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People<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Luis Nacul<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Principal investigator<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Luis Nacul is a Clinical Associate Professor at LSHTM. With a diverse background spanning public health, epidemiology, and clinical practice, he leads our multi-disciplinary team and the UK ME\/CFS Biobank. His primary research focus lies in ME\/CFS and chronic diseases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email : Luis.Nacul@lshtm.ac.uk   <\/pre>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Eliana Lacerda<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Clinical lead<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr Eliana Lacerda is a Clinical Associate Professor at LSHTM. Since 2007, Dr Lacerda has been instrumental in designing and implementing research studies on ME\/CFS at LSHTM, making significant contributions to the field. She is co-PI on the current NIH grant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Email : Eliana.Lacerda@lshtm.ac.uk  <\/pre>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Caroline Kingdon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Research fellow and biobank coordinator<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Caroline Kingdon is a Research Fellow at LSHTM, responsible for co-ordinating the UKMEB. With a background in nursing, Caroline clinically assesses research participants and oversees the collection and distribution of biobank samples and data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Email : Caroline.Kingdon@lshtm.ac.uk  <\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Jacqueline Cliff<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Laboratory lead<\/em> <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr Jacqueline Cliff is Senior Lecturer in Biosciences at Brunel University, and is the laboratory lead for the CureME team. She is co-PI on the current NIH grant. Jackie investigates the role of the infection and immunity in ME\/CFS. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Email :   Jacqueline.Cliff@brunel.ac.uk<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Ji Sook Lee<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Research fellow<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ji Sook Li, a Research Fellow at Brunel University, contributes to the CureME team’s lab-based efforts. Sook specialises in gene expression profiling, utilising techniques such as Microarray and MLPA, with a focus on TB and ME\/CFS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Email :   sook.lee@brunel.ac.uk <\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Ella Abken<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Research assistant<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
With a diverse background in computational neuroscience and medical technologies, Ella oversees the implementation of the participant portal and biobank database, coordinates participant management, and leads media for the biobank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Email : Ella.Abken@lshtm.ac.uk<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Susan Sheedy<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Project coordinator<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Susan Sheedy, is a Project Coordinator at LSHTM, working closely with the team providing administrative, logistical and financial support.  She manages the team\u2019s research projects and liaises with funders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Email : Susan.Sheedy@lshtm.ac.uk <\/pre>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Deekshith Raveendran<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Senior Web Developer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Deekshith is a Senior Web Developer at LSHTM. He plays a key role in developing the participant portal. His contributions are instrumental in delivering new features and enhancing overall system performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Email : deekshith.raveendran@lshtm.ac.uk<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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People Luis Nacul Principal investigator Dr Luis Nacul is a Clinical Associate Professor at LSHTM. With a diverse background spanning public health, epidemiology, and clinical practice, he leads our multi-disciplinary team and the UK ME\/CFS Biobank. His primary research focus lies in ME\/CFS and chronic diseases.  Email : Luis.Nacul@lshtm.ac.uk Eliana Lacerda Clinical lead Dr Eliana […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":397,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"wp-custom-template-webpage","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-448","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cureme.lshtm.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cureme.lshtm.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cureme.lshtm.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cureme.lshtm.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cureme.lshtm.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/cureme.lshtm.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2801,"href":"https:\/\/cureme.lshtm.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/448\/revisions\/2801"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cureme.lshtm.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cureme.lshtm.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}