Lubov Nathanson

Lubov Nathanson, PhD, is an assistant professor in the College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine (INIM), Nova Southeastern University, Florida, US.

Dr Nathanson research interests include exploring altered genetic expression in the immune cells of ME/CFS patients and the potential role of DNA methylation, an epigenetic process that can turn genes on or off, in ME/CFS.

2017 Ramsay Award
A team comprised of Dr. Elisa Oltra of Universidad Católica de Valencia, Spain, and Drs. Lubov Nathanson, Vladimir Beljanski and Malav Suchin Trivedi of Nova Southeastern University, US, were awarded a 2017 Ramsay Award grant from the Solve ME/CFS Initiative for researching the effect of ME/CFS on epigenetic regulation in specific immune cell types.

ME/CFS Common Data Element (CDE) Project
Member of the Baseline/Covariate Working Group, the Neurologic/Cognitive/CNS Imaging Working Group, and the Biomarkers 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 & Prevention. This working group reviewed data collection instruments widely used by investigators in the ME/CFS field, and either recommended their use unchanged or (more often) proposed some modifications.

Notable studies

 * 2015, Using gene expression signatures to identify novel treatment strategies in gulf war illness - (Full text)
 * 2018, Identification of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome-associated DNA methylation patterns - (Full Text)
 * 2019, Treatment Avenues in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Split-gender Pharmacogenomic Study of Gene-expression Modules - (Abstract)
 * 2019, Epigenetic Components of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Uncover Potential Transposable Element Activation - (Full text)
 * 2019, Genetic Predisposition for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Pilot Study - (Abstract)
 * 2020, Assessing diagnostic value of microRNAs from peripheral blood mononuclear cells and extracellular vesicles in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - (Full text)

Online presence

 * LinkedIn
 * ResearchGate

Learn more

 * NSU Research Spotlight: Lubov Nathanson, Ph.D.
 * Nova Southeastern University Researchers Receive $800,000 Grant to Research Gulf War Illness