Rakib Rayhan

Rakib Uddin Rayhan is a MD/PhD candidate at Georgetown University Medical Center and Howard University, Washington, D.C. Since 2010, he has worked with Dr. James Baraniuk on functional neuroimaging at the Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center. His fields of study are Cognitive Psychology, Biological Psychology, Neuropsychology.

According to his bio for the Invest In ME Conference:"[Rayhan is] deeply interested in symptomatic development and chronification of pain and fatigue in idiopathic illnesses such as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), Gulf War Illness (GWI), and Fibromyalgia (FM)...He is actively engaged in further pursuing a systems biology to the approach to the [Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center] neuroimaging research by examining genomics, proteomics and metabolomics. His desire is to identify potential biomarkers that provide objective support to disease criteria and that are then translated into new and affordable therapies leading to a better quality of life for patients."

Talks and interviews

 * 2013, 8th Invest in ME International ME Conference 2013 The Role of the Brain and ME

Notable studies related to ME/CFS

 * 2012, Dyspnea in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS): Comparison of Two Prospective Cross-Sectional Studies. (Full Text)
 * 2013, Migraine in gulf war illness and chronic fatigue syndrome: Prevalence, potential mechanisms, and evaluation.
 * 2013, A Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) severity score based on case designation criteria.
 * August 10, 2020, Exercise alters brain activation in Gulf War Illness and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - (Full text)

Online presence

 * ResearchGate