Public perception of brain research is a field that had hardly been investigated. Whilst EBC’s network is made up of members and people who are all highly engaged in brain related issues and who all find brain research salient, a recent article by O’Connor and Joffe argues that brain research receive very little interest or attention from the general public. [...]

As part of its Year of the Brain, the European Brain Council (EBC) hosted a satellite event on Atrial Fibrillation-related stroke prevention in parallel to the EU Chronic Disease Summit, having identified stroke as one of the few brain diseases where better prevention can measurably improve health outcomes and significantly reduce the EU’s chronic disease burden. Dr. Peter H. Andersen, [...]

EBC Vice President Professor David Nutt is the winner of the 2013 John Maddox Prize for Standing up for Science. The international prize is awarded for courage in promoting science and evidence on a matter of public interest, despite facing difficulty and hostility in doing so. The judges awarded the prize to Professor Nutt in recognition of the impact his thinking [...]

On 18 June 2013 a planning meeting to create a Macedonian Action Group for Brain (MAG) was held in the Skopje Clinic of Neurology, Skopje, Macedonia. 14 participants attended the meeting. Tadeusz Hawrot represented EBC and co-chaired the meeting with Anita Arsovska, President of the Macedonian Society of Neurology. A discussion followed on the public health and brain situation in [...]

Description 2012 marked the tenth anniversary of the European Brain Council. The anniversary represents the end of an exciting and significant decade for the European Brain Council and the start of the next phase of the journey which will ensure everyone across Europe respects the most vital and precious asset which is the brain. One of the EBC’s most significant [...]

In December 2012 EBC President Dr. Mary Baker conferred Honorary Membership to former European Parliament President, Professor Jerzy Buzek, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the advancement of brain research in Europe and the quality of life of European citizens.  Gallery

"Cost of disorders of the brain in Europe 2010"1 is the direct successor of a benchmark study of the same title published in 2005. The success of the 2005 study2, in alerting European politicians and policy makers to the prevalence and high cost of brain diseases as well as the low levels of associated research funding, demanded the publication of [...]