OMF creates new Harvard ME/CFS Collaborative Research Center

This #OMFScienceWednesday post definitely deserves its own thread

OMF creates as new Harvard ME/CFS Collaborative Research Center and expands Stanford Data Center

We are proud to announce that OMF has funded $1.8 million for the establishment of a new ME/CFS Collaborative Research Center at the Harvard Medical School affiliated hospitals, which includes Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

 

Great news!

 

Great, i don't know if this is funding a centre that didn't get nih funds or something new but it's great that Harvard as a prestigious centre is getting this fund.
Obviously it shows how transformational funding can be, if people actually want to see lots of good science breakIng this cursed illness.
Well done OMF and well done community who raised the funds

 

https://twitter.com/user/status/999356609120874503

 

The tweet that was being shared, but not shown, in the previous post.
https://twitter.com/user/status/999345638260305920

 

I hope VanElzakker is involved

I think it suggests OMF really want to get things moving, I'd wondered if theyd eek out the pineapple funds over five years but I think they're hoping the community can still keep putting in significant money too, to get the momentum going, or nih will start stepping in. It's great to see, is it number 5 collaborative research centres in the USA now?

 

Do we know if the Stanford data centre will link in with the NIH DMCC?

 

Brilliant news!