Past Events
Selected highlights from the past.
31 May, 2020
May Awareness 2020
Due to COVID-19, virtual events replaced our planned face-to-face events.
13 January, 2020
Podcast: Chair, Penelope McMillan, discusses ME/CFS...
A comprehensive overview of ME/CFS and the history of its political context. Laura Ruggles asks clinical immunologist, Dr Rob Loblay, and our Chair, Penelope McMillan, for their thoughts on the topic, "The biopolitics of CFS/ME".
31 October, 2019
Skylight ME/CFS Community Event
Speakers: Dr Michael Musker (SAHMRI), Penelope McMillan (ME/CFS SA), Matthew Driver (Skylight Mental Health)
07 September, 2019
Seminar: Andrea Parker, Occupational Therapist
Topic: What happens in vagus: an exploration of vagus nerve stimulation as a potential therapy for ME/CFS and beyond.
23 August, 2019
ME/CFS SA wins Big Picture - 'Give Back' Initiative Award!
A new website is on its way, thanks to Quisk and six other SA businesses who generously provide free professional services to one SA charity each year.
31 May, 2019
May Awareness 2019
Badge Day, #MillionsMissing, #LightUpTheNight, media coverage, and more.
24 November, 2018
Seminar: Dr Martin Lewis, Senior Research Fellow, SAHMRI
Examining ME/CFS using biological markers: A comparison of controls and sufferers.
20 June, 2018
Sam Duluk MP speaks in SA Parliament
Sam Duluk MP tables a Private Member's Grievance highlighting ME/CFS.
31 May, 2018
May Awareness 2018
ME/CFS issues raised in SA Parliament, media coverage, Badge Day, #MillionsMissing, #LightUpTheNight, and more.
30 May, 2018
Choosing Wisely national conference, Canberra: poster presentation
ME/CFS patients have been instrumental in investigating the science behind the potentially harmful Graded Exercise Therapy (GET) and advocating for the removal of GET from clinical practice for ME/CFS.