Timeline Express Announcements Archive – European Brain Council (EBC)

EBC releases “Suicide in Europe: Facts and Recommendations”

Stephanie Kramer — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 15:30:49 +0000

The European Brain Council marked World Suicide Prevention Day 2017 with the release of a policy summary of Facts and Recommendations on Suicide in Europe, produced by an EBC-convened working group of experts.

More than 150,000 people in Europe die by suicide every year. Increased attention needs to be paid to those who are taking their lives across the continent and across the world. By listing the startling facts and providing strong recommendations to policymakers and other stakeholders, EBC hopes to keep suicide in the conversation and push for continued recognition of the ever-growing number of people that need support.

Read the summary here.

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EBC and GAMIAN-Europe launch Expert Policy Paper, ‘Bridging the Gap: Optimising transition from child to adult mental healthcare’

Stephanie Kramer — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 15:25:53 +0000

On 21 November 2017, GAMIAN-Europe and the European Brain Council launched an Expert Policy Paper entitled ‘Bridging the Gap: Optimising transition from child to adult mental healthcare’ at a meeting in the European Parliament.

The Expert Policy Paper suggests simple measures that aim to ensure young adults, who may require continued care, receive the support they need. Such measures include: ensuring awareness amongst healthcare professionals, improving education of healthcare professionals, improving the management and planning of the transition process, and promoting long-term continuity of care after the transition has been made to adult services.

The full report can be read here.

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EBC Joins EU-Funded BRAINTEASER project

Stephanie Kramer — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 15:18:57 +0000

In January 2021, EBC joined the BRAINTEASER project, which kicked off in partnership with 11 partners, a multidisciplinary gender-balanced consortium from academia, industry, clinical settings and the non-profit sector coming from six European countries. BRAINTEASER intends to become an open, significant success story of how, in the modern healthcare scenario, the integration of clinical knowledge, technical skills and patients’ contributions can drive towards innovative approaches to care and cure. During the four years of the project, the BRAINTEASER study will involve 300 patients enrolled in the four participating clinical centres located in Italy, Spain and Portugal. The patients will be constantly monitored using specific instruments such as sensors and smart apps, designing personalised services and fostering the patients’ empowerment and self-management.

The project is currently still ongoing. Visit the BRAINTEASER website here.

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EBC Joins EU-Funded MULTI-ACT project

admin_ebc — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 14:33:17 +0000

In May 2018, the EU-funded MULTI-ACT project kicked off, aiming to increase the impact of health research on people with brain diseases kicks off today. It will create and implement a new model allowing for the effective cooperation of all relevant stakeholders and be applicable in defining the scope of health research and innovation as well as new metrics for the evaluation of its results.

EBC was a key partner in the project, which ran until April 2021.

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EBC releases statement “Counting down to zero: Towards a future with underfunded health research?”

admin_ebc — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 14:32:44 +0000

In July 2018, EBC released a statement “Counting down to zero: Towards a future with underfunded health research?” which called on the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council to increase the budget of the “Horizon Europe” programme to at least €120 billion. EBC welcomed the increase of the overall draft budget but firmly believed the proposed budget to be insufficient to effectively address today’s societal challenges. The treatment of brain disorders alone is estimated to cost close to €800 billion annually[1], which makes adopting a robust 9^th Framework Programme with a strong focus on accelerating health research of paramount importance. What is more, the proposed budget for the “Health” cluster confirms a steady decrease of funding over time and across Framework Programmes, as health was previously allocated 12% under the 7th Framework Programme, 10% under Horizon 2020 and now 8% in the Horizon Europe proposal.

Read the full statement here.

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EBC Joins EU-Funded PRIME Project

admin_ebc — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 14:32:12 +0000

The EU-funded PRIME Project – where EBC is a partner – kicked off in January 2020, working to explore how common molecular mechanisms may link metabolic disorders, especially type 2 diabetes and obesity, with brain disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and autism spectrum disorders.

The 5-year long project (January 2020 – 31 December 2024) called ‘PRIME’ (Prevention and Remediation of Insulin Multimorbidity in Europe) aims to unravel how brain disorders throughout life can be traced to alterations in insulin signalling and how this relates to the somatic diseases type 2 diabetes and obesity. In total, 17 different university and private sector groups from 9 different European countries will participate in PRIME, which will receive €6 million funding from the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme.

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EBC joins EU-Funded AD Detect-Prevent Project

admin_ebc — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 14:31:45 +0000

In November 2018, the EU-funded “AD Detect and Prevent” project kicked off, led by the Danish digital therapeutics company Brain+, pursuing the ambitious aim of developing a digital tool to improve the detection of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) prior to the possible onset of dementia and combining this with lifestyle programmes for reducing lifestyle risk related to Alzheimer’s dementia. To achieve this, the project brought together a diverse group of partners with strong expertise in brain health, dementia, clinical neuroscience, neuroimaging and patient advocacy: Brain+, University of Oxford, Aarhus University, University of Nottingham, Alzheimer Europe and the European Brain Council.

The project continued over two years.

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2nd Round of Value of Treatment Releases Case Study Results & Calls to Action

admin_ebc — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 14:30:24 +0000

On the occasion of Brain Awareness Week 2022, the second round of the Value of Treatment project released results and calls to action.

The Value of Treatment for Brain Disorders (VOT) is a health economics and outcomes research project launched in 2015, with the objective to identify treatment gaps (or barriers to care) along the care pathway and propose solutions to address them; assess health gains and socio-economic impacts resulting from best practice healthcare interventions; and converge data evidence to policy recommendations on how to improve the care pathways. The second round (VOT2) on new therapeutic areas was launched in 2019, focusing on The Value of Early Diagnosis and Coordinated Care for Rare Diseases; and The Value of Early Intervention and Continuity of Care for Mental Disorders.

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European Brain Summit

admin_ebc — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 14:13:07 +0000

The European Brain Council and the EBRAINS Research Infrastructure held the first European Brain Summit, a joint event that took place on 12^th October 2021 in Brussels, in conjunction with the Brain Innovation Days.

This was a unique opportunity to explore the challenge of understanding the brain and the role that Europe should continue to play in this endeavour. High-level speakers and experts presented their vision of the future of European brain health research in the context of the European Health Union. New innovative solutions and technological advancements were highlighted.

Read the event report or watch the full event here.

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EBC Launches Policy Roadmap, “Fostering Innovation, Improving Outcomes”

admin_ebc — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 14:07:15 +0000

The European Brain Council released its Policy Roadmap ‘Brain Health in Europe: Fostering Innovation, Improving Outcomes’ on the occasion of Brain Awareness Week 2021, calling for the establishment of an EU-wide and public health combined Brain Plan.

The Roadmap stressed that today, more than ever, EU health stakeholders need to come together and ensure that brain health is at the centre of the Union and its Member States’ public health agenda. We need to combine our efforts to foster innovation in research and treatment for mental and neurological disorder and to improve the quality of life of affected patients.

The release of the Roadmap was accompanied by an official European Parliament roundtable, co-hosted by MEP Maria da Graça Carvalho (EPP, Portugal) and MEP Tomislav Sokol (EPP, Croatia), in April 2021. The roundtable was an opportunity to formally launch the Policy Roadmap to policymakers, bringing together key stakeholders to discuss the Roadmap’s recommendations and next steps for better outcomes for people living with mental and neurological disorders. A full event report is available here.

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