Linda Tannenbaum is Founder and CEO of Open Medicine Foundation (OMF). Linda is a clinical laboratory scientist with a degree in bacteriology from UCLA. Prior to founding OMF, she ran and co-owned a clinical laboratory for over two decades. Linda established OMF in 2012 to raise funds and facilitate large-scale collaborative research with the goal […]
Jamie Seltzer is the Director of Scientific and Medical Outreach for the infection-associated neurological illness, ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome). Jamie is responsible for fostering communication between research scientists, clinicians, and people with myalgic encephalomyelitis. Ongoing projects include: Symptom Cluster Characterization in Complex Chronic Disease (#SC4D); Postcards to Doctors; and a seminar series on Long […]
Richard Simpson is a parent of two daughters living with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME). Richard works at the UK charity, Invest in ME Research. The organization concentrates on three key areas in order to raise funding for biomedical research – education, publicizing and lobbying. Every year since 2006, the Simpsons’ have arranged the Invest in ME […]
Joseph Breen, PhD, is the Immunoregulation Section Chief of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAIDS), National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Maryland. Dr. Breen has been a member or the Trans-NIH Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Working Group.
Brent L. Williams, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Pathology & Cell Biology at Columbia University Medical Center in the Center for Infection and Immunity. Dr. Williams has conducted microbiology and epidemiology research for the past 25 years. His research broadly investigates the relationship between the microbiome and human disease, with a focus […]
Jessica Maya is a dedicated research scientist with a diverse range of interests, recently specializing in immune cell dysfunction in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). With a solid foundation in Molecular Biology and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, she previously conducted research in the field of cystic fibrosis. During her […]
Walter J. Koroshetz, M.D., was selected Director of NINDS on June 11, 2015. Dr. Koroshetz joined NINDS in 2007 as Deputy Director, and he served as Acting Director from October 2014 through June 2015. Previously, he served as Deputy Director of NINDS under Dr. Story Landis. Together, they directed program planning and budgeting, and oversaw […]
Dr. Whittemore received a B.S. in zoology from Iowa State University and a Ph.D. in anatomy from the University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis, MN. She did post-doctoral training at the University of California, Irvine, and at the Karolinska Institute. She was on the faculty of the University of Miami School of Medicine before […]
