Mady Hornig

Professor Mady Hornig is a physician-scientist and Director of Translational Research at the Center for Infection and Immunity at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health where she is also Associate Professor of Epidemiology.

Notable studies

 * 2017, Fecal metagenomic profiles in subgroups of patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (Full Text)
 * 2016, Cytokine network analysis of cerebrospinal fluid in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome
 * 2015, Distinct plasma immune signatures in ME/CFS are present early in the course of illness (Full Text)
 * 2015, Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) is associated with pandemic influenza infection, but not with an adjuvanted pandemic influenza vaccine (Abstract)
 * 2015, Findings from a clinical and laboratory database developed for discovery of pathogenic mechanisms in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (Abstract)
 * 2015, Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) is associated with pandemic influenza infection, but not with an adjuvanted pandemic influenza vaccine (Abstract)
 * 2012, A Multicenter Blinded Analysis Indicates No Association between Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and either Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus-Related Virus or Polytropic Murine Leukemia Virus (Full Text)

Talks and interviews

 * 2 Jun 2017, Speaker at the 12th Invest in ME International ME Conference on "Gut-metabolome-immune disturbances in ME/CFS subsets" DVD available
 * 2016, 12th International [[IACFSME] Biennial Clinical and Research Conference, Emerging Science and Clinical Care, Session Chair for Session 1: The Latest Research in Immunology and the Microbiome]
 * 2016, Speaker at the 11th Invest in ME International ME Conference - DVD available
 * 2015, Speaker at the 10th Invest in ME International ME Conference - DVD available
 * 2015, [[ME/CFS Alert] Episode 73: Dr. Mady Hornig (Part 1)]
 * 2015, [[ME/CFS Alert] Episode 74: Dr. Mady Hornig (Part 2)]
 * 2015, The Invisible Ones - A Conference on Severe ME/CFS and the Way Forward - Mady Hornig, Sweden, 19 October 2015.
 * Transcript of the above talk
 * 2015, Scientists Discover Robust Evidence That Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Is a Biological Illness, 27 February 2015.
 * 2014, Speaker at the 9th Invest in ME International ME Conference - DVD available

Lawsuit
On May 18th, 2017, Mady Hornig brought a lawsuit against the Trustees of Columbia University and Walter Ian Lipkin in NY City court. A jury trial was demanded under Complaint 17 CV 3602. Discriminatory and retaliatory acts (Item 22), blocking of ME/CFS research (Item 157), misappropriation of funds (Item 225), and many other complaints impacting ME/CFS research.

Media & Science journal coverage

 * May 23, 2017: Lawsuit at Columbia University roils prominent chronic fatigue syndrome research lab Science Magazine


 * May 20, 2017: Columbia professor says boss made her inspect his butt New York Post

Online presence

 * Columbia University - Mady Hornig, MD
 * PubMed - Mady Hornig

Learn more

 * Wikipedia - Mady Hornig
 * 2016, The Other MEGA Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Project: Dr. Hornig Talks
 * 2016, Is chronic fatigue syndrome finally being taken seriously?
 * 2015, Distinct stages to chronic fatigue syndrome identified
 * 2015, Ian Lipkin and Mady Hornig take the #ChiliMEChallenge (see Chilli ME Challenge)