Zaher Nahle
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Zaher Nahle, PhD, MPA, is Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) and Vice President for Research at Solve ME/CFS Initiative.[1] Previously was an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Cancer Biology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.[2]
Education[edit | edit source]
- Master in Public Administration from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government
- PhD in physiology and biophysics from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and Stony Brook University
- Post-doctoral fellowships at both Harvard and StonyBrook
- Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from American University of Beirut
Awards[edit | edit source]
- Department of Defense Breast Cancer Fellowship Award - Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
- American Heart Association (AHA) career development award BGIAA
- National Priorities Research Program - Qatar Foundation
- American Cancer Society (ACS) Scholar - Outstanding score
Open Letter to The Lancet[edit | edit source]
Two 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. Nahle, along with 41 colleagues in the ME/CFS field, signed the second letter.
- 10 February 2016, An open letter to The Lancet, again - Virology blog
Interviews & Talks[edit | edit source]
- May 24, 2017 - Speaker at the Personalized Medicine World Conference (PMWC) 2017 at Duke
- May 18, 2017 - Recording of Congressional Briefing on ME/CFS (Slides of briefing)
- Dec 15, 2016 - Solve ME/CFS Initiative Webinar - Progress and Challenges in ME/CFS with Zaher Nahle, PhD, MPA
- Nov 19, 2015 - “Get Your Motor Running” – Zaher Nahle Takes on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Cort Johnson
Blog Posts[edit | edit source]
- 21 Aug 2015, I Thought It Was a Typo…
