The formation of EMECC

The European ME Clinicians Council (EMECC) was created from the urgent need to build a network of clinicians in Europe with experience and expertise in treating and diagnosing patients with myalgic encephalomyeltis (ME) who could support each other, work together, and share knowledge with researchers.

The aims of EMECC were to bring together clinicians in the field of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis to review the current state of knowledge, to present and discuss the latest initiatives, and to foster collaboration.

This idea of a European network of clinicians was initiated by UK charity Invest in ME Research following work to set up in USA by Dr Lucinda Bateman and Mary Dimmock to create a a US Clinicians Council.

EMECC would work with the European ME Research Group (EMERG) and be supported by the European ME Alliance (EMEA).

EMERG/EMECC Workshops

The first meeting of the European ME Clinicians Council took place in February 2019 in London.

The statement from EMECC following the inaugural meeting is here

Statement

A second meeting of EMECC took place in London in Autumn 2019

Members of the European ME Clinicians Council presented at the European Academy of Neurology Congress in Norway in June 2019 in a meeting entitled "Listening to the Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) patients’ voice".

The pandemic caused a radical change in everything, not least among clinicians, and the clinical work was absorbed into EMERG.

The pandemic caused a radical change in everything, not least among clinicians, and the clinical work was absorbed into EMERG.

Recent/Upcoming Events

Involving EMERG

A summary of recent and planned events in which EMERG will participate.
These included workshops and conferences.
The expertise of EMERG members means that the group can be a powerful influence when research expertise is required to determine correct research strategy into ME is required in Europe.
Part of the remit of EMERG will be to provide a strategy of research for ME in order to uncover treatmens and c auses.

European ME Research Group meets in Cambridge, UK, Read more
The European ME Research Group has formed Young EMERG - a network of young or early career researchers for ME. A meeting will be held on 2 June in Cambridge, UK, with international delegates. Read more
European ME Research Group meets in person for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic and welcomes two new members. Read more
#BRMEC12 - the twelfth International Biomedical Research into ME Colloquium - held in UK by UK charity Invest in ME Research - on 30th May to 1st June 2023 - with chairing and input from EMERG More details here.
#IIMEC15 - the fifteenth ME international conference in UK - on 2nd June 2023 at Hinxton Hall on the Wellcome Genome Campus near Cambridge - will be chaired by Professor Simon Carding, co-chair of EMERG More details here.