Luis Nacul

Dr Luis Nacul is a Clinical Associate Professor and researcher at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in London, United Kingdom. He leads the CureME team and the UK ME/CFS Biobank. He serves as a Member Substitute for EUROMENE, an international not-for-profit organization for ME/CFS research.

He is a doctor and general practitioner, with training across medicine, epidemiology and public health.

ME/CFS Common Data Element (CDE) Project
Dr Nacul serves on the Fatigue 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.

Notable studies and writings related to ME/CFS

 * 2007, The Development of an Epidemiological Definition for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Abstract)
 * 2011, Prevalence of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) in three regions of England: a repeated cross-sectional study in primary care (Full Text)
 * 2011, Social support needs for equity in health and social care: a thematic analysis of experiences of people with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (Full Text)
 * 2011, The functional status and well being of people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and their carers (Full Text)
 * 2014, Considerations in establishing a post-mortem brain and tissue bank for the study of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A proposed protocol (Full Text)
 * 2017, Public Review - Draft of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Common Data Elements (CDE); Fatigue Subgroup Materials (Full Text)
 * 2017, Editorial - Using a participatory approach to develop and implement the UK ME/CFS Biobank
 * 2018, Functional Status and Well-Being in People with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Compared with People with Multiple Sclerosis and Healthy Controls (Full Text)

Talks and Interviews

 * 2015, Speaker at the 10th Invest in ME International ME Conference - DVD available Speech title - Incidence and Prevalence of ME

Learn more

 * LSHTM bio