Braeden Charlton, PhD candidate in the research group of dr. Rob Wüst at the department of Movement Sciences at VU Amsterdam, has been given a grant by the ICanCME Research Network competition in the ME stars of Tomorrow Scholarship program 2023.

The ICanCME (Interdisciplinary Canadian Collaborative Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Research Network) awarded the grant of CA$20.000 for the proposal Understanding post-exertional malaise in myalgic encephalomyelitis: an energy-sensing problem?

Well outlined, thorough and solid proposal and study design partially based on applicant’s previous work with PEM in Long COVID. Strong methodology and easily understood. Appropriate literature cited, sex and gender considerations have been included. Award and research will strengthen international affiliation and collaboration between ICanCME, the Netherland’s ME/CFS Cohort and Biobank, Vrije and York University.
Anonymous
Reviewer of proposal

Braeden, who is an accomplished runner in his spare time, started his PhD project earlier this year, after completing the Resesarch Master of Human Movement Sciences at VU Amsterdam. His PhD project is titled Explaining skeletal muscle-related symptoms in patients with ME/CFS: from skeletal muscle to exercise immunology, and he is supervised by prof.dr. R.T. Jaspers, VU Amsterdam, prof.dr. M. van Vugt, Amsterdam UMC, and dr. R.C.I Wust, also VU Amsterdam.