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Welcome to WPI

WPI is a non-profit medical research institute dedicated to Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) and similar infection-associated chronic diseases. Our mission is to serve this patient population through expert medical care, discovery, education, and individualized support. WPI's unique programs include EducateME, an initiative to create and share educational resources with patients and their doctors; MedME, which supports medical care within the Clinic at WPI; DiscoverME, a joint research effort with the University of Nevada, Reno; and NavigateME, a program designed to help patients live their best lives, ultimately "lighting a way" through post-acute infectious disease.

Innovative Programs

Doctor and Patient

Science Class

Remote Learning

Lending a Helping Hand

News and Events

Exciting News!

Exciting News!

The Nevada State Assembly committee on Health and Human Services held its first hearing on Assembly bill 188, an expansion of Nevada’s...

Estimating the disease burden of ME/CFS in the United States and its relation to research funding

Estimating the disease burden of ME/CFS in the United States and its relation to research funding

Abstract At the National Institutes of Health (NIH), burden of disease is an important factor in funding decisions along with such...

Prevention and Treatment of Neuroimmune and Neuroinflammatory Disease

Prevention and Treatment of Neuroimmune and Neuroinflammatory Disease

Nutritional modulation of the intestinal microbiota; future opportunities for the prevention and treatment of neuroimmune and...

A Community Dedicated to ME

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To join our community, email your requests to info@wpi.ngo.

"To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle."

~William Osler

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