Research Centers and Specialized Clinics

1 Leading Research Centers

Established 2013, directed by Ron Davis, PhD. Part of Stanford Genome Technology Center. Focus on developing objective diagnostic tests and treatments. Known for nanoneedle diagnostics development.

  • Columbia Center for Infection and Immunity: Columbia University.

Directed by W. Ian Lipkin, MD. ME/CFS research focus on infectious triggers and immune dysfunction.

  • Cornell ME/CFS Center for Enervating NeuroImmune Disease: Directed by Maureen Hanson, PhD. Research on mitochondrial function, immune cells, and microbiome.
  • CharitΓ© Fatigue Centrum: Berlin, Germany. https://cfc.charite.de/

Major European ME/CFS research and clinical center. Led by Prof. Carmen Scheibenbogen.

  • Uppsala University ME/CFS Collaboration: Sweden.

Led by Jonas Bergquist, MD, PhD. Focus on neurochemistry and analytical approaches.

2 Specialized Clinical Centers

  • Bateman Horne Center: Salt Lake City, Utah.

Clinical care with research integration. Founded by Dr. Lucinda Bateman.

  • Open Medicine Clinic: Mountain View, California.

Run by Dr. David Kaufman. Known for complex chronic illness expertise.

  • Haukeland University Hospital: Bergen, Norway.

Site of rituximab trials and ongoing autoimmunity research.

3 Research Funding Organizations

German non-profit (Hamburg, founded 2022) that funds biomedical ME/CFS and Long COVID research and campaigns for research funding and recognition. Publishes a funding strategy and works with an international scientific advisory board. Operates the ME/CFS Research Register (Clinical Trial Registries), a curated register of the research landscape. Reports more than 650,000 ME/CFS patients in Germany (about 40% post-COVID). Website in English and German.