Nancy Klimas, M.D.

Dr. Klimas, a director of the laboratory, is board certified in internal medicine and diagnostic laboratory immunology. She is also the director of the Allergy and Immunology Clinic, and is a licensed laboratory director in Florida. Dr. Klimas is Director of Research for the Clinical AIDS/HIV Research at the Miami Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

A leader in the field of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) research, Dr. Klimas is the current President of the International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Dr. Klimas is the principal investigator of the National Institute of Health's (NIH) Center for Multidisciplinary Studies of CFS Pathophysiology at the University of Miami. Dr. Klimas has been appointed to the inter-agency CFS Coordinating Committee, chaired by the Surgeon General of the United States. She is the founding editor of the Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Recent publications include:

(from 123 peer reviewed papers, 3 books and 19 invited chapters)

  1. Greeson JM, , Barry E. Hurwitz BE, Llabre MM, Schneiderman N, Penedo FJ and Klimas NG  Psychological Distress, Immune Regulation and Disease Severity in HIV/AIDS accepted, Brain  Behavior and Immunity 2007
  2. Jones J, , Kohl KS, Ahmadipour N, Bleijenberg G, Buchwald D, Evengard B, Jason LA, Klimas NG, Lloyd A, McCleary K, Oleske JM, White PD; The Brighton Collaboration Fatigue Working Group.Fatigue: Case definition and guidelines for collection, analysis, and presentation of immunization safety data. Vaccine. 2007 25:5685-96.
  3. The ESPRIT Research Group, Fox Z, Antunes F, Davey R, Gazzard B, Klimas N, Labriola A, Losso M, Neaton JD, Phillips AN, Ruxrungtham K, Staszewski S, Weiss L, Lundgren JD.Predictors of CD4 count change over 8 months of follow up in HIV-1-infected patients with a CD4 count>or=300 cells/microL who were assigned to 7.5 MIU interleukin-2. HIV Med. 2007 8:112-23.
  4. Siegel SD, Antoni MH, Fletcher MA, Maher K, Segota MC, Klimas N. Impaired natural immunity, cognitive dysfunction, and physical symptoms in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: preliminary evidence for a subgroup?Psychosom Res. 2006 60:559-66.
  5. Eisen SA, Karlinsky J, Jackson L, Blanchard M, Kang H,  Murphy F,  Alpern, R,  Reda D, Toomey R , Battistone M ,  Parks B ,  Klimas N ,  Pak H,  Hunter J ,  Lyons M ,  Henderson W, Spouses of Persian Gulf War I veterans: medical evaluation of a U.S. cohort. Mil Med. 2006 171:613-8.
  6. Craddock RC, Taylor R, Broderick G, Whistler T, Klimas N, Unger ER.Exploration of statistical dependence between illness parameters using the entropy correlation coefficient. Pharmacogenomics. 2006 7:421-8.
  7. Broderick G, Craddock RC, Whistler T, Taylor R, Klimas N, Unger ER,  Identifying illness parameters in fatiguing syndromes using classical projection methods. Pharmacogenomics. 2006 7:407-19.
  8. Whistler T, Taylor R, Craddock RC, Broderick G, Klimas N, Unger ER.Gene expression correlates of unexplained fatigue. Pharmacogenomics. 2006 7:395-405.
  9. Carrico AW, Antoni MH, Duran RE, Ironson G, Penedo F, Fletcher MA, Klimas N, Schneiderman N. Reductions in depressed mood and denial coping during cognitive behavioral stress management with HIV-Positive gay men treated with HAART. Ann Behav Med. 2006 31:155-64.
  10. Antoni MH, Carrico AW, Duran RE, Spitzer S, Penedo F, Ironson G, Fletcher MA, Klimas N, Schneiderman N.Randomized clinical trial of cognitive behavioral stress management on human immunodeficiency virus viral load in gay men treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy. Psychosom Med. 2006 68:143-51.
  11. Eisen, F, Kang, H,  Murphy, F, Blanchard, M, Reda, D,  Henderson, W,  Toomey, R,  Jackson, L,  Alpern, R,  Parks, B, Klimas N, Hall C, Pak H,  Hunter J, Karlinsky J, Battistone, M,  Lyons M.  Gulf War Veterans’ Health: Medical Evaluation of a US Cohort.  Ann Int Med 142:881-890, 2005
  12. Antoni, M, Cruess, D, Klimas, N, Carrico, A, Maher, K, Cruess, S, Lechner, S, Kumar, M, Lutgendorf, S, Ironson, G, Fletcher, MA, Schneiderman, N. Increases in a marker of immune system reconstitution are predated by decreases in 24-h urinary cortisol and depressed mood during a 10-week stress management intervention in symptomatic HIV-infected men. J Psychosomatic Res.,  58(1):3-13, 2005
  13. McPherson-Baker S, Jones D, Duran RE, Klimas N, Schneiderman N.  Development and Implementation of a Medication Adherence Training Instrument for Persons Living With HIV: The MATI. Behav Modif. 2005 29:286-317.