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Brain Awareness Week: Lunch Debate (14.03.17)
What is Brain Awareness Week? Brain Awareness Week (BAW) is the global campaign to increase public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research. Founded in 1996 by the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives, BAW unites the efforts of partner organizations from around the world in a week-long celebration of the brain every March. Partners include universities, hospitals, K-12 [...]
NEW VIDEO: AF-Stroke Policy Workshop, European Parliament
To kick of Brain Awareness Week (13 - 17 March, 2017) EBC has created and published a new video on our YouTube channel. The video comes from an event organized by EBC and supported by the European Stroke Organisation (ESO), European Academy of Neurology (EAN), AF Association/Arrhythmia Alliance, and Stroke Association for Europe (SAFE). Held on 25 January 2017 at the [...]
Irish Brain Council launch their inaugural position paper (06.03.17)
Brain conditions affect over 1.1 million people in Ireland but investment in research into these conditions remains behind cancer and cardiovascular research with a critical need for targeted funding to support research into brain conditions in this country. This was the central message of the Neurological Alliance of Ireland & Irish Brain Council conference "Brain Research in Ireland: Investing in [...]
“Can Real World Data Advance Equity of Health Care in Europe?” EMSP Event (07.03.17)
On Tuesday, 7 March, EBC attended a meeting organized by the European Multiple Sclerosis Platform (EMSP) and MEP Cristian Bușoi (EPP). The topic of discussion was the question: "Can real world data advance equity of health care in Europe?". The event was held at the European Parliament, Brussels, see the press release below for more detail: People with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) [...]
MEP Interest Groups Meeting on Optimizing the European Social Pillar (08.03.17)
On March 8th, 2017 EBC attended the joint meeting of the MEP Interest Group on Brain, Mind and Pain and the Interest Group on Mental Health, Wellbeing and Brain Disorders, hosted by MEP Marian Harkin, held at the European Parliament in Brussels. The topic of the meeting was how to optimize the European social pillar in order to #MakeWorkWork for those [...]
EMEA Breakfast Colloquium on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (07.03.17)
On 7th March, EBC attended the Breakfast Colloquium on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis in the members restaurant of the European Parliament hosted by MEP Helga Stevens, organised by EMEA and the Belgian ME Association. Formed in 2008, The European ME Alliance is a grouping of European organisations who are involved in supporting patients suffering from myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME or ME/CFS) and are [...]
EBC President Prof. David Nutt gives TEDx Talk, Brussels (06.03.17)
Last Monday, 6th March, EBC's president, Professor David Nutt, delivered a presentation as one of this year's speakers at the TEDx Brussels event, a full afternoon of live talks by world-class speakers on a diverse range of topics, held at BOZAR, Brussels. The theme for this year's TEDx Brussels was "No Limits". Rudy Aernoudt, the TEDxBrussels Curator explains: "No limits means that the [...]
Horizon 2020 – Performance and Further Simplification (28.02.17)
On Tuesday 28 February, the Horizon 2020 - Performance and Further Simplification meeting took place at the European Parliament in Brussels. The meeting was hosted by EU commissioner for Research and Innovation, Carlos Moedas, and focused on how participation can be simplified in Horizon 2020, the EU's research and innovation programme. In particular, new funding rules will reduce administrative costs to [...]
Value of Treatment for Brain Disorders – Discussion Paper release
On Tuesday 28 February, the Value of Treatment discussion paper was released. The Value of Treatment for Brain Disorders (VoT) is a 2-year research project undertaken by EBC with the overall goal of assessing the treatment gap and the cost of non-(or inadequate) treatment, and promoting a holistic healthcare approach (versus fragmentation and results in silo). A MULTIPLE GOAL Bridging the [...]