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The '''Medical Research Council CFS/ME Expert Group''' or '''MRC CFS/ME Expert Group''' is a part of the [[United Kingdom|UK]] [[Medical Research Council]], which discusses [[CFS/ME]] research projects decides on their funding. A number of meetings of the CFS/ME Experts Group were held from 2008 to 2010.<ref name="minutes1">{{Cite web|url=https://mrc.ukri.org/documents/pdf/cfsme-expert-group-minutes-1st-meeting/ | title = CFS/ME Expert Group Meeting - December 2008 | date = Dec 15, 2008 | website = [[Medical Research Council]]}}</ref><ref name="minutes2">{{Cite web|url=https://mrc.ukri.org/documents/pdf/cfsme-expert-group-minutes-2nd-meeting/ | title = Minutes of the CFS/ME Expert Group Meeting - March 2009 | date = Mar 31, 2009 | website = [[Medical Research Council]]}}</ref><ref name="minutes3">{{Cite web|url=https://mrc.ukri.org/documents/pdf/cfsme-expert-group-minutes-3rd-meeting/ | title = Minutes of the CFS/ME Expert Group Meeting - March 2010 | date = March 1, 2010 | website = [[Medical Research Council]]}}</ref> ==Purpose== The MRC ME/CFS Expert Group aimed to bring together leading experts in the field of [[ME/CFS]] and associated fields that may be involved in the underlying mechanisms of ME/CFS, plus representatives from patient charities. The Group was chaired by Professor Sir [[Stephen Holgate]]. ==Aims== The aim of the group was to explore ways in which to encourage new research in the [[ME/CFS]] field. The group looked at new technologies and associated areas of research that could help inform the diverse range of symptoms and possible underlying causes of ME/CFS. Members of the group were involved in various activities in the field, including the 2009 MRC ME/CFS Research Workshop and Prioritisation Meeting,<ref name="minutes2"/> informing the strategy for the 2011 MRC ME/CFS call for proposals and establishment of the 2012 MRC ME/CFS highlight notice. Several members of the Group subsequently became members of the [[UK CFS/ME Research Collaborative]] (UK CMRC), which was established in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mrc.ukri.org/funding/science-areas/population-systems-medicine/our-science-and-contacts-psmb/mrcfs/ | title = Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)|last = Medical Research Council|first = | authorlink = Medical Research Council | date = |website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2021-11-05}}</ref> ==Services== ==Notable people== In attendance: * Professor [[Stephen Holgate]] (professor of immunopharmacology and honorary consultant physician specialising in asthma & allergy, University of Southampton β Chairman) * Dr [[Esther Crawley]] (Paediatrician, Professor in Child Health with a background in paediatric rheumatology, University of Bristol) * Professor Malcolm Jackson (professor of musculoskeletal biology, University of Liverpool) * Dr [[Derek Pheby]] (Epidemiologist, National CFS/ME Observatory) * Professor [[Anthony Pinching]] (professor of immunology, Peninsula Medical School) * Dr [[Charles Shepherd]] (ME Association) * Sir [[Peter Spencer]] (Action for ME) * Professor [[Peter White]] (Professor of Psychological Medicine & honorary consultant liaison psychiatrist) * Professor Philip Cowen (Professor of psychiatry & psychopharmacology, University of Oxford) * Professor Hugh Perry (Professor of Experimental Neuropathology, University of Southampton) * Dr [[Jonathan Kerr]] (microbiologist, St Georgeβs University of London) * Professor Ian Kimber (Professor of Toxicology, University of Manchester) MRC *Dr Rob Buckle *Dr Joanna Latimer (Secretariat) ===Patron=== ===Medical advisors=== ==Research/Notable studies== ==History== ==Meeting notes== *2008,[https://mrc.ukri.org/documents/pdf/cfsme-expert-group-minutes-1st-meeting/ 1st meeting of the CFS/ME Expert Group β December 2008] *2009, [https://mrc.ukri.org/documents/pdf/cfsme-expert-group-minutes-2nd-meeting/ 2nd meeting of the CFS/ME Expert Group β March 2009] *2010, [https://mrc.ukri.org/documents/pdf/cfsme-expert-group-minutes-3rd-meeting/ 3rd meeting of the CFS/ME Expert Group β March 2010] ==Notable events== ==Online presence== *Website *Twitter *Facebook (group/page) *YouTube channel *Instagram *LinkedIn ==See also== *[[Medical Research Council]] ==Learn more== <!-- *Outside articles: e.g. Wikipedia, or news articles --> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category: Organizations]] [[Category:UK organizations]]
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