Medical Research Council

The Medical Research Council (MRC) is a British government organization that funds medical research. The MRC states its research priorities publicly.

CFS/ME Expert Group
(updated Mar 2019)
 * Professor Stephen Holgate - University of Southampton (Chairman)
 * Professor Jill Belch - University of Dundee
 * Dr Esther Crawley - University of Bristol
 * Professor Philip Cowen - University of Oxford
 * Professor Malcolm Jackson - University of Liverpool
 * Dr Jonathan Kerr - St George’s University of London
 * Professor Ian Kimber - University of Manchester
 * Professor Hugh Perry - University of Southampton
 * Dr Derek Pheby - National CFS/ME Observatory
 * Professor Anthony Pinching - Peninsula Medical School
 * Dr Charles Shepherd - ME Association
 * Sir Peter Spencer - Action for ME
 * Professor Peter White - Bart’s and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London

Research funded

 * FINE trial
 * PACE trial

Criticism
The charity ME Research UK has criticized the MRC. The charity Invest in ME Research has also been critical of its support for research into the "behavioral model" of M.E., the amount of ME/CFS funding allocated to the "psychiatric lobby" and the lack of funding allocated to biomedical research by the Medical Research Council. The ME Association, including Dr Charles Shepherd, a member of the MRC CFS/ME Experts Group, have campaigned against several research projects funded by the MRC, including the PACE trial, and the FINE trial.

Announcements

 * 2011, Medical Research Council announces further details on research funding for ME/CFS
 * 2014, Encouraging new ideas for CFS/ME research

Learn more

 * Medical Research Council webpage on CFS/ME
 * Medical Research Council website home page