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To: From: Sent: Subject: Hupp, Millan[hupp.millan@epa.gov] SMCI This Week Fri 8/25/2017 8:12:48 PM SMCI This Week I Honored to work with new partners This weekly update; for the MEiCFS community includes nn update on research funding <1wards and now partners for fighting .-:hronic fatigue syndrome, "The Ramsay Award Program is one part of our organization's overall research strategy to encourage articipatory investigations, accelerate new discoveries, and reduce barriers for entry into the challenging yet rewarding field of ME/CFS research," Dr. Zaher Nahle, SMC/'s Chief Scientific Officer and VP for Research. Update on 2017 SMCI Ramsay Awards Process In April, the Solve ME/CFS Initiative announced our request for proposals for the 2017 Ramsay ward Program. We received applications from 6 different countries. This investment in seed grants through an open competition, reflects our commitment to participatory research and inclusivity to advance the field of chronic fatigue syndrome research and amplify the work of our grantee researchers. Currently, the 2017 applications are being peer reviewed and we anticipate he final announcements of the 2017 Ramsay Award projects and partners in October. o read more about the Ramsay award programs and last year's recipients visit: htt :// o.solvecfs.or /e/192652/-ramsa -award- ro ram-results-/6rs8d/42671903 Partnering with Llewellyn King of the Youtube program "ME/CFS Alert" 17cv01906 Sierra Club v. EPA ED_001523B_00000354-00001 Pictured above: Dotty and Mark Camenzind hold a picture of their son, Tom, who suffers from severe ME/CFS with Llewellyn King, executive producer and host of the ~ite House Chronicle and Carol Head, president and CEO of Solve ME/CFS Initiative. We're pleased to facilitate a new partnership with Llewellyn King, noted political journalist and executive producer and host of the White House Chronicle and the Youtube program ME/CFS lert. We were featured on the ME/CFS Alert in their most recent episode, now available on YouTube. View the stor of Tom Camenzind and his famil here View the conversation with our resident Carol Head here here elcome to our governing board, Janice! his month, Ms. Janice Stanton, CFA joined the Solve ME/CFS Initiative board of directors on behalf of a loved one who is afflicted with ME/CFS, previously known as chronic fatigue syndrome. Ms. Stanton is a founding member and President of Contrarian Capital Management, LLC. She has 30 years of experience in distressed securities. Prior to co-founding Contrarian, Ms. Stanton was the Founder and Head of the Bank Debt and Trade Claims desk at Oppenheimer & Co. She was an Associate in the Corporate Finance Department of Lehman 17cv01906 Sierra Club v. EPA ED_001523B_00000354-00002 Brothers. Prior to business school, Ms. Stanton was an Analyst with Boaz Allen Hamilton, focusing on business strategy consulting. Ms. Stanton received her MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and graduated magna cum laude with a BS from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. View the entire membership of SMCl's board of directors at: http://go.solvecfs.org/e/192652/board-of-directors-/6rs8q/42671903 Solve ME/CFS Initiative facilitates ME/CFS feature story in Ms. Magazine We're pleased to announce that SMCI has facilitated a powerhouse partnership with the widelycirculated women's magazine "Ms." and the renowned author Julie Rehmeyer. The collaboration ill result in a feature story on ME/CFS (previously known as chronic fatigue syndrome) in the December issue of Ms. Magazine which is circulated to over one hundred thousand print and online subscribers. 17cv01906 Sierra Club v. EPA ED_001523B_00000354-00003