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'''Stanford ME/CFS Initiative''' is under the Direction of [[Jose Montoya]] MD, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at [[Stanford University]]. The initiative is dedicated to studying [[infection]]-associated [[Chronic disease|chronic diseases]]. == Mission Statement == To become a center of excellence that improves the health of patients with chronic diseases in which infection or its [[immune system|immune]] response plays a major etiologic role. To provide leadership, facilitate multidisciplinary collaboration, make new discoveries, and educate in the field of infection-associated chronic diseases.<ref name=":2" /> ==Aim== The Stanford Initiative's primary aim is to study the roles that infection and the immune response play in the symptoms of patients suffering from chronic, unexplained diseases.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://med.stanford.edu/chronicfatiguesyndrome.html | title = Stanford Myalgic Encephalomyelitis - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome|website=ME/CFS Initiative|language=en|access-date=2019-02-08}}</ref> == Talks and interviews == {{Video|id=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZntAs_isEw|service=youtube|dimensions=550|description=[[Chronic fatigue syndrome]]: Stanford Medical Minutes with [[Jose Montoya |Dr Montoya]]|alignment=left|urlarg=start=0&rel&autoplay=0}} {{clear}} == Media coverage of research == *2014, [http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2014/10/study-finds-brain-abnormalities-in-chronic-fatigue-patients.html Study finds brain abnormalities in chronic fatigue patients]<ref name=":0" /> :<blockquote>Radiology researchers have discovered that the brains of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome have diminished white matter and white matter abnormalities in the right hemisphere.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2014/10/study-finds-brain-abnormalities-in-chronic-fatigue-patients.html | title = Study finds brain abnormalities in chronic fatigue patients | last = Goldman | first = Bruce | authorlink=Bruce Goldman | date = Oct 2014 | website = Stanford Medicine News Center|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref></blockquote> *2014, [[Brains of People With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Offer Clues About Disorder - New York Times: Well (2014)|Brains of People With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Offer Clues About Disorder]] By [[David Tuller]] :<blockquote>The scientists found differences in both the white matter, the long, cablelike nerve structures that transmit signals between parts of the brain, and the gray matter, the regions where these signals are processed and interpreted.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/24/brains-of-people-with-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-offer-clues-about-disorder/ | title = Brains of People With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Offer Clues About Disorder | last = Tuller | first = David | authorlink = David Tuller | date = 2014-11-24 | website = New York Times: WELL|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref></blockquote> :<blockquote>''Note: Top scans show Control Patients, bottom scans show ME/CFS patients''</blockquote> *2014, [http://privatehealthcarereports.com/chronic-fatigue-patients-suffer-3-major-brain-abnormalities-findings-may-lead-to-clearer-diagnosis/ Chronic Fatigue Patients Suffer 3 Major Brain Abnormalities; Findings May Lead To Clearer Diagnosis.]<ref name=":1" /> :<blockquote>The incessant fatigue characterized by chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) that affects between one and four million Americans is often quite difficult to diagnose. But a new study, which found three distinct differences between the brains of patients with CFS and those of healthy people, promises to revolutionize diagnosis and provide insight into the underlying mechanisms of the condition.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.medicaldaily.com/chronic-fatigue-patients-suffer-3-major-brain-abnormalities-findings-may-lead-clearer-308226 | title = Chronic Fatigue Patients Suffer 3 Major Brain Abnormalities: Findings May Lead to Clearer Diagnosis | last = Iyer | first = Shweta | authorlink=| date = Oct 29, 2014 | website = privatehealthcarereports.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=usurped|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref></blockquote> ==Notable studies == * 2014, [[Right Arcuate Fasciculus]] Abnormality in [[Chronic fatigue syndrome|Chronic Fatigue Syndrome]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10.1148/radiol.14141079 | title = Right Arcuate Fasciculus Abnormality in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | last = | first = | authorlink = | date = Oct 29, 2014 | website = pubs.rsna.org|doi=10.1148/radiol.14141079|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-02-08}}</ref> [https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10.1148/radiol.14141079 (FullText)] * 2019, Onset patterns and course of [[ME/CFS|myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome]]<ref name="Chu">{{Cite journal | last = Chu | first = Lily | authorlink = Lily Chu | last2 = Valencia | first2 = Ian J. | authorlink2 = Ian Valencia | last3 = Garvert | first3=Donn W. | authorlink3 = | last4 = Montoya | first4 = Jose G. | authorlink4 = Jose Montoya | authorlink5 = | date = Jan 14, 2019 | title = Onset patterns and course of myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome|url=https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2019.00012/abstract|journal=Frontiers in Pediatrics|volume=|issue=|pages=|doi=10.3389/fped.2019.00012|quote=|via=}}</ref> [https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2019.00012/abstract (Full text)] ==Notable people== *[[Jose Montoya]] *[[Michael Zeineh]] *[[Mark Davis]] ==Funding== ==Online presence== *[https://med.stanford.edu/chronicfatiguesyndrome.html Website] *[https://www.facebook.com/StanfordCFSInitiative/ Facebook] ==See also== *[[Open Medicine Foundation]] *[[A Dream Deferred]] == References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:Research initiatives]] [[Category:American research initiatives]]
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