Kati Debelic

Kati served on the Board of Directors of the ME|FM Society of BC for several years ending in the spring of 2014; she then continued her most recent Directorship as our designated Patient Engagement Director from 2017 until October of 2023.

With a professional background in nursing, Kati initiated and participated in the society’s research committee, represented the society at the research collaborative ICanCME and contributed significant work on the Society's advocacy initiatives, research projects and social media efforts.  Kati was also instrumental in initiating and bringing a team together in our collaboration with Dr. Xaiowei Song, to undertake our MRI research pilot project “A multimodal MRI study targeting the neuroinflammatory response in the brain of patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)”.    This project successfully submitted a concluding research paper which has been published in Medicina, an international journal.