David Cella

David Cella, PhD is the Chair of the Department of Medical Social Sciences; Director of the Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM), Center for Patient-Centered Outcomes; a Ralph Seal Paffenbarger Professor; and a Professor of Medical Social Sciences, at Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA.

ME/CFS Common Data Element (CDE) Project
Dr Cella chairs the Fatigue Working Group of the Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Common Data Element (CDE) Project sponsored by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. This working group discussed types of fatigue and reviewed existing fatigue instruments widely used by investigators in the ME/CFS field.

Notable studies

 * 2017, Public Review - Draft of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Common Data Elements (CDE); Fatigue Subgroup Materials (Full Text)

Online presence

 * PubMed

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