Carol Head takes 15 minutes to describe her struggles with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), a debilitating disease that is often, but inadequately, described by the misnomer Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). Now Carol delights in heading the non-profit Solve ME/CFS Initiative, which is dedicated to conducting research aimed at diagnosing and treating the condition that victimizes 2.4 million Americans. “It’s one of the last major, complex western diseases about which very little is understood,” she says, “but this disease can be solved.”
(Recorded at the Stanford Graduate School of Business Class of 1980 reunion in October 2015)