What to know
The CDC ME/CFS program holds meetings for people with ME/CFS, their families, healthcare providers, and other community members. Currently, the program holds two Stakeholder Engagement and Communication (SEC) calls each year to update the ME/CFS community on CDC activities and facilitate presentations from guest speakers. Past meetings include ME/CFS Roundtable meetings and NIH Interagency Working Group meetings. Please go to the CDC Archive for past meeting information.
ME/CFS SEC Call Meetings
May 6, 2024, 3:00 PM ET
CDC ME/CFS Stakeholder Engagement and Communication (SEC) Call— " Deep Phenotyping of Post-Infection Syndromes and the Way Forward"
Featuring a presentation by Dr. Brian T. Walitt and Dr. Avindra Nath, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke (NINDS). Also featuring program updates from Dr. Elizabeth Unger and a question-and-answer session with Drs. Walitt, Nath, and Unger.
- CDC Program Update
- Slideshow Presentation (coming soon)
- Video Recording (coming soon)
December 18, 2023, 3:00 PM ET
CDC ME/CFS Stakeholder Engagement and Communication (SEC) Call— "Viruses in ME/CFS – Research Updates from Early Career Investigators"
Introductions and background from Dr. Vicky Whittemore, Program Director for the Division of Neuroscience, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for the National Institutes of Health. Presentations from Dr. Bhupesh K. Prusty, Institute for Virology and Immunobiology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany "Understanding Infectious Origin of ME/CFS through the Recent Pandemic," and Dr. Dawei Li, Associate Professor, Immunology & Molecular Microbiology Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, "Endogenous Retroviruses and ME/CFS." Also featuring program updates from Dr. Elizabeth Unger and a question-and-answer session with all speakers.
May 17, 2023, 3:00 PM ET
CDC ME/CFS Stakeholder Engagement and Communication (SEC) Call
Featuring a presentation titled, "Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome-like Illness Following COVID-19 in a Large Integrated Health System: Findings from the STOP ME/CFS Study" by Dr. Jacek Skarbinski,Department of Infectious Diseases, Kaiser Oakland/Richmond, California. Also featuring program updates from Dr. Jennifer Cope and a question-and-answer session with Drs. Skarbinski, Unger, and Cope.
December 6, 2022, 3:00 PM ET
CDC ME/CFS Stakeholder Engagement and Communication (SEC) Call
Featuring a presentation titled, "Neurovascular Dysregulation During Exercise in ME/CFS & Long COVID," by Dr. David Systrom, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Also featuring program updates from Drs. Elizabeth Unger and Jennifer Cope and a question-and-answer session with Drs. Systrom and Unger.
Resources
Archived Meetings
ME/CFS Stakeholder and Engagement Calls (SEC)
Interagency ME/CFS Working Group Meetings