Els Tobback

Els Tobback, PhD, is a biomedical scientist and somnologist at the Department of General Internal Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.

Education

 * 2003, Bioscience Engineering: Cell and Gene Biotechnology, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
 * 2004, Master of Cultures and Development Studies, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
 * 2009, PhD in Veterinary Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium
 * 2012, International Sleep Medicine Course, Robinson College Cambridge, UK

EUROMENE
Dr. Tobback is the Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSM) Coordinator the Working Group on conferences, seminars, training schools, and STSMs to increase capacity in ME/CFS research, and improve career pathways for ME/CFS researchers across Europe on behalf of EUROMENE, a European Union COST Action CA15111 not-for-profit research organization committed to tackling the cause and treatment for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

Notable studies

 * 2013, Sleep in the chronic fatigue syndrome - (Abstract)
 * 2013, Undiagnosed and comorbid disorders in patients with presumed chronic fatigue syndrome - (Abstract)
 * 2016, Factors determining fatigue in the chronic fatigue syndrome: a path analysis - (Abstract)
 * 2017, Exploring the potential role of the advanced nurse practitioner within a care path for patients with chronic fatigue syndrome - (Abstract)
 * 2018, Reciprocal associations between daily need-based experiences, energy, and sleep in chronic fatigue syndrome - (Abstract)
 * 2019, Retrospective Analysis of Risk Factors for Periodic Limb Movements in a Large Cohort of Insomnia and Chronic Fatigue Patients - (Abstract)

Online presence

 * PubMed