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IACFS/ME 2022 Virtual Medical and Scientific Conference 

July  27 - 30, 2022 
9 AM - 5 PM EDT (New York City time)
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Registration for the Conference is now CLOSED. Video recordings of the Conference will be made
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This will be IACFS/ME's 15th Medical/ Scientific Conference. Our  exciting, informative program
includes:
Workshops covering research- and clinic-oriented topics
Oral presentations of unpublished, peer-reviewed research
Poster presentations of unpublished, peer-reviewed research
Special Session - Provocative maneuvers: methods to induce symptomatic features of ME/CFS 
Clinical Cases interactive session
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Akiko Iwasaki (Yale University, USA)
Plenary Session Speaker: Dr. David Systrom (Harvard Medical School, USA)
Special Speaker: Lauren Stiles, JD (Dysautonomia International/ Stony Brook University, USA)
Awards Ceremony: Honoring Staci Stevens, MA, and celebrating promising ME/CFS researchers

The conference will focus on the biomedical, behavioral, and public health aspects of ME/CFS and associated
comorbidities.  A portion of the meeting will also be devoted to COVID-19 and its relevance to ME/CFS research and clinical
care.

Schedule 

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July 27 - Workshops 

July 28 - Research Presentations 1 

July 29 - Research Presentations 2 

Time Presentation Title Speaker Organization

9:00 AM Infectious Diseases 1 Lily Chu, MD, MSHS IACFS/ME
Dysbiosis in the gut
microbiome accompanies
National Institute of
skewed immunological and Midori Horiuchi, MD
Neuroscience, Japan
clinical parameters in
patients with ME/CFS
Whittemore Peterson
Institute/ University of
Phage borrelia qPCR in
Kenny L. De Meirleir, MD, PhD Nevada, Reno/
ME/CFS patients
Himmunitas Foundation,
USA & Belgium
9:40 AM Clinical Cases Presentation
A severe illness for the
long-haul: patient
Susan Levine, MD - Private
experience, novel Melissa Siller, BA
Practice
treatments, and current
state.
Can discordant identical
Bateman Horne Center,
twins become concordant Lucinda Bateman, MD, MS
USA
for ME/CFS?
Insights for the provision
of long COVID
Leigh Jerome, PhD University of Hawaii, USA
psychotherapeutic care: a
case report
10:45 AM Break (15 minutes)
11:00 AM Provocation Studies 1
Recovery from 2-day
cardiopulmonary exercise Ithaca College/ Cornell
Geoffrey E. Moore, MD
testing in persons with University, USA
ME/CFS
Physical activity levels in
ME/CFS before and after a
Candace N. Receno, PhD Ithaca College, USA
2-Day Cardiopulmonary
Exercise Test Protocol
11:40 AM Lunch (60 minutes)
12:40 PM Keynote Session Fred Friedberg, PhD IACFS/ME
Immunology of long COVID Akiko Iwasaki, PhD Yale University, USA
1:40 PM COVID-19 1 Luis Nacul, MD, MSc, PhD IACFS/ME
Identifying prevalence of a
ME/CFS diagnosis post-
COVID and pre-existing
Ali Boolani, PhD Clarkson University, USA
conditions that may
increase the likelihood of a
positive ME/CFS diagnosis
Immune dysregulation in
ME/CFS and long COVID-19 University of
syndromes: tracking of CD8 Anna Gil, PhD Massachusetts Medical
T-cell over activation and School, USA
exhaustion with therapy

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Stellate ganglion block

(SGB) improves symptoms
of long COVID/Post-Acute Deborah Duricka, PhD Neuroversion Inc, USA
Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2
(PASC)
2:40 PM Break (20 minutes)
3:00 PM Public Health 1
How to ensure the voice of
the severely affected 25% ME Group, United
Helen Baxter
ME/CFS patient is heard in Kingdom
research
Identifying healthcare
system barriers impacting University of Calgary,
Rosie Twomey, PhD
the care of Canadians with Canada
myalgic encephalomyelitis
Geoffrey Hallman, LLB,
ME/CFS: limitations of Southern Cross University,
DipLegPrac, DipFinPlan, LLM,
vocabulary and language Australia
MClinEpid, MPubHlth
4:00 PM Provocation Studies 2
Plasma proteomics reveals
a distinct response to
maximal exercise and
Arnaud Germain, PhD Cornell University, USA
recovery pattern between
females and males ME/CFS
subjects
Comprehensive gene
expression profiling of the Andrew Grimson, PhD Cornell University, USA
immune system in ME/CFS
4:40 PM Wrap-Up

July 30 - Research Presentations 3 

Target Audience
Attendees at IACFS/ME conferences are primarily biomedical and behavioral professionals, including clinicians, researchers,
and educators. We especially encourage participation by professionals from outside the United States.   People affected by
ME/CFS and their supporters are also welcomed.  Anyone interested in ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, related conditions (e.g. mass
cell activation syndrome, dysautonomia), COVID-19, and sequelae of COVID-19 (e.g. long COVID) is invited to participate.

IACFS/ME Members received discounted registration fees: considering joining us today

(https://members.iacfsme.org/join) for this and other benefits! For a taste of our meetings, see our 2021 Virtual Conference
Summaries (https://www.iacfsme.org/2021-conference-summaries/) and Past Conference Programs.
(https://www.iacfsme.org/past-conference-programs/)

Continuing Medical Education

Continuing Medical Education credits will be available for eligible program components. The School of Medicine, State
University of New York at Stony Brook is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to
provide continuing medical education to physicians and will designate the number of AMA PRA Category 1 credit (s) TM
awarded for physician participation.

Please note that CME credit is available only to people registering as Professionals and for live attendance of the meeting.
Attendees will receive access to 1 month's online access to video recordings to watch at their convenience but recordings
are not accredited for CME. 

Online Format
Similar to our virtual conferences in 2020 and 2021, attendees will be able to view presentations and ask questions via
Zoom Webinar. We also hope to use the virtual meeting platform Gather. Gather not only can be integrated with Zoom but
allows virtual poster presentations and spontaneous interactions among attendees between talks, which is a valuable part
of conferences. For a preview of how Gather works, please see this 2-minute company demo 

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(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JePchzu_USM)and this 8-minute demo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=_eAEgZ6LT3k) from the Molecular and Cellular Biology program at the University of Washington. Attendees will receive
information about how to access/ use Zoom and Gather spaces. 

Registration open: June 7, 12 AM EDT to July 26, 5:00 PM EDT (New York City time).
(Click here to convert dates and times (https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html) to your geographic area.)

Please plan to register early. This will allow you to a) receive an Early Bird discount and b) receive information in a timely
manner about how to access/ participate in the meeting. All registration types include all 4 days of the meeting, a
conference e-program, and 1 month's online access to video recordings 

1. Early Bird registration: Receive 25% off the Regular Price if you register by July 4, 11:59 PM EDT.
2. Regular registration lasts from July 5, 12:00 AM to July 25, 11:59 PM EDT.
3. Last-day registration is from July 26, 12:00 AM to July 26, 5:00 PM EDT. Please note there will be additional $50 fee to
process last-day registrations. IACFS/ME is a mostly volunteer-run organization and late registration means we have to
hire extra help along with additional pressure on our volunteers.
4. You will NOT be able to register after July 26, 5:00 PM EDT. Our focus at that time will be on assisting conference
presenters and people who have already registered.
5. To obtain an additional discount, join IACFS/ME (https://members.iacfsme.org/join) as a Professional or Associate
Member!
6. IACFS/ME Members are each entitled to one discounted registration fee, i.e. you cannot register for the Member
discounted price for another person.
7. If you are registering under the Early Career Professional or Students/ Trainees categories, please provide proof by
sending a copy of organization identification card, online profile, or letter from our program to
iacfsmeorg@gmail.com.
8. If your organization is paying your registration fee directly, on the registration form, choose "Pay by Invoice." You will
be e-mailed an invoice that you can forward to the purchaser. They can use the hyperlink on the invoice to pay via
organization credit card. Please assure your organization has paid by July 25 at 11:59 PM or we will have to cancel your
registration.
9. If your organization will be reimbursing you later instead, select "Pay" and complete credit card information. You will
receive a receipt.

Registration Fees
 

Early Bird - Until 7/ 4/ 22, 11:59 Regular - Until 7/25/22, 11:59 Last Day - Until 7/2
Category
PM EDT PM EDT PM EDT
Professional: Non-Member $400 $500 $550
Professional: IACFS/ME Member $325 $400 $450
Professional: Early Career

(Post-doctoral researchers, Medical residents/ $290 $365 $415

fellows)

Professional: Students/ Trainees

(Undergraduates, Graduate students, Medical/

$175 $220 $270
Nursing/ Pharmacy/ Law/ Public Health, etc.
students)

Patient/ Caregiver/ Public: Non-Member $230 $290 $340

Patient/ Caregiver/ Public: IACFS/ME Member $175 $220 $270

Registration Fee Refunds

To cancel your registration, complete our Contact Us form (https://members.iacfsme.org/contact). We will process requests
up to 2 weeks before the conference: after July 13, 2022, 11:59 PM EDT, refunds will no longer be given. You may also choose
to transfer or donate your registration fee to someone else. Inform us of who (first & last name/ e-mail address) OR permit
IACFS/ME to select someone. 

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Funding for this conference was also made possible in part by Grant# 1R13NS115399-01 from the National Institute for
Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health (NIH). The views expressed in written conference materials
and publications or by speakers and moderators do not reflect the policies of the NIH; nor does mention of trade names,
commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

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