">{{Citation | last1 = Nagy-Szakal | first1 = Dorottya | authorlink1 = Dorottya Nagy-Szakal | last2 = Williams | first2 = Brent L. | authorlink2 = | last3 = Mishra | first3 = Nischay | authorlink3 = | last4 = Che | first4 = Xiaoyu | authorlink4 = | last5 = Lee | first5 = Bohyun | authorlink5 = | last6 = Bateman | first6 = Lucinda | authorlink6 = Lucinda Bateman | last7 = Klimas | first7 = Nancy G. | authorlink7 = Nancy Klimas | last8 = Komaroff | first8 = Anthony L. | authorlink8 = Anthony Komaroff | last9 = Levine | first9 = Susan | authorlink9 = Susan Levine | last10 = Montoya | first10 = Jose G. | authorlink10 = Jose Montoya | last11 =Peterson | first11 = Daniel L. | authorlink11 = Daniel Peterson | last12 = Ramanan | first12 = Devi | authorlink12 = | last13 = Jain | first13 = Komal | authorlink13 = | last14 = Eddy | first14 = Meredith L. | authorlink14 = | last15 = Hornig | first15 = Mady | authorlink15 = Mady Hornig | last16 = Lipkin | first16 = W. Ian | authorlink16 = Ian Lipkin | title = Fecal metagenomic profiles in subgroups of patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome | journal = Microbiome | volume = 5 | issue = 44 | page = | date = 2017 | pmid = | doi = 10.1186/s40168-017-0261-y }}</ref> <ref name="Nagy-Szakal, 2018">{{Citation | last1 = Nagy-Szakal | first1 = Dorottya | authorlink1 = Dorottya Nagy-Szakal | last2 = Barupal | first2 = Dinesh K. | authorlink2 = | last3 = Lee | first3 = Bohyun | authorlink3 = | last4 = Che | first4 = Xiaoyu | authorlink4 = | last5 = Williams | first5 = Brent L. | authorlink5 = | last6 = Kahn | first6 = Ellie J. R. | authorlink6 = | last7 =Ukaigwe | first7 = Joy E. | authorlink7 = | last8 = Bateman | first8 = Lucinda | authorlink8 = Lucinda Bateman | last9 = Klimas | first9 = Nancy G. | authorlink9 = Nancy Klimas | last10 = Komaroff | first10 = Anthony L. | authorlink10 = Anthony Komaroff | last11 = Levine | first11 = Susan | authorlink11 = Susan Levine | last12 = Montoya | first12 = Jose G. | authorlink12 = Jose Montoya | last13 = Peterson | first13 = Daniel L. | authorlink13 = Daniel Peterson | last14 = Levin | first14 = Bruce | authorlink14 = Bruce Levin | last15 = Hornig | first15 = Mady| authorlink15 = Mady Hornig | last16 = Fiehn | first16 = Oliver | authorlink16 = | last17 = Lipkin | first17 = W. Ian | authorlink17 = Ian Lipkin | title = Insights into myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome phenotypes through comprehensive metabolomics | journal = Scientific Reports | volume = 8 | issue = 1 | page = 10056 | date = 2018 | pmid = | doi = 10.1038/s41598-018-28477-9 }}</ref> <ref name="Unger, 2017">{{Citation | last1 = Unger | first1 = Elizabeth R. | authorlink1 = Elizabeth Unger | last2 = Lin | first2 = Jin-Mann S. | authorlink2 = Jin-Mann Sally Lin | last3 = Tian | first3 = Hao | authorlink3 = | last4 = Natelson | first4 = Benjamin H | authorlink4 = Benjamin Natelson | last5 = Lange | first5 = Gudrun | authorlink5 = Gudrun Lange | last6 = Vu | first6 = Diana | authorlink6 = | last7 =Blate | first7 = Michelle | authorlink7 = | last8 = Klimas | first8 = Nancy G. | authorlink8 = Nancy Klimas | last9 =Balbin | first9 = Elizabeth G. | authorlink9 = Elizabeth Balbin | last10 = Bateman | first10 = Lucinda | authorlink10 = Lucinda Bateman | last11 = Allen | first11 = Ali | authorlink11 = | last12 = Lapp | first12 = Charles W. | authorlink12 = Charles Lapp | last13 = Springs | first13 = Wendy | authorlink13 = | last14 = Kogelnik | first14 = Andreas M. | authorlink14 = Andreas Kogelnik | last15 = Phan | first15 = Catrina C. | authorlink15 = | last16 = Danver | first16 = Joan | authorlink16 = | last17 = Podell | first17 = Richard N. | authorlink17 = Richard Podell | last18 = Fitzpatrick | first18 = Trisha | authorlink18 = | last19 = Peterson | first19 = Daniel L. | authorlink19 = Daniel Peterson | last20 = Gottschalk | first20 = C. Gunnar | authorlink20 = Gunnar Gottschalk | last21 = Rajeevan | first21 = Mangalathu S. | authorlink21 = Mangalathu Rajeevan | last22 = MCAM Study Group | title = Multi-Site Clinical Assessment of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (MCAM): Design and Implementation of a Prospective/Retrospective Rolling Cohort Study. | journal = American Journal of Epidemiology | volume = 1-10 | issue = | page = | date = 2017 | pmid = | doi = 10.1093/aje/kwx029 }}</ref> </references> [[Category:Researchers]] [[Category:US researchers]] [[Category:Clinicians]] [[Category:American clinicians]] [[Category:Florida clinicians]] [[Category:Psychological paradigm critics]] [[Category:PACE trial critics]] [[Category:CFSAC members]] [[Category:Journal editors]] [[Category:Institute of Medicine report committee members]]
Summary:
Please make sure your edits are consistent with
MEpedia's guidelines
.
By saving changes, you agree to the
Terms of use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 3.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Templates used on this page:
Template:Citation
(
edit
)
Template:Cite journal
(
edit
)
Template:Cite web
(
edit
)
Module:Citation/CS1
(
edit
)
Module:Citation/CS1/COinS
(
edit
)
Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration
(
edit
)
Module:Citation/CS1/Date validation
(
edit
)
Module:Citation/CS1/Identifiers
(
edit
)
Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities
(
edit
)
Module:Citation/CS1/Whitelist
(
edit
)
Module:No globals
(
edit
)
Navigation
Navigation
Skip to content
Main page
Browse
Become an editor
Random page
Popular pages
Abbreviations
Glossary
About MEpedia
Links for editors
Contents
Guidelines
Recent changes
Pages in need
Search
Help
Wiki tools
Wiki tools
Special pages
Page tools
Page tools
User page tools
More
What links here
Related changes
Page information
Page logs