Editing Cort Johnson

[[File:Cort Johnson.jpg|thumb|right|Photo from ProHealth]]

'''Cort Johnson''', MS, is a active advocate, blogger, and online reporter for [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]]/[[chronic fatigue syndrome]] ([[ME/CFS]]). He was studying at the University of Santa Cruz, California when he first became ill with [[CFS|ME/CFS]] and [[Fibromyalgia]] in 1980.<ref>{{Cite news |url =http://www.cortjohnson.org/about-us/cort-johnson/ | title = Cort Johnson - Health Rising|work=Health Rising|access-date=2018-08-10|language=en-US}}</ref> Cort also has [[chemical sensitivities]].<ref name=":0" /> He has a B.A. in Philosophy and a M.S. in Environmental Sciences.   

== ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia Advocacy ==
Cort founded [[Phoenix Rising]] around 2005 and [[Health Rising]] in 2012 - both "Citizen Science" blogs and forums serving the myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and fibromyalgia communities  He has produced over 1000 blogs on ME/CFS and FM over time. He has also worked with [[Simmaron Research|Simmaron Research since 2012]].

== Awards ==
*2015, [http://www.prohealth.com/library/showarticle.cfm?libid=28684 ProHealth 2015 ME/CFS Advocate of the Year]<ref>{{Cite news |url =http://www.prohealth.com/library/showarticle.cfm?libid=28684 | title = ProHealth Announces Its 2015 ME/CFS Advocate of the Year - Cort Johnson! - Prohealth | date = 2016-03-17|work=Prohealth|access-date=2018-08-10|language=en-US}}</ref>
*2016, Special Service Award by the [[IACFS/ME]]<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.iacfsme.org/iacfs-me-awardees | title = IACFS/ME Awardees | website = 
IACFS/ME|access-date=2020-04-23}}</ref><nowiki></ref></nowiki> 

== Talks and interviews ==
*2018, [https://vimeo.com/282305907 Cort Johnson Personal Profile Coping with ME/CFS]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web | url = https://vimeo.com/282305907 | title = Cort Johnson Personal Profile Coping with ME/CFS | last = | first = | date = | website = Vimeo| publisher = cfsKnowledgeCenter|type=Video| archive-url = | archive-date = |url-status = | access-date=}}</ref>  Video

==Notable studies==
*2012, ''Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), and Chronic Fatigue (CF) are distinguished accurately: results of supervised learning techniques applied on clinical and inflammatory data''<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Maes | first = Michael | authorlink = Michael Maes | last2 = Twisk | first2 = Frank N.M. | authorlink2 = Frank Twisk | last3 = Johnson | first3 = Cort | author-link3 = Cort Johnson | date = Dec 2012 | title = Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), and Chronic Fatigue (CF) are distinguished accurately: Results of supervised learning techniques applied on clinical and inflammatory data | url = http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0165178112001400|journal=Psychiatry Research|volume=200 | issue = 2-3 | pages = 754–760|doi=10.1016/j.psychres.2012.03.031|issn=0165-1781|via=}}</ref> - [[pubmed:22521895|(Abstract)]]

== See Also ==
*[[Acquired immune and mitochondrial dysfunction hypothesis]]

== Online presence ==
*[https://www.healthrising.org/ Health Rising an ME/CFS and FM website] 
*[https://www.facebook.com/cort.johnson.92?fref=ts Facebook]
*[https://twitter.com/CortJohnson Twitter]
*[https://www.linkedin.com/in/cort-johnson-53097213/ LinkedIn]

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