Invest in ME Research



Invest in ME (IIME) is an independent UK charity founded by parents of patients, that campaigns for biomedical research into ME. It is a supporter of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis but declined to join the UK CFS/ME Research Collaborative.

Aims
Invest in ME provides funding, education and awareness of the disease.

International conferences
IIME organizes and hosts hosts international colloquiums and conferences, see Invest in ME Conference.

Notable people
Invest in ME Research Scientific Advisory Board

The charity has a scientific advisory board consisting of Professor Angela Vincent, Dr Jo Cambridge, Professor Simon Carding, Professor Jonathan Edwards, Dr Ian Gibson and Professor Tom Wileman.


 * Richard Simpson
 * Pia Simpson
 * Malcolm Hooper

Studies funded

 * UK Rituximab Trial
 * UK gut microbiota project
 * 2015, Extended B-cell phenotype in patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A cross-sectional study (Fane Mensah, Amolak Bansal, Saul Berkovitz, Arti Sharma, Venkat Reddy, Maria Leandro, Geraldine Cambridge)

Online presence

 * Website
 * Twitter
 * Facebook