Journal of IiME Volume 1 Issue 1 PROFILES of PRESENTERS at the IiME INTERNATIONAL ME/CFS CONFERENCE Norman Lamb MP Member of Parliament for North Norfolk, Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary Norman Lamb entered Parliament at his second attempt in 2001, gaining this seat from the Conservatives. Norman Lamb read law at the University of Leicester. He worked for Norwich City Council as a senior assistant solicitor before joining Norfolk solicitors Steele and Co., where he became a partner and head of the firm's specialist Employment Unit. He worked for a year as a Parliamentary Assistant for Greville Janner, QC, MP. He was a member of Norwich City Council 1987-91, leading the Liberal Democrats for the last two years of his term. He has built a strong reputation in Norfolk as a campaigner for improved health services. He has been a critic of cuts in bed numbers and has highlighted the resulting unacceptable level of cancelled operations. As an MP his work on local issues includes adjournment debates on: orthopaedic waiting times in Norfolk; the lack of school transport services in North Norfolk; police funding in Norfolk; funding for Further Education Colleges; the provision of care for people with dementia; and coastal erosion. Norman has been Lib Dem Deputy Spokesperson for International Development (2001-02), a Treasury spokesman (2002-03), PPS (Parliamentary Private Secretary) to Charles Kennedy (2003-05) and Shadow Trade and Industry Secretary (2005-06). He was a principal author of the party’s policy on Royal Mail. From March to December 2006, Norman was Chief of Staff for party leader Sir Menzies Campbell. In December 2006 he was appointed Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary. He has a particular interest in Africa: he has led Adjournment Debates on the HIV/AIDS crisis facing Africa and Asia, the controversial sale of military air traffic control system in Tanzania and the situation in the Great Lakes region of Africa. Dr. Derek Pheby - Project Coordinator, National ME Observatory, and Senior Fellow, University of Hull Dr Derek Pheby is an epidemiologist, and was Director of the Unit of Applied Epidemiology at the University of the West of England, Bristol. He has a long-term interest in ME, and was a member both of the National Task Force on ME and of the Key Group of the Chief Medical Officer's Working Group on CFS/ME. His unit had an active programme of research into chronic fatigue syndrome and ME. Dr Pheby is a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. 28 Invest in ME Charity Nr 1114035 www.investinme.org
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