Vincent Lombardi

Vincent C. Lombardi, Ph.D., was the Director of Research at the Whittemore Peterson Institute. He has been researching myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) since 1992 in collabration with Dr. Daniel Peterson and Dr. Kenny De Meirleir. After completing his academic studies, he joined the research team of the Whittemore Peterson Institute, rising to director in 2011.

In September of 2018, Dr. Lombardi joined the University of Nevada, Reno research community as an Associate Professor Research in the Department of Microbiology. Dr. Lombardi continues to work closely with WPI's expert physician, Dr. Kenny De Meirleir. Dr. De Meirleir and Dr. Lombardi have worked closely together for years in an effort to solve ME/CFS and similar infection-associated neuroimmune diseases.

Notable studies

 * 2016, Humoral Immunity Profiling of Subjects with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Using a Random Peptide Microarray Differentiates Cases from Controls with High Specificity and Sensitivity - (Full text)
 * 2016, Genome-wide association analysis identifies genetic variations in subjects with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome - (Full text)
 * 2015, Cytokine expression provides clues to the pathophysiology of Gulf War illness and myalgic encephalomyelitis - (Full text)
 * 2014, Plasmacytoid dendritic cells of the gut: Relevance to immunity and pathology - (Full text)
 * 2013, Plasmacytoid dendritic cells in the duodenum of individuals diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis are uniquely immunoreactive to antibodies to human endogenous retroviral proteins - (Full text)

Talks & interviews

 * 30 Jul 2013, Episode 48-1 - Interview with Dr. Vince Lombardi, Part 1
 * 04 Aug 2013, Episode 48-2 - Dr. Vince Lombardi, Part 2
 * 31 Aug 2011, Episode 05 - Dr. Vincent Lombardi and The Role of Interferons in M

Online presence

 * ResearchGate
 * PubMed
 * Website bio page