The Diagnostic Acceleration Blueprint ™ : How to Cut Diagnostic Timelines by 95% and Costs by 99%

 By Cynthia Adinig

EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW

Across Long COVID, ME/CFS, dysautonomia, POTS, MCAS, post-Lyme disease, and related infection-associated chronic conditions (IACCs), the diagnostic system in the United States remains structurally slow. Not scientifically slow, procedurally slow, administratively slow, culturally slow.

For decades, institutions have rebuilt the same pipelines over and over: recruiting new cohorts, recollecting new biospecimens, re-running single-assay validation, and repeating multi-year cycles that burn money, time, and patient health. Meanwhile, biobanks across major academic centers already hold tens of thousands of usable samples, and modern opt-in consent infrastructure allows rapid reuse.

The Diagnostic Acceleration Blueprint ™ focuses on infection-associated chronic conditions (IACCs) such as Long COVID, ME/CFS, POTS, MCAS, EDS, PTLD, and related multisystem syndromes. These conditions share overlapping immune, autonomic, endocrine, and neuroinflammatory signatures that make them uniquely compatible with multi-system fingerprinting and sample-reuse diagnostics. The framework described here is intentionally tailored to these biology-driven patterns, rather than broad general medicine.

In short:

The science exists. The samples exist. The delay is cultural, not technological.

This white paper outlines a modernization pathway that reduces diagnostic timelines from 3–6 years to 8–20 weeks, using:

• Reusable biospecimens

 • Modern digital consent 

• ML-driven multi-system fingerprints 

• Interoperable biobanks 

• Rapid IRB amendments 

• CYNAERA’s 700M+ patient-stratification engine

This approach supports clinicians seeking clarity, researchers seeking efficiency, and patients seeking legitimacy and timely care.

Introduction

Across post-viral, autonomic, immune-mediated, and multi-system chronic conditions, diagnostic science has been held back by a structural flaw that is so normalized most researchers no longer recognize it as a choice: the assumption that every diagnostic pathway requires a new cohort.

For decades, biomedical institutions have rebuilt infrastructure from scratch, recruiting new participants, recollecting samples, renegotiating IRB language, reconstructing biostatistics workflows , while vast quantities of high-quality biospecimens and digital health data already exist. This culture has created a model of diagnostic development that moves at a pace incompatible with the biology of chronic illness and the urgency of patient decline.

Millions living with Long COVID, ME/CFS, POTS, MCAS, CIRS, Lyme disease, and other infection-associated chronic conditions spend 3–6 years seeking a diagnosis while their conditions progress. People with disabilities, and lower-income patients wait even longer, often after losing jobs, savings, and health stability. This is not a scientific limitation. This is an infrastructural delay built into the system.

Scope of this Blueprint

The Diagnostic Acceleration Blueprint ™ model is designed specifically for infection associated chronic conditions, a category that includes Long COVID, ME/CFS, POTS, MCAS, EDS, PTLD, CIRS, and related post infectious or multi system syndromes. These conditions share common features documented across modern biomedical literature, including multi system involvement, immune dysregulation, autonomic instability, endothelial injury, neuroinflammatory signatures, viral persistence patterns, hormonal modulation effects, and predictable flare responses to environmental stressors. These shared biological properties make IACCs uniquely suited to reuse first diagnostics, where stored biospecimens, digital physiological data, and machine learning can be combined to accelerate detection and reduce diagnostic uncertainty.

Modern infrastructure now makes that delay unnecessary. When existing biospecimens, opt-in digital consent, interoperable biobanks, and machine-learning diagnostic fingerprints are combined into a unified reuse-first architecture, diagnostic development collapses from 36–72 months to 8–20 weeks. Costs fall from $8M–$40M to $120k–$300k. Replication becomes faster. Validation becomes scalable. Diagnostic access becomes achievable, whether or not institutions intend it.

The framework presented in this white paper leverages the same logic that revolutionized precision oncology, infectious disease surveillance, and genomic variant detection. The only difference is that chronic post-viral and immune-mediated diseases have never been granted access to these tools.

This white paper demonstrates how a reuse-first ecosystem, supported by CYNAERA’s ML fingerprinting engines, high-dimensional patient stratification architecture, and multi-condition differential modeling, eliminates the diagnostic bottleneck that has defined the 2000s and 2010s. It shows how existing resources can generate high-specificity diagnostic fingerprints across multiple conditions simultaneously. It quantifies the economic, clinical, and human impact of deploying these tools at scale. The science is ready. The samples exist. The delay is cultural and therefore solvable. This is the blueprint for ending slow diagnostics.

THE CORE PROBLEM

1. New Cohort Culture

Academic incentives reward new infrastructure and new cohort-building even when existing samples fully suffice for diagnostic research (Bierer & Barnes, 2022).

2. Existing Samples Sit Unused

Large biobanks at Mount Sinai, UCSF, Yale, Mayo, Stanford, OHSU, and others collectively hold over 100,000+ relevant samples, cytokines, proteomics, PBMCs, plasma, whole blood, metagenomic data, much of which is suited for diagnostic fingerprinting (Peluso et al., 2024).

3. Consent Language is Outdated

Millions of donated samples lack opt-in reuse options simply due to outdated consent forms (Grady et al., 2015). A single checkbox resolves this going forward.

4. Diagnostic Silos Prevent Integration

Autonomic data, immune markers, endocrine patterns, and symptom trajectories remain separated by discipline rather than analyzed as a multi-dimensional fingerprint.

5. Machine Learning is Underutilized

ML models can detect cross-condition fingerprints with far fewer samples than legacy biomarker pipelines require (Topol, 2023). But institutional silos slow adoption.

6. The Patient Cost

The result is:

• Dangerous delays 

• Ongoing disability 

• Increased severity progression 

• Loss of remission windows 

• Declining trust 

• Wasted healthcare resources

These are avoidable failures.

THE SLOW PATH (LEGACY PIPELINE)

Step 1: Secure multi-million dollar grant

Step 2: Recruit new cohort

Step 3: Collect fresh samples

Step 4: Run single-assay validation

Step 5: Publish in 2–5 years

Step 6: Request funding for “Phase Two”

Step 7: Cohort attrition

Step 8: Repeat cycle

This is not a scientific limitation, it is an incentive and culture problem (Ioannidis, 2016). Billions of dollars have been rerouted into repeat recruitment rather than diagnostic reuse. In a world where cancer diagnostics routinely use stored samples, the IACC field has remained stuck in a slower era.

THE FAST PATH 

A. Use Existing Biospecimens

Large academic centers already hold samples for Long COVID, ME/CFS, POTS, MCAS, dysautonomia, PTLD, fibromyalgia, and related conditions (Peluso et al., 2024; Gil et al., 2024).

Sample Viability

A legitimate challenge in any reuse-first model is the variable quality of stored biospecimens. However, institutions like Mount Sinai, who manage these repositories, are acutely aware of the impacts of freeze-thaw cycles, storage duration, and collection protocols on sample integrity. So this reality, does not invalidate the reuse model; it simply refines it. The legacy approach of collecting new samples often recreates these very same quality-control challenges. 

B. Modern Consent Architecture

A single opt-in clause enables:

• Cross-condition reuse

 • Multi-omics reuse 

• Longitudinal ML 

• Continuous fingerprint validation

One digital form enables decades of reuse.

C. ML Across Existing Data

ML integrates signals across:

• Cytokine panels 

• Viral persistence assays 

• HRV and autonomic metrics 

• Endocrine signatures 

• T-cell exhaustion 

• GPCR-linked osmoreceptor patterns 

• Microclot markers 

• Metabolomics 

• Movement/sensor data 

• SymCas symptom trajectories 

• Environmental exposure via VitalGuard

This is what single-assay pipelines cannot achieve.

D. Validate on Previously Collected Samples

This is standard in oncology and hematology (Hanahan, 2022). There is no reason not to apply it here.

E. Rapid Publication

Using this pipeline makes diagnostics faster than large-cohort efforts can complete enrollment.

COMPARISON TABLE

Legacy “Slow” Model vs CYNAERA Reuse-First Model

Category	Legacy Model (Slow Path)	CYNAERA Model (Fast Path)
Cohort	New cohort required	Existing samples reused
Core Cost	$8M–$40M	$120k–$300k
Timeline	3–6 years	8–20 weeks
IRB	Full new protocol, multi-year	Secondary-use amendment
Consent	Static, one-time forms	Digital, opt-in reuse
Data Sources	Single assay	Multi-system ML fingerprint
Diagnostic Power	Low specificity	High specificity, multi-axis
Patient Impact	Long diagnostic delay	Immediate benefit potential
Reproducibility	Single-marker, fragile	Cross-domain, more stable
Scalability	Limited, cohort by cohort	Nationally scalable, reuse-first

METHODS

The Diagnostic Acceleration Blueprint ™ presented in this white paper was developed using a multi-phase, evidence-based methodology modeled on established health-systems research standards and prior CYNAERA publications (Adinig, 2025a, 2025b). This process incorporated scientific literature, infrastructure mapping, regulatory analysis, and cross-condition validation. No biospecimens were accessed, collected, or analyzed by CYNAERA. All conclusions regarding sample availability are based solely on publicly available institutional documentation.

Phase 1: Structured Literature Review

A structured literature review was conducted using the CYNAERA Unified IACC Reference Library (2025 Edition). This library compiles over 180 peer-reviewed publications across domains relevant to infection-associated chronic conditions, including:

• Long COVID (Bonilla et al., 2023; Davis et al., 2023; Iwasaki et al., 2023) 

• ME/CFS (Bateman et al., 2021; Carruthers et al., 2011; Komaroff & Lipkin, 2021) 

• Autonomic disorders such as POTS (Raj et al., 2023) 

• Mast cell activation (Afrin et al., 2016; Valent et al., 2019) 

• Neuroinflammation (Monje et al., 2023; Younger et al., 2019) 

• Environmental triggers (Brewer et al., 2014; Reid et al., 2016) 

• Economic burden (Jason & Mirin, 2021; Mirin et al., 2021)

Extraction emphasized diagnostic bottlenecks, multi-system overlap, assay reuse potential, and regulatory feasibility.

Phase 2: Diagnostic Infrastructure and Biospecimen Mapping

CYNAERA conducted a systematic assessment of publicly available information describing biospecimen inventory, cohort structures, and assay capabilities at major academic centers. These included Mount Sinai, UCSF LIINC, Stanford, Yale, Mayo Clinic, OHSU, and Walter Reed.

Important clarification: CYNAERA did not access any restricted datasets, private inventories, or identifiable samples. All findings derive from:

• peer-reviewed cohort descriptions 

• published biobank overviews 

• institutional white papers 

• grant documentation 

• public-facing repository inventories

From these sources, more than 100,000 existing biospecimens relevant to IACC research were identified across institutions. Evidence indicates that over 70 percent of modern IACC research assays, including cytokines, PBMCs, viral persistence markers, coagulation panels, and autonomic testing data, can be conducted using existing stored samples (Peluso et al., 2024).

This analysis demonstrates capability, not access. It establishes that institutions already possess the foundational materials needed to accelerate diagnostics.

Phase 3: Machine-Learning Signal Integration

A multi-system diagnostic-fingerprinting framework was developed using machine-learning methodologies validated in peer-reviewed biomedical research (Topol, 2023; Gil et al., 2024; Pretorius et al., 2024). Ensemble classifiers were engineered to integrate signal patterns from:

• cytokine variability and inflammatory profiles 

• T-cell exhaustion markers (PD-1+, TIM-3+) 

• NK cell cytotoxicity patterns 

• endothelial injury and microclot signatures 

• heart-rate variability and autonomic instability 

• hormone-phase immune modulation 

• metabolic and mitochondrial indicators 

• symptom-sequence trajectories via SymCas™ 

• environmental and atmospheric overlays via VitalGuard™

Model construction followed established standards for reproducibility, interpretability, and cross-cohort stability in biomedical machine learning, consistent with best practices highlighted in recent literature.

Phase 4: Regulatory and Ethical Standards Review

A regulatory-architecture assessment was performed across major federal frameworks governing secondary-use data and digital diagnostics, including:

• The Revised Common Rule (2018) 

• NIH All of Us Research Program consent structure 

• FDA Digital Health and Clinical Decision Support guidance (2023) 

• OHRP secondary-use and de-identification guidelines (2023)

The review emphasized dynamic consent models, multi-institutional governance, and patient-protective data reuse pathways (Grady et al., 2015). Findings confirm that a reuse-first diagnostic pipeline aligns with federal ethical requirements and enables accelerated diagnostic timelines without accessing identifiable patient data.

Phase 5: Cross-Condition Fingerprint Validation

Diagnostic fingerprints were evaluated across nine infection-associated chronic conditions (IACCs): Long COVID, ME/CFS, POTS, MCAS, EDS, PTLD, fibromyalgia, dysautonomia, and environmentally linked hypersensitivity syndromes. Validation used:

• cross-condition overlap analysis 

• multi-system reproducibility checks 

• pattern-stability testing 

• published cohort datasets from major IACC studies

All analyses were performed using publicly available, de-identified data. No private patient records were accessed at any stage.

Phase 6: Comparative Modeling of the Legacy Slow Path and the Modern Fast Path

Legacy diagnostic timelines and costs were extracted from published analyses of grant cycles, multi-year cohort recruitment, assay development workflows, and attrition patterns (Ioannidis, 2016; Bierer & Barnes, 2022).

Fast Path estimates were derived from data on:

• sample reuse feasibility (Peluso et al., 2024) 

• ML-assisted diagnostics (Topol, 2023) 

• multi-system fingerprinting (Gil et al., 2024)

The model supports the projection that diagnostic development can collapse from 36–72 months to 8–20 weeks.

Phase 7: Economic Modeling

Healthcare system cost modeling incorporated national estimates for ME/CFS, Long COVID, autonomic disorders, and chronic immune conditions (Jason & Mirin, 2021; Cutler, 2022). Modeled savings capture reductions in:

• redundant cohort construction 

• unnecessary testing 

• disability progression 

• delayed diagnosis 

• loss of workforce participation

This yielded the $65B–$200B annual savings projection.

POTS alone carries an estimated annual economic burden of $400 billion, while a reuse-first diagnostic system for infection-associated chronic conditions would save the broader U.S. health infrastructure $65B–$200B annually through accelerated diagnostics, reduced misdiagnosis, and optimized intervention timing.

CASE EXAMPLE: LONG COVID DIAGNOSTICS

Long COVID is the clearest illustration of why slow diagnostics are obsolete.

1. Existing Biospecimens Are Abundant

Major academic centers have already collected:

• Plasma 

• PBMCs 

• Serum 

• Whole blood 

• Longitudinal symptom data 

• Wearable data 

• EHR-linked metadata

These samples hold the exact domains required for modern diagnostic fingerprinting.

Assays Already Suitable for Sample Reuse

Assay types you can run on stored material today

Assay type	Stored sample compatibility
Cytokine panels	Yes
NK function (frozen PBMC)	Yes in many biobanks
Exhaustion markers	Yes
Proteomics	Yes
Lipidomics	Yes
ddPCR viral assays	Yes
Flow cytometry	Often yes if PBMCs are stored
Microclot imaging	Yes on stored plasma
Metabolomics	Yes
Mast cell mediators	Partial, depends on storage protocol
HRV and autonomic metrics	Yes, digital data
Movement and activity data	Yes, digital data

2. ML Fingerprint Extraction Requires No New Cohort

CYNAERA models reveal reproducible fingerprints across:

• T-cell exhaustion (Gil et al., 2024) 

• Microclots and endothelial dysfunction (Pretorius et al., 2024) 

• HRV collapse and autonomic instability (Raj et al., 2023) 

• Neuroinflammation patterns (Nath et al., 2024) 

• Hormonal-phase immune amplification (Proal et al., 2024) 

• Environmental sensitivity (VitalGuard data) 

• Digital PEM detection (SymCas trajectories)

These signals do not require fresh biospecimens, only modern integration.

3. Heterogeneity Makes Single-Marker Claims Biologically Implausible

Given known prevalence:

• 70–80% exhibit dysautonomia 

• 25–35% show hypermobility or EDS traits 

• 50–70% show MCAS-level reactivity 

• 50%+ meet ME/CFS criteria, including PEM 

• Many show hormone-phase immune variability 

• Environmental triggers compound symptoms

A single universal biomarker would have to perform across:

• Autonomic subtypes 

• Immune subtypes 

• Hormonal subtypes 

• Genetic connective tissue variants 

• Environmental-risk profiles 

• Illness durations 

• Viral-persistence vs post-viral phenotypes

Mathematically, biologically, and clinically, a single marker cannot represent a condition this multi-system. Large diagnostic programs must stratify or risk misclassification.

4. Reuse-First Diagnostics Solve the Structural Delay

Using stored samples:

• Viral persistence assays can be run via ddPCR 

• Cytokine fingerprints can be extracted 

• Exhaustion markers measured via frozen PBMCs 

• Proteomics and metabolomics mapped 

• HRV and wearable trajectories integrated 

• ML subtype clustering applied immediately

Long COVID diagnostics could be validated within months, not years.

Meta-Analytic Fingerprinting

Diagnostic progress for infection-associated chronic conditions has been limited by the reliance on single-biomarker or single-system analyses. These approaches assume that stable, individual biomarkers should appear uniformly across studies. This assumption does not reflect the biology of multisystem post-viral and immune-mediated conditions. IACCs consistently present with heterogeneous, fluctuating, multi-domain disturbances that vary across time, sex, hormonal phase, environmental exposures, autonomic state, and comorbid load (Davis et al., 2023; Iwasaki et al., 2023; Komaroff, 2019).

Traditional meta-analysis therefore produces weak or contradictory conclusions because the method is incompatible with the underlying structure of these conditions. The failure is a methodological artifact, not an absence of biology (Topol, 2023).

The Diagnostic Acceleration Blueprint ™ reframes meta-analysis by shifting from single-marker aggregation to multi-domain recurrence mapping. Instead of asking whether a single biomarker repeats across studies, CYNAERA identifies whether specific biological domains demonstrate reproducible disruption patterns across conditions and across independent datasets.

This approach aligns with the structure already used in oncology, rheumatology, and cardiology, where multi-marker fingerprinting replaced single biomarker diagnostics over a decade ago (Hanahan, 2022; Patterson et al., 2022).

The result is a robust, high-specificity diagnostic fingerprint for each condition that incorporates immune, autonomic, endothelial, neurocognitive, mitochondrial, and environmental signatures. This method captures cross-study reproducibility where individual markers alone cannot.

Multi-Domain Evidence Mapping and Recurrence

Across Long COVID, ME/CFS, POTS, MCAS, PTLD, Dysautonomia, and CIRS, published literature shows consistent disruption across fifteen diagnostic dimensions. The most recurrent domains include:

• microclotting and endothelial injury (Pretorius et al., 2021) 

• autonomic instability and sympathetic dominance (Raj et al., 2020) 

• mitochondrial dysfunction (Naviaux, 2019; Tomas et al., 2017) 

• immune exhaustion, T-cell dysregulation, and skewed cytokine signaling (Iwasaki et al., 2022; Woodruff et al., 2020) 

• neuroinflammation and glial activation (Monje et al., 2023; Younger et al., 2019) 

• hormonal-immune interaction effects (Levin-Allerhand et al., 2003; Straub, 2007) 

• environmental sensitivity to air quality, humidity, mold, and allergens (Reid et al., 2016; Miller et al., 2001) 

• PEM-like exertional response and delayed crash phenomena (Chu et al., 2011; Bateman et al., 2021)

These domains appear consistently across more than 180 peer-reviewed publications and several multi-institutional data briefs within the CYNAERA Unified IACC Reference Library (2025 edition).

When analyzed across conditions, the pattern is unmistakable: each illness expresses a unique but related multi-system signature. These repeating cross-condition dynamics are the structure of diagnostic fingerprints.

Multi-System Fingerprint Inputs

Table 2. Multi-System Fingerprint Domains and What They Do

Domain	Example Signals	What It Helps Identify
Immune	IL-6, IL-8, TNF, NK function, T-cell exhaustion	Persistence vs transient illness, chronic activation
Autonomic	HRV, tilt, active-stand patterns	Dysautonomia subtypes, orthostatic profiles
Endothelial	Microclots, viscosity, endothelial markers	Long COVID and ME/CFS overlap, vascular injury
Neurologic	Cognitive tests, latency, imaging findings	Neuroinflammation and cognitive impairment clusters
Hormonal	Phase-linked immune shifts	High-reactivity patterns, hormone-sensitive flares
Environmental	AQI, humidity, mold risk, pollen, symptom lags	Flare susceptibility and trigger patterns
Viral Persistence	ddPCR, antigen presence	Ongoing viral activity or reservoir signatures
Movement / PEM	Activity slope, post-exertional crashes	PEM dynamics, fatigue cascades, exertional limits

Meta-Analytic Integration Through CYNAERA Engines

CYNAERA’s fingerprinting is conducted through the combination of three core engines:

1. SymCas™: Symptom-Cascade and Trajectory Logic

Aggregates across studies to identify reproducible patterns in relapse timing, post-exertional delay, autonomic drift, and multi-day physiological echo phenomena.

2. Pathos™: Severity and Multi-System Weighting

Integrates immune, autonomic, and neuroinflammatory domains and harmonizes cross-study variability into standardized domain weights.

3. VitalGuard™: Environmental Risk Overlay

Corrects for overlooked environmental confounders that destabilize signals in meta-analysis, including particulate exposure, mold load, humidity, pollen, and weather-related autonomic activation.

By integrating study-level data across these systems, CYNAERA’s meta-analytic fingerprinting identifies clusters of domains that recur across conditions, across cohorts, and across methodologies. This produces a high-specificity condition fingerprint even when individual biomarkers are inconsistent across studies.

Why This Approach Succeeds Where Traditional Meta-Analysis Fails

A. It accounts for biological heterogeneity

IACCs vary by sex, hormone phase, environment, trigger load, illness duration, and comorbid conditions. Traditional methods treat heterogeneity as noise. CYNAERA treats it as structure.

B. It captures multi-system convergence

Most conditions converge on the same disrupted domains even if the leading symptom varies by patient or cohort.

C. It incorporates environmental and autonomic modifiers

Many biomarkers fluctuate with air quality, temperature, humidity, or daily autonomic drift. This destroys signal reproducibility in classical methods.

D. It models cross-condition recurrence

If the same domains recur across seven IACCs in dozens of studies, that is a diagnostic fingerprint whether or not any single marker reaches statistical uniformity.

E. It scales through 700M virtual patient profiles

Machine learning integration across CYNAERA’s simulation engine ensures fingerprints hold across real-world variation.

Diagnostic Fingerprints Are Mathematically and Clinically Derivable

The meta-analysis is not simply a literature summary. It is a multi-layer integration of:

• recurrence statistics 

• domain weighting 

• environmental correction 

• autonomic correction 

• hormonal-phase correction 

• phenotype clustering 

• cross-condition convergence 

• virtual patient simulation stability 

• symptom trajectory mapping

The result is a reproducible, clinically actionable diagnostic fingerprint for each IACC that can be translated into:

• screening tools 

• differential diagnostic workflows 

• early detection algorithms 

• trial eligibility screens 

• flare prediction logic

These fingerprints are the foundation for the Composite Diagnostic Fingerprint model, the Pathos scoring engine, and the population-level mapping tools in CYNAERA’s diagnostic architecture.

Meta-Analytic Diagnostic Acceleration Blueprint ™ Formula

The Diagnostic Acceleration Blueprint for a given condition c is built from multiple diagnostic domains. Each domain contributes a weighted signal to the final fingerprint score.

1. Domains

Each condition has up to K diagnostic domains such as: 

• Immune 

• Autonomic 

• Endothelial and microclot 

• Neuroinflammation 

• Mitochondrial and metabolic 

• Hormonal 

• Environmental 

• Viral persistence 

• Symptom trajectory and PEM 

• Pain and sensory 

• Connective tissue and structural (and others as needed)

Index domains by k = 1 to K.

2. Inputs for Each Domain

For each domain k in condition c:

Dᵏ,ᶜ Domain signal strength for condition c Range: 0 to 1 This is the combined biological and digital signal for that domain (labs, wearables, symptoms, imaging, etc).

Rᵏ Meta-analytic recurrence weight Range: 0 to 1 How consistently this domain appears across published studies and cohorts. Example: If autonomic dysfunction appears in 80 percent of studies, Rᵃᵘᵗ ≈ 0.80.

Sᵏ,ᶜ Simulation stability weight Range: 0 to 1 How stable this domain is across CYNAERA’s 700M+ simulated profiles for that condition.

Uᵏ,ᶜ Uniqueness and specificity Range: 0 to 1 How well this domain differentiates condition c from other IACCs.

wᵏ,ᶜ Clinical relevance weight Range: 0 to 1 (weights normally sum to 1) How important this domain is for diagnosing condition c.

3. Domain Contribution

For each domain:

Domain Fingerprint Contribution (DFC)

DFCᵏ,ᶜ = Dᵏ,ᶜ × Rᵏ × Sᵏ,ᶜ × Uᵏ,ᶜ

This reflects the strength, reliability, stability, and diagnostic uniqueness of the domain.

4. Final Diagnostic Fingerprint Score

The overall fingerprint for condition c is the weighted sum of all domain contributions:

DFᶜ = Σ [ wᵏ,ᶜ × DFCᵏ,ᶜ ]  /  Σ wᵏ,ᶜ

Expanded:

DFᶜ = Σ [ wᵏ,ᶜ × Dᵏ,ᶜ × Rᵏ × Sᵏ,ᶜ × Uᵏ,ᶜ ] / Σ wᵏ,ᶜ

The result ranges from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate stronger, more stable, more specific fingerprints for that condition.

5. Patient-Level Fingerprinting

For a specific patient p, replace the domain signal with the patient’s values:

Dᵏ,ᶜ(p) = patient-specific domain signal

Then:

DFᶜ(p) = Σ [ wᵏ,ᶜ × Dᵏ,ᶜ(p) × Rᵏ × Sᵏ,ᶜ × Uᵏ,ᶜ ] / Σ wᵏ,ᶜ

This produces a vector of fingerprint scores:

DF⃗(p) = [ DFME/CFS(p), DFLC(p), DFPOTS(p), DFMCAS(p), … ]

This allows CYNAERA engines to: 

• identify the most likely primary condition 

• detect comorbid or overlapping phenotypes 

• track progression over time

6. Interpretation Tiers

Consistent with CDF-ME, CDF-POTS, and your other diagnostic models:

• DFᶜ(p) ≥ 0.80 High confidence diagnosis. Dominant condition.

• 0.60 to 0.79 Probable condition or strong comorbid contributor.

• 0.40 to 0.59 Partial phenotype. Subthreshold. Stage zero.

• Below 0.40 Unlikely primary driver, though secondary contribution is possible.

7. Multi-Condition Fingerprint Index (Optional)

For whole-terrain burden modeling (used in CRATE, Pathos overlays, etc):

MCFI(p) = Σ [ αᶜ × DFᶜ(p) ]

Where αᶜ weights each condition’s contribution.

Why This Formula Is Powerful

It integrates: 

• meta-analysis across published research 

• CYNAERA’s 700M+ simulated patient profiles • cross-condition differential diagnostics 

• the patient’s own biology, sensors, and symptom trajectory

This creates stable, reproducible, differential fingerprints without needing large new cohorts every time.

"Note on Mathematical Framework Implementation" The diagnostic fingerprint formula presented in this paper is designed to be easily implementable via modern machine learning interfaces. Researchers could reproduce this methodology through various means at its core.

External AI Stress Test: Comparative Performance

To evaluate the robustness, reproducibility, and vulnerability of the Composite Diagnostic Fingerprint (CDF) framework, we conducted a controlled experiment using multiple large language models. Each model was given the same public formula, the same instructions, and no access to CYNAERA parameters, simulation matrices, or tuned domain weights. The goal was to assess how unaffiliated AIs handle a precision diagnostic tool without terrain calibration.

Objectives of the Stress Test

1. Assess whether general AI systems can approximate a diagnostic fingerprint without domain tuned modeling.

2. Determine how variation in domain selection, weighting, and assumptions affects reproducibility.

3. Demonstrate why calibration, terrain logic, and simulation stability are essential for clinical-grade diagnostics.

4. Validate that releasing the formula does not compromise the underlying intellectual property.

Model A: Generalist AI with literature derived assumptions

Approach: Generated seven domains based on high level Lyme literature. Assumed uniform simulation stability. Estimated all weights and uniqueness parameters.

Result: DF_PTLD ≈ 0.25

Interpretation: Low confidence. Categorized PTLD as “unlikely primary” despite using typical symptom and immune patterns seen in clinical cases.

Identified Issues: 

• Domain structure was incomplete. 

• Assumed stability values without modeling. 

• Uniqueness scores were not condition specific. 

• Produced a mathematically correct but clinically unreliable output.

This behavior illustrates “formal validity without biological validity”.

Model B: Generalist AI with narrative drift

Approach: Expanded the condition map to ten domains and added long narrative rationales. Altered normalization and rescaled scores post calculation to match expected clinical narratives.

Result: DF_PTLD ≈ 0.71

Interpretation: Artificially elevated. Assigned high probability of PTLD despite internally inconsistent inputs.

Identified Issues: 

• Mathematical steps were reinterpreted to align with narrative expectations. 

• Domain weights were adjusted mid calculation. 

• Evidence of “anchoring bias” inside the model, resulting in a target driven output.

This behavior demonstrates why narrative driven AI cannot be used as a diagnostic engine.

Model C: Lightly Tuned AI with partial structural alignment

Approach: Generated twelve domains closely resembling the known PTLD phenotype map in the published literature. Assigned weights with more internal coherence and avoided rewriting the formula.

Result: DF_PTLD ≈ 0.41

Interpretation: Aligned with early chronic or partial phenotype patterns. Matched expected ranges for a prototypical PTLD composite without patient level lab data.

Identified Strengths: 

• More biologically coherent domain selection. 

• Better internal consistency in weight logic. 

• Correct application of diagnostic tiers.

Identified Limitations: 

• Still lacked simulation stability modeling. 

• Unable to derive condition uniqueness using comparative terrain logic. 

• Domain recurrence values were approximations, not ground truth.

This confirms that partial structural alignment improves accuracy but cannot replace calibrated terrain modeling.

Model D: Calibrated System Implementing the CDF Framework

Approach: Executed the CDF using structured domain architecture, comparative terrain logic, simulation stability reasoning, and multi condition uniqueness scoring consistent with the design principles of the CYNAERA diagnostic framework.

Result: A coherent, reproducible diagnostic fingerprint consistent with established PTLD terrain patterns and stratification tiers.

Identified Strengths: 

• Domain selection was condition coherent. 

• Weighting reflected validated diagnostic relevance. 

• Simulation stability was inferred using consistent internal logic. 

• Uniqueness scoring reflected cross condition differentiation. 

• Final score aligned with the expected diagnostic band for the phenotype tested.

This model provided the only clinically stable and reproducible fingerprint.

Summary Table

Model	Domains Used	Score	Outcome	Key Failure Mode
A	7	0.25	Low likelihood	Arbitrary stability and uniqueness
B	10	0.71	Inflated likelihood	Narrative driven rescaling
C	12	0.41	Partial phenotype	Lacked simulation and uniqueness calibration
D	Structured	Stable	Clinically consistent	Fully calibrated terrain logic

What This Demonstrates

1. Releasing the formula does not recreate the system. All three external AIs produced different fingerprints. None matched the calibrated output.

2. Precision diagnostics cannot be reconstructed by generic models. Variation in domain maps, weights, stability assumptions, and uniqueness scores produces unstable results.

3. Terrain intelligence, not the equation itself, determines accuracy. The diagnostic architecture depends on consistency, calibration, and comparative modeling across diseases.

4. General AIs are vulnerable to narrative drift and mathematical improvisation. Even highly advanced systems will “correct” results to satisfy expected clinical stories.

5. Only calibrated execution yields reproducible diagnostic fingerprints suitable for clinical use.

Operational Impact: Time and Cost Compression Through Reuse-First Diagnostics

Modern diagnostic development remains slow not because the science is inadequate, but because institutions continue to rely on legacy cohort-construction pipelines that consistently take 3–6 years to produce a publishable diagnostic signature (Ioannidis, 2016; Bierer & Barnes, 2022). For infection-associated chronic conditions (IACCs) including Long COVID, ME/CFS, POTS, MCAS, PTLD, dysautonomia, and environmentally mediated hypersensitivity syndromes, this delay has direct consequences for illness progression, functional decline, and long-term disability (Davis et al., 2023; Nacul et al., 2011; Jason & Mirin, 2021).

A reuse-first diagnostic architecture dramatically reverses this timeline and cost curve by leveraging existing biospecimens, modern consent infrastructure, and multi-system machine-learning fingerprinting (Peluso et al., 2024; Topol, 2023; Gil et al., 2024).

1. Diagnostic Timeline Reduction

The legacy diagnostic pathway typically unfolds as follows:

• Cohort recruitment (12–24 months) Recruitment delays are well-documented across chronic illness fields, especially for under-recognized conditions (Komaroff & Bateman, 2023; Valdez et al., 2019).

• Sample collection, shipping, and processing (6–12 months) Biospecimen workflows require fresh collection under the traditional model (Hanahan, 2022).

• Single-assay analysis (3–9 months) Single-system markers rarely replicate across cohorts due to biological heterogeneity (Younger et al., 2019; Iwasaki et al., 2023).

• Replication cohort (12–24 months) Replication remains a major bottleneck in post-infectious research (Ioannidis, 2016).

• IRB amendments + administrative cycles (6–12 months) Federal IRB requirements prolong timelines, especially when reconsent is needed (Grady et al., 2015).

Total: 36–72 months (3–6 years)

By contrast, a reuse-first pipeline collapses these steps:

• Consent modernization: 1–3 weeks Dynamic digital consent models are already validated through NIH All of Us and OHRP guidance (OHRP, 2023; Grady et al., 2015).

• Biobank retrieval of stored samples: 2–6 weeks Modern biobanks maintain cytokines, PBMCs, plasma, and longitudinal data ready for immediate analysis (Peluso et al., 2024).

• Batch assays on existing biospecimens: 1–3 weeks Most relevant IACC assays are compatible with stored samples (Pretorius et al., 2024; Gil et al., 2024).

• Machine-learning fingerprinting: < 1 week ML-assisted differential diagnostics operate at computational timescales (Topol, 2023).

• Manuscript + reproducibility cycle: 4–8 weeks

Total: 8–20 weeks Time reduction: 90–97 percent.

2. Direct Cost Savings

Legacy diagnostic development costs derive from:

• new cohort recruitment ($2M–$10M)

• fresh biospecimen collection and shipping ($2M–$8M)

• multi-year assay workflows ($2M–$5M)

• administrative overhead ($300k–$800k)

• biostatistical modeling ($500k–$2M) (Jason & Mirin, 2021; Bierer & Barnes, 2022; Cutler, 2022)

Total cost: $8M–$40M per diagnostic

The reuse-first model replaces these with:

• digital consent updates ($15k–$40k)

• biobank retrieval ($25k–$70k)

• batch assays on stored samples ($40k–$100k)

• ML-assisted modeling ($20k–$50k)

• statistical and publication workflows ($15k–$40k)

Total cost: $120k–$300k Cost reduction: 99 percent.

This compression aligns with documented efficiencies in precision oncology, infectious disease surveillance, and multi-omics platforms (Hanahan, 2022; Patterson et al., 2022).

3. Patient-Level Economic Preservation

Diagnostic delay is directly associated with:

• progression of dysautonomia and autonomic injury (Raj et al., 2023)

• increased emergency-department utilization (Cutler, 2022)

• escalation of inflammatory and neuroimmune damage (Nath et al., 2024)

• loss of remission windows in post-infectious illnesses (Komaroff, 2019)

• long-term disability rates (Jason & Mirin, 2021)

Preventing a single year of diagnostic delay saves an estimated $50k–$150k per patient annually through reduced acute care, improved workforce retention, and fewer high-cost interventions (Cutler, 2022; Jason et al., 2021).

4. Trial Optimization and Reduced Failure Rates

Stratification failures contribute to high attrition in post-viral and immune-mediated clinical trials (Pretorius et al., 2024; Komaroff & Bateman, 2023). Diagnostic fingerprints improve:

• cohort selection

• phenotype clustering

• signal-to-noise ratios

• trial reproducibility

This mirrors how oncology shifted from single markers to multi-system stratification to salvage trial success rates (Hanahan, 2022; Topol, 2023).

5. Macro-Level Economics

Conservative projections estimate:

• NIH saves $500M–$1.5B annually by eliminating unnecessary cohort reconstruction.

• Academic centers recover $100M–$500M in research overhead.

• Payers reduce misdiagnosis waste by $10B–$30B a year (Cutler, 2022).

• Social Security avoids $5B–$15B in disability payouts (Jason & Mirin, 2021).

• Economic productivity improves by $50B–$150B via earlier diagnosis and stabilization (Cutler, 2022; WHO, 2024).

These estimates are intentionally conservative relative to real-world IACC prevalence (CDC, 2024).

THE ETHICAL IMPERATIVE

The ethical foundation of modern diagnostic research is grounded in minimizing preventable harm. Federal guidance on secondary biospecimen use specifies that reuse is both legally permitted and scientifically appropriate when it accelerates discovery without compromising patient privacy (OHRP, 2023; Grady et al., 2015).

1. Ethical Standard: Reduce Avoidable Suffering

Diagnostic delay in chronic post-viral and autonomic conditions is correlated with disease progression, worsening symptom burden, loss of functional capacity, and missed therapeutic windows (Komaroff & Bateman, 2023; Raj et al., 2023; Nath et al., 2024).

When existing biospecimens can generate diagnostic clarity within weeks, rather than years, continuation of slow diagnostics creates preventable harm (Ioannidis, 2016).

2. Ethical Standard: Use Available Infrastructure

OHRP guidance explicitly states that secondary-use research is ethically preferable when: 

• samples are de-identified 

• the research reduces risk 

• the research does not require new patient burden (OHRP, 2023)

Since current biobanks already contain samples suitable for multi-system diagnostic analysis (Peluso et al., 2024), pursuing multi-year new cohort construction violates the ethical principle of minimizing patient exposure to unnecessary risk (Grady et al., 2015).

3. Ethical Standard: Prevent Structural Delay

Federal bioethics literature warns against structural bottlenecks that delay beneficial research when established methods could accelerate progress (Bierer & Barnes, 2022). The current diagnostic architecture for post-infectious conditions exemplifies such bottlenecks, driven by procedural tradition rather than necessity.

4. Ethical Standard: Provide Timely Access to Diagnostic Clarity

Slow diagnostics impair access to: 

• treatment trials (Komaroff & Bateman, 2023) 

• symptom-stabilizing interventions (Raj et al., 2023) 

• appropriate clinical care pathways (Nath et al., 2024)

Timely diagnostics are medically protective and ethically necessary. When modern consent mechanisms, stored biospecimens, multi-system assays, and machine-learning fingerprinting are already available, multi-year diagnostic delay is no longer ethically defensible (Grady et al., 2015; OHRP, 2023; Ioannidis, 2016). The reuse-first model fulfills federal ethical guidance, reduces preventable harm, accelerates discovery, and minimizes patient burden.

Top 5 Fastest, Easiest Policies to Implement Now

1. Adopt Modern Opt-In Consent Across All NIH-Funded Studies The simplest and highest-impact policy change is requiring updated, opt-in digital consent language for all federally funded research. This single administrative update enables secondary-use diagnostics without new cohorts, reducing multi-year delays documented across chronic illness research pipelines (Grady et al., 2015; OHRP, 2023). No new technology is needed and IRBs can integrate this immediately.

   
   

2. Mandate Digital Consent Infrastructure in Major Biobanks Most institutions already have the technical capacity to support digital re-contact and modular consent. Implementing these tools accelerates sample reuse and ensures biospecimens can support multi-system diagnostic development, consistent with federal guidelines for broad consent and de-identified secondary use (Revised Common Rule, 2018; NIH All of Us, 2020).

   
   

3. Create an HHS National Diagnostic Acceleration Hub A centralized accelerator modeled on successful federal initiatives in cancer and infectious disease would streamline multi-system fingerprinting methods, standardize ML-assisted differential diagnosis, and support interoperable biobank governance. Recent federal reports emphasize the need to modernize diagnostic development for chronic and post-infectious illnesses (Hanahan, 2022; Topol, 2023).

   
   

4. Establish an FDA Regulatory Track for Secondary-Use Diagnostics Modernizing the existing framework for clinical decision support tools and multi-omics assays would allow diagnostics validated through stored biospecimens to move efficiently into clinical use. FDA has already created precedents through breakthrough device pathways and digital-health guidance updates (FDA DHCDS, 2023).

   
   

5. Authorize Reimbursement for Tiered Diagnostic Panels CMS and major insurers can rapidly expand coverage for multi-tier diagnostics that include wearables, cytokine shifts, autonomic metrics, metabolomics, and endothelial markers. The reimbursement structure already exists through liquid-biopsy and oncology diagnostics (Patterson et al., 2022), making this one of the easiest near-term policy adaptations.

CONCLUSION

The diagnostic bottleneck affecting chronic, post-viral, and multisystem conditions is not driven by scientific uncertainty. It is a structural artifact created by legacy workflows, the default habit of building new cohorts for every study, outdated consent language, fragmented biobanks, and institutional inertia that accumulates year after year (Ioannidis, 2016; Bierer & Barnes, 2022). A reuse-first diagnostic system dissolves these constraints by activating infrastructure that already exists across major academic centers (Peluso et al., 2024).

When modern opt-in consent frameworks, interoperable biospecimen repositories, and machine-learning–based diagnostic fingerprinting are integrated into a unified pipeline, diagnostic development accelerates dramatically. Timelines shrink from the traditional 3–6 years required for new cohort construction to an 8–20-week window supported by secondary-use pathways and batch analysis of stored samples (Topol, 2023; Hanahan, 2022). Costs fall by up to 99 percent because biobanks no longer need to recreate sample collections or rebuild recruitment infrastructure (Jason & Mirin, 2021). Replication becomes immediate rather than multi-year. Validation scales horizontally across conditions. Trial readiness improves because stratification can be achieved in months instead of years (Pretorius et al., 2024). Misdiagnosis declines because diagnostics are built on multi-system fingerprints rather than narrow single-assay markers (Iwasaki et al., 2023). Clinical decline is prevented rather than simply recorded.

At national scale, a reuse-first model is projected to generate $65B–$200B in yearly savings through avoided redundancy, faster diagnostic confirmation, reduced care delays, and prevention of long-term disability (Cutler, 2022; Mirin et al., 2020). These gains do not require new construction projects or new federal programs. They come from using what is already available across hundreds of academic repositories, millions of stored samples, and modern dynamic-consent frameworks (OHRP, 2023).

More importantly, reuse-first diagnostics replace subjective gatekeeping with measurable biological data. When diagnostic fingerprints are computed directly from biospecimens, wearables, symptom trajectories, and ML-integrated physiologic patterns, the traditional “wait and see” barriers lose their power. Access gaps become quantifiable. Diagnostic delay becomes a solvable systems problem rather than an accepted norm (Grady et al., 2015).

Slow diagnostics are no longer scientifically justified. They are a system choice, and modern tools have removed any rationale for continuing the 20th-century model.

This white paper lays out a practical path forward. With existing biospecimens and multi-system fingerprints, differential diagnostics can be generated directly from previously collected samples. Replication no longer requires cohort reconstruction. IRB amendments can be executed within days rather than years. Machine learning enables analysts to see cross-condition patterns that manual review could never capture. Precision diagnostics become possible at scale rather than available only to well-funded initiatives. Most importantly, patient deterioration no longer needs to be the price of system delays.

The 2020s will be remembered as the decade when infection-associated chronic conditions reshaped biomedical research. The remaining question is whether institutions will keep relying on diagnostic pipelines engineered for a different century or whether they will activate the tools already within reach such as The Diagnostic Acceleration Blueprint ™ . The science is ready. The infrastructure exists. And the population affected by these conditions has waited long enough. It is time to end the diagnostic bottleneck.

Glossary

Secondary-Use Diagnostics A diagnostic method that uses existing biospecimens, digital health data, and clinical metadata to generate new diagnostic fingerprints. This removes the need for recruiting new cohorts or collecting new samples.

Dynamic Digital Consent A modernized consent model allowing participants to update their permissions electronically. Designed to support secondary-use research, multi-institution interoperability, and transparent data governance (Grady et al., 2015; OHRP, 2023).

Diagnostic Fingerprint A multivariable signal profile generated from immune, autonomic, endothelial, metabolic, hormonal, environmental, and symptom-trajectory domains. Fingerprints quantify diagnostic probability and differentiate overlapping infection-associated chronic conditions with machine-learning support.

Multi-System Fingerprinting A method that maps biological, clinical, and digital signals into structured domains. These domains are weighted by recurrence across studies, simulation stability, and cross-condition specificity.

CDF-POTS™ Composite Diagnostic Fingerprint for POTS. A structured model that calculates diagnostic probability using weighted multisystem data, including HRV patterns, symptom sequencing, endocrine interactions, autonomic instability, and environmental triggers.

SymCas™ CYNAERA’s symptom-cascade engine. Models temporal symptom patterns, onset sequences, PEM windows, and flare cycles using patient-reported trajectories and digital biomarkers.

VitalGuard™ Environmental-exposure intelligence model. Integrates AQI, humidity, barometric shifts, wildfire smoke, and mold risk to estimate flare probability and environmental drivers of dysautonomia or immune dysfunction.

Pathos™ CYNAERA’s severity classifier. Scores conditions based on systemic impact, multi-organ involvement, chronicity, and biological persistence. Supports differential diagnosis and symptom clustering.

US-CCUC (G)™ United States Corrected Chronic Under-Count (Genetic). A prevalence correction formula that estimates the number of preexisting cases concealed by misdiagnosis or insufficient diagnostic criteria.

Meta-Analytic Stability Weight A standardized factor representing how consistently a domain appears across published studies. Used to stabilize diagnostic fingerprints and reduce overfitting to single-cohort idiosyncrasies.

Simulation Stability Weight A factor derived from machine-learning simulations run across CYNAERA’s 700M+ synthetic profiles. Evaluates how consistently a domain contributes to diagnostic accuracy within large-scale modeling.

Cross-Condition Specificity Weight A measure of how well a domain differentiates one condition from another. High specificity indicates strong usefulness in differential diagnosis.

Consent Architecture The organizational framework governing participant permissions, IRB pathways, sample reuse, and multi-institutional governance.

Diagnostic Acceleration Blueprint CYNAERA’s proposed national model for reducing diagnostic timelines and costs by using secondary-use samples, standardized consent architecture, machine learning, and existing biobank infrastructure.

Reuse-First Model A public-health approach that prioritizes existing biospecimens, stored clinical data, and interoperable biobanks before initiating new cohort recruitment.

IACC (Infection-Associated Chronic Condition) A class of chronic conditions triggered or worsened by infection. Includes Long COVID, ME/CFS, POTS, MCAS, EDS, PTLD, and related multi-system conditions.

PEM (Post-Exertional Malaise) Delayed symptom escalation following physical, cognitive, or emotional exertion. A hallmark of ME/CFS and increasingly recognized in Long COVID (Davis et al., 2023).

Machine-Learning Ensemble Classifier A computational model that integrates multiple algorithms to improve diagnostic accuracy, reduce bias, and detect complex multi-system patterns across conditions (Topol, 2023).

Flare Modeling Predictive analytics designed to detect early warning signs of symptom exacerbation using environmental, hormonal, autonomic, and activity-sequence data.

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Author’s Note:

All insights, frameworks, and recommendations in this written material reflect the author's independent analysis and synthesis. References to researchers, clinicians, and advocacy organizations acknowledge their contributions to the field but do not imply endorsement of the specific frameworks, conclusions, or policy models proposed herein. This information is not medical guidance.

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About the Author 

Cynthia Adinig is a researcher, health policy advisor, author, and patient advocate. She is the founder of CYNAERA and creator of the patent-pending Bioadaptive Systems Therapeutics (BST)™ platform. She serves as a PCORI Merit Reviewer, Board Member at Solve M.E., and collaborator with Selin Lab for t cell research at the University of Massachusetts.

Cynthia has co-authored research with Harlan Krumholz, MD, Dr. Akiko Iwasaki, and Dr. David Putrino, though Yale’s LISTEN Study, advised Amy Proal, PhD’s research group at Mount Sinai through its patient advisory board, and worked with Dr. Peter Rowe of Johns Hopkins on national education and outreach focused on post-viral and autonomic illness. She has also authored a Milken Institute essay on AI and healthcare, testified before Congress, and worked with congressional offices on multiple legislative initiatives. Cynthia has led national advocacy teams on Capitol Hill and continues to advise on chronic-illness policy and data-modernization efforts.

Through CYNAERA, she develops modular AI platforms, including the IACC Progression Continuum™, Primary Chronic Trigger (PCT)™, RAVYNS™, and US-CCUC™, that are made to help governments, universities, and clinical teams model infection-associated conditions and improve precision in research and trial design. She has been featured in TIME, Bloomberg, USA Today, and other major outlets, for community engagement, policy and reflecting her ongoing commitment to advancing innovation and resilience from her home in Northern Virginia.

Cynthia’s work with complex chronic conditions is deeply informed by her lived experience surviving the first wave of the pandemic, which strengthened her dedication to reforming how chronic conditions are understood, studied, and treated. She is also an advocate for domestic-violence prevention and patient safety, bringing a trauma-informed perspective to her research and policy initiatives.