Ryan Prior
Ryan Prior is an advocate who wrote and co-directed the documentary, Forgotten Plague, based on his experiences as well as others living with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). The topics of science and politics of ME/CFS were also included. He is the founder of The Blue Ribbon Foundation.
Ryan is a Cross-Platform Associate Producer at CNN.[1]
Illness onset leads to advocacy[edit | edit source]
In 2006 Ryan Prior was a healthy, athletic high school student when he became ill with ME/CFS. After graduating college and becoming a journalist he wrote an article for USA Today: College Viewpoint: The real story of chronic fatigue syndrome[2] and received so much feedback that he realized he needed to do more to report on the disease and produced a documentary: "A Film That Tells The Great Under-Reported Medical Story Of Our Time." His crowdfund raised $120,000 for Forgotten Plague. Prior and his then-girlfriend, Nicole Castillo, co-directed.[3]
Prior also founded the The Blue Ribbon Fellowship to educate students in the disease ME/CFS. Currently only 5% of medical schools have proper curricular, research and clinical standards of care for the disease.[4]
Production credits on ME/CFS[edit | edit source]
- 2015, Forgotten Plague
- Oct 2018, Indie pop sensation's disease became his muse[5] Produced Dr. Sanjay Gupta's Turning Points interview with Stuart Murdoch, a short segment and an article.
Awards[edit | edit source]
- 2014, ePatient Scholar; Executive Producer, The Blue Ribbon[6]
- 2014, ProHealth's Advocate of the Year[7]
- 2017, Eagle Rare Life Leadership Category Award[8] $5K Prize
Nominations[edit | edit source]
- 2017, Eagle Rare Rare Life Honor[9] *Won Leadership category and $5K Award*
Talks and interviews[edit | edit source]
- Jan 23, 2014, ME/CFS on Nationally Syndicated "Jim Bohannon Show"[10] Appearing, Dr. Andreas Kogelnik, Ryan Prior, and Llewellyn King of ME/CFS Alert.
- 2014, ME/CFS Alert Episode 58 - Ryan Prior and the Blue Ribbon Foundation[11]
- 2014, ME/CFS Alert Episode 57 - Patient Perspectives - Ryan Prior and the Blue Ribbon Fellowship[12]
- 2016, In Sickness + In Health - Podcast 36 - ME/CFS & POTS w Ryan Prior[13] (Begins at 11:45)
- 2016, Just Talking Podcast[14]
Media exposure[edit | edit source]
- Jun 17, 2013, A Young Man, a Big Disease and a Big Idea[15]
- Aug 8, 2018, Millions suffer from an invisible disease: My ME/CFS story[16]
Online presence[edit | edit source]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Prior, Ryan. "Ryan Prior - Journalist at CNN/Co-Director of "Forgotten Plague"". LinkedIn.
- ↑ Prior, Ryan (October 2, 2012). "Viewpoint: The real story of chronic fatigue syndrome". USA TODAY College. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
- ↑ "Fundraise". Forgotten Plague. October 5, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
- ↑ "Fellowship Details". The Blue Ribbon Foundation. December 9, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
- ↑ CNN, Ryan Prior. "Indie pop sensation's disease became his muse". CNN. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
- ↑ "Speaker Profile: Ryan Prior". medicinex.stanford.edu. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
- ↑ "ProHealth's 2014 Advocate of the Year – Ryan Prior - Prohealth". Prohealth. April 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
- ↑ "Ruth Libby 2017 Grand Prize Winner for Rare Life Award". MarketWatch. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
- ↑ "Ryan Prior | Eagle Rare Life". eaglerarelife.com. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
- ↑ Bohannon, Jim. "ME/CFS on Nationally Syndicated "Jim Bohannon Show"". Soundcloud. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
- ↑ King, Llewellyn (March 23, 2014). "MECFS Alert Episode 58: Ryan Prior and the Blue Ribbon Foundation". YouTube. ME/CFS Alert. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
- ↑ King, Llewellyn (March 12, 2014). "MECFS Alert Episode 57: Patient Perspectives - Ryan Prior and the Blue Ribbon Fellowship". YouTube. ME/CFS Alert. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
- ↑ Gael O'Regan, Cara (October 21, 2016). "36 ME/CFS & POTS w Ryan Prior". Retrieved August 10, 2018.
- ↑ X, Christopher (October 11, 2016). "With Ryan Prior". YouTube.
- ↑ King, Llewellyn (June 17, 2013). "A Young Man, a Big Disease and a Big Idea". White House Chronicle.
- ↑ Prior, Ryan. "Millions suffer from an invisible disease: My ME/CFS story". CNN. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
