Zaher Nahle leaves Solve Me/cfs

This one is a shocker. What a huge loss. i wonder whether he will remain in the field or not.

https://solvecfs.org/dr-zaher-nahle-leaves-smci/

 

Oh no Why? What happened?

 

Will they tell us i wonder?

 

I wonder why. No hint of him planning to leave in this profile from a couple of weeks ago: https://jaxmecfs.com/2018/02/06/adv...al&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

 

I've donated to SMCI because of him...damn. I hope he sticks with ME/CFS...and I hope he knows how individually admired he is by patients.

 

A real shock and a real blow. No information given as to why or where he's going. Maybe the field was too frustrating but I thought he was making a real personal difference

 

Nooooooooooooooo!

 

Hmm.

 

From what I've been hearing behind the scenes it's pretty much this, another opportunity opened up for him and so he moved on. It's disappointing of course but, in my opinion, he did a lot of good in his time with Solve.

 

I was thinking he probably got a better offer.
At least as the field is changing and getting more interest etc, others with lots to offer should be looking to apply. I expect the ME docs and scientists in US have already put out feelers.

 

I rate Zaher Nahle very highly. I hope he is moving on to something else in ME/CFS.

 

Perhaps , and I include myself in this, we should get behind SMCI a bit more as a community too. I tend to focus on changing the negatives, especially as in uk there's so many, rather than supporting the positives, but that charity has become a fantastic thing due in large part to Dr Z N.

 

I agree. I really don't think they get the credit they deserve in the ME/CFS community.

 

My opinion is that they don't get the same level of visible support from patients due to them doing a lot of the essential work which doesn't have the wow factor of big research efforts that others engage in. Rather than fund fewer, larger studies they have looked to fund more but smaller studies, in part to increase the number of researchers working on ME, which is likely to be what we need more than just funding a few high profile researchers.

 

True but they're also strong on the infrastructure, info and advocacy side too but often their posts on Facebook just get a handful of comments, & when you consider the size of America. Maybe, as you say others get attention, unrest more on that front. They're not a support group like uk charities are, but they deserve support themselves, they have mine, I'm not a fan of the long view/collaborate with establishment rather than confront approach of uk charities ((sorry Trish)

Anyway I wish Dr ZN well and thank him.

 

So I contacted Dr Nahle direct and he's allowed me to pass the following on.

He's limited as to what he can announce for the moment solely as the person currently in post hasn't announced their retirement yet.

So disappointing for Solve but it looks like he will be able to expand the number of researchers looking at ME.