Medical Research
We conduct and support research into chronic diseases, especially Long COVID, ME/CFS, post-viral illness, immune dysfunction, chronic inflammation, vascular abnormalities, and related conditions.
Vitalis Foundation
Advancing Research for Chronic Disease
Vitalis Foundation is a South Australian non-profit organisation dedicated to improving the lives of people suffering from chronic, complex, and often poorly understood illnesses, with a special focus on Long COVID, ME/CFS, post-viral syndromes, and related chronic inflammatory and immune-mediated conditions.
We support and conduct medical research, design and run experiments, collaborate with universities and scientific partners, and work toward better diagnostics, treatments, and care pathways for patients whose conditions remain under-recognised or inadequately treated.
About
What we do
Experimental Design & Scientific Investigation
We design and run laboratory experiments to investigate disease mechanisms, identify biomarkers, and explore new diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.
University & Research Collaboration
We collaborate with universities, scientists, clinicians, laboratories, and research institutions to accelerate high-quality research and translate discoveries into real-world impact.
Why It Matters
Millions of people worldwide live with chronic diseases that are poorly understood, difficult to diagnose, and often inadequately treated. Conditions such as Long COVID and ME/CFS can cause profound fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, pain, autonomic symptoms, immune abnormalities, and a major loss of quality of life.
Many patients struggle for years without clear answers, effective treatments, or recognition from the healthcare system. Vitalis Foundation exists to help change this by supporting rigorous medical research, developing better diagnostic tools, and building collaborations that can lead to meaningful scientific and clinical progress.
Patients Need Answers
People living with Long COVID, ME/CFS, and related chronic illnesses often face uncertainty, delayed diagnosis, and limited treatment options. Research is urgently needed to understand the biological mechanisms driving these conditions.
Science Can Drive Better Care
By investigating immune, vascular, neurological, metabolic, and inflammatory pathways, we aim to support the development of more accurate diagnostics and more targeted treatments.
Collaboration Creates Impact
Progress requires cooperation between patients, clinicians, researchers, universities, laboratories, and supporters. Vitalis Foundation works to bring these groups together around a shared mission: better science, better care, and better outcomes.
Our motto
Hope Through Science
We believe that patients with chronic diseases deserve recognition, answers, and scientifically grounded care. Our mission is to advance research into Long COVID, ME/CFS, and related chronic illnesses so that discoveries can be translated into diagnostics, treatments, and practical improvements in patient lives.
Start Now
get involvedHow to Start?
Supporting Vitalis Foundation means supporting research for patients who are often overlooked. Whether through donations, scientific collaboration, volunteering, or advocacy, every contribution helps move chronic disease research forward.
We Are Here to Help Advance Research
Vitalis Foundation is committed to supporting people affected by chronic disease by advancing scientific understanding, developing research collaborations, and promoting new approaches to diagnosis and treatment.
We are especially focused on Long COVID, ME/CFS, post-viral syndromes, and chronic immune or inflammatory disorders where patients urgently need better answers.
Our people
The people behind our research
Dr Abdul Mannan Baig
MBBS, PhD. Board Member
A medical doctor and scientist who was among the first in the world to show that COVID-19 can affect the brain, and one of the earliest to push for long COVID to be recognised as a chronic illness.
Read Dr Baig's profileGet involved
How You Can Help
Donation
Support medical research, laboratory experiments, biomarker discovery, and the development of better diagnostics and treatment strategies for chronic disease.
Volunteer
Contribute your time, expertise, or professional skills to help us grow our research, education, communication, and patient-support activities.
Partner
Collaborate with us as a university, laboratory, clinician, researcher, company, donor, or community organisation to accelerate chronic disease research and improve patient outcomes.