$500 000 Gift to OMF - Chris Armstrong

We are thrilled to share some exciting news with you! Thanks to the incredible generosity of the McCusker Charitable Foundation, and their commitment to advancing medical research, we are embarking on an unprecedented journey that promises to revolutionize the care of people with ME/CFS and Long COVID by Australian General Practitioners.

We take immense pride in announcing the gracious gift of $500,000 to Open Medicine Foundation Australia Limited (OMFAL) to fund the initial phase of Dr. Chris Armstrong’s ground-breaking personalized treatment program.

As an international extension of the Open Medicine Foundation, OMFAL plays a vital role in our global, non-profit effort to understand, manage, and ultimately cure ME/CFS, Long COVID, and related diseases. We are proud to acknowledge the remarkable work of the Melbourne ME/CFS Research Collaboration, directed by esteemed Christopher W. Armstrong, PhD.

The primary focus of Dr. Armstrong’s personalized treatment program is to provide a tool that clinicians can use to speed up the process of matching successful treatments to individuals with ME/CFS and Long COVID.

By reducing the guesswork that often prolongs treatment decisions, we envision a future where patients can experience relief and healing faster than ever before.


Key Aspects of the Research Program:

1. Partnering with GPs to Target Treatments: We understand that the uncertainty surrounding treatment options can be distressing for patients and their families. By studying how clinical and biological factors can predict successful treatment outcomes, we will work with medical practitioners to develop a tool that they can use to help patients.

2. Improving Quality of Life: By providing a tool that enables clinicians to provide patients with targeted treatments, we expect to increase the potential for significant improvements to quality of life. These changes will benefit individuals and their families, and also alleviate the stress on our healthcare system.

3. Clinician Education and Implementation: An essential feature of this program is to educate clinicians about accessing and effectively implementing this tool within their practices. We believe that sharing knowledge and empowering medical professionals will lead to widespread benefits across the medical and patient communities, both within Australia and globally.

We’d like to emphasize that the pioneering work being done in Australia is not confined by geographic boundaries. The innovative treatment programs we’re developing here have the potential to be replicated and adapted worldwide. This means that the fruits of our research could soon provide hope for ME/CFS and Long COVID patients globally, promising a brighter, healthier future for all.

We are incredibly grateful to the McCusker Charitable Foundation, who have the vision to recognize the potential of this transformative research. Their remarkable commitment doesn’t end here; they have pledged an additional $500,000 for the following two consecutive years if the research progresses well.

As we embark on this journey, we promise to keep you informed every step of the way. Your contributions, whether big or small, make a profound difference in achieving our collective goals.

https://www.omf.ngo/McCusker-gift/

 

Agreed.

 

There are no treatments, let alone personalised treatments.

 

Philanthropic spiel and American enthusiasm is a deadly combination for our language.

 

It says treatment plan, which is probably a mix of all sorts of medications/supplements/health + diet advice, similar to what they've always done at the Stanford Clinic.

 

And.. the last 3 paragraphs superlatives include: innovative, pioneering, transformative, remarkable, profound….

this sentence especially seems to stick in my craw,

“This means that the fruits of our research could soon provide hope for ME/CFS and Long COVID patients globally, promising a brighter, healthier future for all."

That is going to be a very impressive "tool".

 

Not sure whether anything extra in this?
https://www.omf.ngo/melbourne-mecfs-research/

 

Sounds pretty good to me.

 

Agreed, from a rather disillusioned, Canadian.

 

meh, Griffith Uni regularly come up with much the same kind of over exuberance.

 

It seems to be increasingly common, including in how politicians speak. It's common in documentaries too now, which I get so fed up with that I switch off.

 

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

 

I wish everyone would cut the marketing crap. Not just ME/CFS, everywhere in life.