Jaime Seltzer

Experience

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  Maryland University of Integrative Health

  May 2015 - Mar 2017

  Assistant Professor

  Began as a teacher's assistant and was subsequently hired as primary instructor for Organic Chemistry within the Nutrition PhD program. Responsible for instructional design, educational video creation, and timely student feedback

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  #MEAction

  Apr 2016 - Feb 2017

  Senior Managing Editor

  Managing editor and grassroots organizer -- Responsible for writing and / or curating / editing two articles per day, 6 days a week and posting to #MEAction using WordpressCoordination of international working groups on writing projects, fundraising, and protest effortsPart of US collaborative that campaigned to gain 55 signatures of Congressional Representatives in Congress-crafted letter addressed to Director Collins of NIH, for healthcare funding accountability in ME/CFSUtilized Johns Hopkins Summer Epidemiology Seminar to create epidemiological survey for #MEAction answered by 1,800+ patients and stakeholders; used gleaned data to craft a 75+pp. Request for Information (RFI) response solicited by the NIH with 100+ references, diagrams, statistical interpretation Show less

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  Stanford University

  Feb 2017 - now

  Research Scientist

  Funded by Open Medicine Foundation, under Dr. Ron Davis, Director of the Stanford Genome Technology Center. Wrote and delivered presentations to staff, planned and carried out research projects, wrote grants and applied for funding. Continuing to consult under Stanford Medicine at the Stanford Genome Technology Center and the Snyder Lab.

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  #MEAction (The Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Action Network)

  Jan 2018 - now

  Scientific Director

  Responsible for communication between stakeholders, including scientists, clinicians, and people with ME. and their families, and facilitating partnerships between advocates and research scientists in study recruitment and design. Authored two CME for clinicians in ME/CFS and coordinated outreach via Postcards to Doctors, using hand-written postcards to reach 6,000+ clinicians in our first four months, meeting targets for outreach to Black, Latinx, and Native communities. Designed an epidemiological survey study using diagnostic criteria for complex chronic diseases, validated instrument and patient self-report, including over 400, unique symptoms. Created outreach materials to recruit patient and clinician partners for each disease, paid solicitations using Google and Facebook. Submitted for R21 grant: Symptom Cluster Characterization in Chronic Disease; IRB exempt via WIRB; study underway at https://www.meaction.net/epi.Created a report and comparative analysis of the six diagnostic criteria used to diagnose ME/CFS; designed and solicited responses to a survey of ME-literate researchers and clinicians on how they used their criteria and impressions of their relative merit. Created multiple materials including #MEAction's Pacing Guide and #MEAction's research review, summarizing 200+ scientific publications on ME/CFS; solicited peer review from individuals with relevant PhDs and experience; worked with designer to finalize.Attended conferences on behalf of #MEAction, including Stanford's annual ME/CFS conference, Canada's first annual ME/CFS conference, and NIH's first annual ME/CFS conference. On planning committee for NIH's Young Investigator's Workshop. Featured speaker at Young Investigator's Workshop (2019) and Stanford's Annual ME/CFS conference (2019); invited panelist at WHO's Expanding Our Understanding of the Post COVID-19 Condition: towards a clinical case definition (2021). Show less