MeSci
Senior Member (Voting Rights)
Date: May 3, 2018
URL:
https://www.actionforme.org.uk/uploads/images/2018/05/chris-ponting-interview-may-2018.pdf
Q&A with Prof Chris Ponting
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Chair of Medical Bioinformatics, University of Edinburgh and Deputy Chair, UK CFS/M.E. Research Collaborative (CMRC),
What inspired you to join the CMRC?
In a word: Simon. I've known [blogger and M.E. advocate] Simon McGrath more than a decade longer than the 20 years or so of his M.E. I have seen him on his better days, and have been unable to speak with him on his worst. I have seen M.E. steal some of life's ordinary hope and future. Simon has so much more to give in life than M.E. allows. I started off my career as a physicist but then chose, instead, to try to use biomedical research to make a difference to people. It was a constant frustration that I couldn't help Simon, and other people with M.E. Now is my chance.
More at link
URL:
https://www.actionforme.org.uk/uploads/images/2018/05/chris-ponting-interview-may-2018.pdf
Q&A with Prof Chris Ponting
---------------------------
Chair of Medical Bioinformatics, University of Edinburgh and Deputy Chair, UK CFS/M.E. Research Collaborative (CMRC),
What inspired you to join the CMRC?
In a word: Simon. I've known [blogger and M.E. advocate] Simon McGrath more than a decade longer than the 20 years or so of his M.E. I have seen him on his better days, and have been unable to speak with him on his worst. I have seen M.E. steal some of life's ordinary hope and future. Simon has so much more to give in life than M.E. allows. I started off my career as a physicist but then chose, instead, to try to use biomedical research to make a difference to people. It was a constant frustration that I couldn't help Simon, and other people with M.E. Now is my chance.
More at link