David Tuller is senior lecturer in UC Berkeley's Public Health and Journalism masters program, writes for the New York Times and Buzzfeed, and is author of a number of books, particularly focusing on human rights. Tuller is a former journalist and was an HIV/AIDS activist in the late 1980s. More recently, he has become involved in calling for better scientific research in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), particularly by blogging on the Virology blog, and for patients regarded as having medically unexplained symptoms. Tuller has published a number of peer reviewed articles about ME/CFS treatment.