Simon Carding

Simon R. Carding, PhD, is a Professor of Mucosal Immunology at Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, and the Research Leader of the Gut Biology Research Programme, which is part of the research collaborative, Gut Health and Food Safety (GHFS) Programme.

2017 Ramsay Award
A team comprised of Dr. Simon Carding and Fiona Newberry (PhD candidate) of the Quadram Institute of Bioscience and Dr. Tom Wileman of the University of East Anglia were awarded a 2017 Ramsay Award grant from the Solve ME/CFS Initiative for researching alterations in the intestinal virome in ME/CFS.

ME/CFS Common Data Element (CDE) Project
Member of the Biomarkers Working Group and the Immune 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 and Prevention.

Articles and Blog Entries

 * 2013, Professor Simon Carding, Phd
 * 2014, Crowdsourcing raises vital funds for ME research into 'leaky gut syndrome'
 * 2016, Do the Answers to ME/CFS lie Within Our Gut?

Talks and Interviews

 * 2011, Speaker at the 6th [[Invest in ME International ME Conference] on UK Research: Genome Sequencing, Virology & Immunology for ME/CFS] DVD available
 * 2013, Speaker at the 8th [[Invest in ME International ME Conference] No speech title given but the topic was about whether there is evidence of a leaky gut in ME patients] DVD available
 * 2014, Speaker at the 9th [[Invest in ME International ME Conference] No speech title given but the topic was about whether there is evidence of a leaky gut in ME patients] DVD available
 * 2015, Speaker at the 10th [[Invest in ME International ME Conference] No speech title given but the topic was about whether there is evidence of a leaky gut in ME patients] DVD available
 * 2016, Speaker at the 11th [[Invest in ME International ME Conference] on The European ME Research Group (EMERG)] DVD available
 * 2 Jun 2017, Speaker at the 12th Invest in ME International ME Conference on "Panel Discussion led by Professor Simon Carding with PhD students from Quadram Institute Biosciences" - DVD available
 * 28 Jan 2017, BBC: Interview with prof. Simon Carding on ME/CFS
 * 26 Jan 2017, BBC Look East: Research in Norwich could offer ME/CFS breakthrough
 * Jan 2017, Public talk in Norwich on ME/CFS biomedical research hosted by Institute Food Research and [[Invest in ME] Research]

Research Related to ME/CFS

 * 2016, A Role for the Intestinal Microbiota and Virome in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)? (Full Text)
 * 2018, Does the microbiome and virome contribute to myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome? (Full Text)

Online Presence

 * Simon Carding blog at GHFS