EBC was present last week at the 10th World Congress of Neuroscience, organized by EBC member, the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO). Held every four years since 1982, the IBRO World Congress is now one of the most prestigious international scientific meetings. The congress was held in Daegu, South Korea and was organized in collaboration with [...]
The European Brain Council has joined members European Federation of Neurological Associations (EFNA) and European Academy of Neurology (EAN) in sending an open letter to EU leaders, making a strong case for increased prioritisation of neurological/brain health in EU policies and calling for concrete measures to be undertaken to counteract the increasing burden of brain [...]
4 September 2019, Copenhagen, Denmark The “AD Detect and Prevent” project, which is led by the Danish digital therapeutics company Brain+, is 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 [...]
Further to the agreement on Horizon Europe that the EU institutions reached in trilogue on 20th March 2019, the European Commission has started preparing the implementation of the programme through a process of “strategic planning”. To this end, the European Commission has launched a public consultation in order to collect input as regards to the objectives, priorities and expected [...]
The 1st Regional Meeting of National Brain Councils (NBCs), which brought together a wide range of health stakeholders from South-East Europe, was held on 10th July 2019 in Belgrade, Serbia. On this occasion, delegates from 9 different European countries, representing NBCs, patient groups, psychiatric associations and neuroscience societies, met in order to exchange views on [...]
EBC was present again this year at the Congress of the European Academy of Neurology, marking their 5th year of annual congresses. This year the congress was held in Oslo, Norway, and EBC was pleased to be able to participate in the Exhibition Hall as well as in the Scientific Theatre and EFNA-EAN Special Session. [...]
The European Brain Council is currently welcoming applications for a Project Manager/Scientific Officer to cover for the maternity leave of our current Scientific Officer, with the possibility of extension into longer-term contract. See details here.
EU leaders will meet in Brussels from 20th-21st June 2019 to discuss, amongst other issues, the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). In the light of this, EBC endorsed a recent statement, launched by the EU Health Coalition, that calls on the European Council to increase the total Horizon Europe budget to €120 billion. Such increase [...]
On 15 May 2019, a joint meeting was held in Brussels for the new case studies of the 2nd round of the EBC Value of Treatment project. Working groups in the fields of Mental Disorders: Eating Disorders (Anorexia Nervosa), Major Depressive Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder* and Rare Neurological Disorders: Ataxia, Dystonia and Phenylketonuria (PKU) have [...]
The 5th Academy Meeting of National Brain Councils was held from 9th-10th May in Dubrovnik, Croatia. This year's meeting, hosted by the Croatian Brain Council, brought together delegates from fifteen European countries for two days of progress reports, discussion and brainstorming on joint initiatives. Prof. Dinko Mitrečić, President of the Croatian Brain Council, opened the [...]
