Justin Noble

Justin Arthur Noble was born September 24, 1985 to Stuart and Susan Noble. Justin was a resident of Richmond, British Columbia, and was an avid, active hockey player up until he contracted myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME0.

In 2014, Justin contracted ME and became unable to work. He was no longer capable of doing any of the physical activities he enjoyed, such as hockey, or fishing. His severe ME meant that he stayed at home in a darkened room. His mother and father became his primary caregivers.

Justin saw many physicians, but none were able to help him. He struggled on a daily basis with the illness, and often stated that he could not accept the fact that he was so ill.

Justin passed away on October 13, 2016 at the age of 31.

Justin's family, with the help of the Open Medicine Foundation, set up the Justin Noble ME/CFS Research Internship in order to advance lagging research into the debilitating illness that took Justin's life. The Justin Noble Research Internship is a three-month, paid internship for students with a STEM background to do labwork at the Stanford Genome Technology Center to help discover the cure for ME.

Donations to the Open Medicine Foundation can be made in Justin's name in order to go towards this internship.

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 * Announcing the Justin Noble ME/CFS Research Internship