UK CFS/ME Research Collaborative

The UK CFS/ME Collaborative is a grouping of researchers and ME/CFS patient groups in the UK. It is led by Professor Stephen Holgate. It was launched in 2011 and the launch was covered by the Science Media Centre.

The Grand Challenge
The Grand Challenge is a UK study announced in 2015 and aiming to collect a large sample size (10,000+) of data from people with M.E.

Declined membership
Invest in ME declined to join and have written about their criticism of the grouping, favouring their own Invest in ME Conference.

Tymes Trust also declined involvement, criticising the collaborative's rules.

Conference

 * 2015, CMRC conference 2015 report available in full

Minutes

 * DRAFT Minutes of CMRC Meeting 11 November 2015

Members

 * Stephen Holgate (Chair)
 * Esther Crawley
 * Sonya Chowdhury
 * Charles Shepherd
 * Mary-Jane Willow, Association of Young People with M.E.
 * Peter White
 * Paul Little (PL), Southampton University
 * Hugh Perry (HP), Southampton University
 * Jen McKendrick (JM), ME Research UK
 * Paul Moss (PM), Birmingham University
 * Joe McNamara (JM), Medical Research Council
 * Neeha Isaar-Brown (NIB), Medical Research Council
 * Clive Kerfoot (CK), CFS Research Foundation
 * Edward Sykes (Science Media Centre)
 * Peter Muir (PM), CFS Research Foundation
 * Dr. Neil Abbott (NA)
 * Julia Newton
 * Zoe Gotts (ZG), Northumbria University
 * Allison Wallace (Wellcome Trust observer)

Learn more

 * 2016, The Power and Pitfalls of Omics: George Davey Smith’s storming talk at ME/CFS conference (Pt 1 of 2) (George Davey Smith)