Invest in ME Research

Invest in ME Research (Invest in ME or IIMER) is an independent UK charity founded by parents of patients, that campaigns for biomedical research into myalgic encephalomyelitis. It is a supporter of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis but declined to join the UK CFS/ME Research Collaborative.

Aims

Invest in ME Research provides funding, education and awareness of the disease.

International conferences

IiMER organizes and hosts hosts international colloquiums and conferences, see Invest in ME Conference.

Funding

Invest in ME Research do not receive any government funding. Let's do it for ME, a patient-run group, fundraises solely for Invest in ME Research.

Centre of Excellence for ME

Invest in ME Research is currently fundraising to establish an UK and Europe Centre of Excellence for ME. The Let's C Research appeal supported by Let's Do It for ME is fundraising for centre of excellence.

Notable people

• Richard Simpson
• Pia Simpson
• Professor Malcolm Hooper

Invest in ME Research Scientific Advisory Board

• Dr Jo Cambridge, University College London
• Professor Simon Carding, Quadram Institute Bioscience
• Professor Anne Cooke, University of Cambridge
• Professor Jonathan Edwards, University College London
• Dr Ian Gibson, University of East Anglia
• Professor Angela Vincent, University of Oxford
• Professor Tom Wileman, University of East Anglia

Studies funded

UK Gut Microbiota Project

Led by Professor Simon Carding of the Quandram Institute/University of East Anglia, with Dr Amolak Bansal.

Defining autoimmune aspects of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)

A PhD project investing the autoimmune hypothesis.

Notable studies published

• 2016, Extended B cell phenotype in patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A cross-sectional study (Full Text)

History

• 2005, Invest in ME Research founded, originally under the name Invest in ME.
• 2006, first Invest in ME Research International ME Conference
• 2006, charitable trust status
• 2007, Journal of Invest in ME launched

Online presence

• Website
• Twitter
• Facebook
• YouTube

Contact details

• Address: PO Box 561, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO50 0GQ
• Phone: 02380 643736 / 07759 349743

Learn more

• Journal of Invest in ME Research
• Press releases and media

See also

• Invest in ME International ME Conference
• Centre of Excellence for ME
• Biomedical Research into ME Colloquium
• European ME Alliance
• Let's do it for ME
• Jon Campling (actor)

See myalgic encephalomyelitis.

biomedical research basic medical research on organisms, such as humans or other living things, that helps increase medical knowledge. (Learn more: me-pedia.org)

Oxford University a prestigious university located in Oxford, England renowned for its teaching and research in health and medicine

See chronic fatigue syndrome.

B cell B lymphocyte, or a type of white blood cell, which is involved in the immune response by secreting antibodies to ward off infections. In mammals, they are mostly matured in the bone marrow.

myalgic encephalomyelitis (M.E.) - A disease often marked by neurological symptoms, but fatigue is sometimes a symptom as well. Some diagnostic criteria distinguish it from chronic fatigue syndrome, while other diagnostic criteria consider it to be a synonym for chronic fatigue syndrome. A defining characteristic of ME is post-exertional malaise (PEM), or post-exertional neuroimmune exhaustion (PENE), which is a notable exacerbation of symptoms brought on by small exertions. PEM can last for days or weeks. Symptoms can include cognitive impairments, muscle pain (myalgia), trouble remaining upright (orthostatic intolerance), sleep abnormalities, and gastro-intestinal impairments, among others. An estimated 25% of those suffering from ME are housebound or bedbound. The World Health Organization (WHO) classifies ME as a neurological disease.