Avindra Nath

Avindra (Avi) Nath, MD, is a physician-scientist who specializes in neuroimmunology. Dr. Nath serves as the intramural clinical director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the U.S. and chief of the Section of Infections of the Nervous System at NINDS. He is the principal investigator of the NIH Post-Infectious ME/CFS Study and two intramural NINDS long COVID studies: 1) Natural History of Post-Coronavirus Disease 19 Convalescence at the National Institutes of Health, which will be collecting data to learn more about the range and timing of symptoms that people have before, during, and after COVID-19, and 2) An Observational Study of Neurologic Function after COVID-19 Infection, which will focus more specifically on characterizing post-COVID neurologic sequelae, including abnormalities in brain structure, neurologic function, and autonomic nervous system function.

NIH Post-Infectious ME/CFS Study
The NIH Post-Infectious ME/CFS is also known as the Intramural Research Program, and is an extensive, in-depth, biomedical research program for ME/CFS.

Notable studies

 * Ongoing - NIH Post-Infectious ME/CFS Study
 * 2016, CDC Grand Rounds: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome — Advancing Research and Clinical Education. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - (Full Text)

Talks and interviews

 * 16 Feb 2016, CDC Grand Rounds - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Advancing Research and Clinical Education with Charles Lapp, MD, Elizabeth Unger, PhD, MD, Anthony Komaroff, MD and Avindra Nath, MD
 * Grand Rounds Video
 * Grand Rounds Presentation Slide Deck


 * 17 Feb 2016, Dr. Nath on ACT UP and Patient Involvement in ME/CFS Research
 * 21 Apr 2016, Solve CFS Webinar with Avindra Nath, M.D. on "Post-Infectious Myalgic Encephalomyelopathy/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome"
 * 8 May 2016, NIH ME/CFS Advocacy Call with Dr. Francis Collins, Dr. Walter Koroshetz, Dr. Vicky Whittemore, Dr. Avindra Nath, and Dr. Brian Walitt
 * 26 May 2016, Presentation of ME/CFS Working Group goals to the NIH Advisory Meeting by Dr. Vicky Whittemore
 * 2 Nov 2016, NIH ME/CFS Advocacy Call - Recorded call and transcript with Dr. Walter Koroshetz, Dr. Vicky Whittemore, Dr. Joseph Breen, and Dr. Avindra Nath
 * 1 Feb 2017, NIH ME/CFS Advocacy Call - Recorded call and transcript with Dr. Walter Koroshetz, Dr. Vicky Whittemore, Dr. Joseph Breen, and Dr. Avindra Nath
 * 28 Nov 2017, NIH ME/CFS Advocacy Call - Recorded call and transcript with Dr. Walter Koroshetz, Dr. Vicky Whittemore, Dr. Joseph Breen, and Dr. Avindra Nath
 * 7 Mar 2018, NIH ME/CFS Advocacy Call - Recorded call and transcript with Dr. Walter Koroshetz, Dr. Vicky Whittemore, Dr. Joseph Breen, Dr. Avindra Nath and Dr. Ian Lipkin
 * 19 Jul 2018, ME/CFS Advocacy Call - Recorded call and transcript with Dr. Walter Koroshetz, Dr. Avindra Nath, Dr. Joseph Breen, and Dr Anthony Komaroff
 * 23 Oct 2021, Comprehensive NIH Intramural Study of ME/CFS, given at the Massachusetts ME/CFS & FM Association 2021 annual meeting

Online presence

 * PubMed - Avindra Nath
 * NIH - Dr Avinra Nath

Learn more

 * Wikipedia - Avindra Nath