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Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: Northern Ireland Educational Webinar Series

We are pleased to announce that the M.E. (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) Educational Webinar Series organised by partner organisation Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland and hosted by the Health and Social Care Clinical Education Centre of Northern Ireland is now available for public viewing. Featuring experts and speakers from Hope 4 ME & Fibro N.I., Doctors with M.E., the Workwell Foundation., Physios for M.E., Northern Health Trust N.I., The Royal College of Occupational Therapists N.I. and Long Covid Foundation.

The webinar explores the radical changes that have taken place within the new NICE Guideline on ME/CFS, shares knowledge and experience, and contemplates implications for the developing Long Covid crisis.

Professor Brian Hughes, Professor of Psychology, Specialist in Evidence-Based Policy and Empiricism, National University of Ireland, Galway. Member, HSE (Ireland) National Working Group on ME; Science Advisory Board, DecodeME; Scientific Advisor, Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland; Chair, Global Research Initiative, International Prader-Willi Syndrome Organisation
Professor Mark VanNess, Workwell Foundation; Dr. Michelle Bull, Physios for M.E.
Dr. Nina Muirhead, Dermatology Surgeon, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust; Chair of CFS/ME Research Collaborative Medical Education Working Group; Forward ME representative; NICE Expert Witness
Dr. Nigel Speight, Paediatric ME Specialist; Co- Author, International Consensus Criteria; Co-Author, Pediatric Primer in Frontiers in Pediatrics; Researcher; Medical Advisor of Tymes Trust, 25% M.E. Group, WAMES and Blue Ribbon for the Awareness of ME (BRAME); Paediatric Advisor to ME Association
Lorraine Henry, Lead CMP OT, Northern Health Trust; Joan McParland, Founder/Voluntary Coordinator Hope 4 ME; Kate Lesslor, Policy Officer, Royal College of Occupational Therapists N.I.; Linda Campbell ANP, Trustee Chair & Medical Professional Education Officer Hope 4 ME; Rebecca Logan RGN BSc honours, Long Covid Foundation Medical Adviser N.I.