Janet Dafoe

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Janet Dafoe, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist who worked primarily with adolescents and children with ADHD, Asperger's, anxiety, and depression. She was a Staff Psychologist at the Children’s Health Council in Palo Alto from 1985 until 2005, and at Morrissey Compton Educational Center in Redwood City, CA from 2005 – present. When her son Whitney Dafoe became ill with ME, she began to care for him at home. She is married to Dr. Ronald Davis.

Dafoe joined the Board of Directors of Phoenix Rising in 2017.[1]

Advocacy

Open Letters

Millions Missing protest

  • 2016, Dr. Dafoe and her husband, Dr. Ron Davis, protested with #MillionsMissing at the San Francisco satellite protest on May 25, 2016.[3]
  • 2017, Dr Dafoe couldn't attend the rally but her statement was read on her behalf[4]
  • 2018, Dr. Dafoe spoke at the 2018 #MillionsMissing Demonstration in San Francisco[5]

Talks and interviews

Online presence

References

  1. "About Us". Phoenix Rising. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  2. "Trial By Error: An Open Letter to The Lancet, Two Years On". www.virology.ws. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  3. "#MillionsMissing - #MillionsMissing". millionsmissing.meaction.net. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  4. "Voices from Sacramento: Janet Dafoe and Ashley Haugen - #MEAction". #MEAction. June 7, 2017. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  5. "2018 #MillionsMissing Demonstration in San Francisco | ME/CFS". YouTube. 2018. Retrieved August 18, 2018. Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  6. "2018 #MillionsMissing Demonstration in San Francisco | ME/CFS". YouTube. 2018. Retrieved August 18, 2018. Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)