Ongoing research projects
Please browse the following list of ongoing research (as of April 2008, there are a further seven projects going through our review process):
- Vitamin D status in ME/CFS
- Dr Faisel Khan, The Institute of Cardiovascular Research, University of Dundee
- Identifying gene SNPs
- Dr Jonathan Kerr, St George’s Hospital, University of London
- Non-invasive structural and functional neuroimaging in ME/CFS
- Prof. BK Puri, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre. Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London
- Exercise tolerance in patients diagnosed with ME/CFS
- Prof. Brian MacIntosh and Dr Eleanor Stein, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Confirmatory study of gene expression in peripheral blood of patients with Gulf War Syndrome
- Dr Jonathan Kerr, St George’s University of London
- Focal and global endothelial function and their association with arterial stiffness
- Dr Faisel Khan, Prof. J Belch and Prof. C Lang, University of Dundee
- The assessment of peripheral microvascular endothelial function in ME/CFS
- Dr David Newton, The Institute of Cardiovascular Research, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
- Unravelling the aetiology of post-exertional malaise in ME/CFS: the role of intracellular immunity and sensory processing
- Dr Jo Nijs, Department of Human Physiology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- Physiological cost of walking at self selected and matched speeds in those with ME/CFS: a pilot study
- Dr Lorna Paul, School of Health and Social Care, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow
- The response of interleukin-6 and its receptors to a standardised exercise challenge
- Prof. Myra Nimmo, Department of Applied Physiology, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
- Characterisation of differential gene expression in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis
- Dr John Gow, Department of Neurology, Southern General Hospital, University of Glasgow
- Effects of muscle fatigue on H-reflex excitability in subjects with ME/CFS
- Dr Les Wood, Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow
- An investigation into biochemical and blood flow aspects of ME/CFS in children
- Dr Gwen Kennedy, The Institute of Cardiovascular Research, University of Dundee, Dundee
- Evaluation of pain and therapeutic intervention in people with ME/CFS
- Dr Lorna Paul, School of Health and Social Care, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow
- Acetylcholine-mediated vasodilatation in ME/CFS patients: the role of nitric oxide, prostacyclin and endothelium-derived hyperpolarising factor
- Dr Faisel Khan, The Institute of Cardiovascular Research, University of Dundee, Dundee
