The European Brain Council and beLean.net are pleased to announce that the application process is now open for the Breakout & Agora Sessions of the Brain Innovation Days, set to take place on 13-14 October 2020 in Brussels. You can now start your programme submissions here- the application deadline is 1 August 2020, 1:00 PM (CET). We encourage you to begin this [...]
The EBC Newsletter for June 2020 can be accessed here.
A group of pan-European healthcare stakeholders launched the statement “COVID-19 and Brexit - Protecting patients across Europe from pandemics” which highlights the importance of addressing health issues as part of the agreement on the future relationship between the EU and the UK. The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that cross-border health threats need effective coordination and [...]
The EU Health Programme, managed by DG SANTE, received a considerable budget increase from €413 million to €9.4 billion (for the 2021-2027 period), and received a brand new name EU4Health. (You can find more details on this very positive news here.) This is a very tangible sign of renewed impetus and focus on health at the EU [...]
The EBC Newsletter for May 2020 can be accessed here.
A Special Session on “Severely affected patients in neurology and psychiatry: Detecting – Managing – Refining” was held as a virtual meeting on 24th May 2020. Many commonalities exist in both neurology and psychiatry as regards to the management of patients living with severe neurological or mental diseases, conditions that can have a great impact [...]
"Science & Society: Parkinson's Disease" is the title of the first video released by EBC on a new online communication with the goal of producing content that could cover some of our key messages and tackle complex issues such as brain disorders and their diagnosis. One of EBC’s key drivers is to raise awareness of [...]
The European Brain Council and beLean.net are excited to announce 'Save the Date' for the upcoming Brain Innovation Days, to be held in Brussels on 13-14 October and virtually all over Europe. The Brain Innovation Days will take over from EBC's 2018 event on "Enhanced engagement in public-private partnerships" and provide an opportunity to not [...]
EBC Brainy Insights, Week of 11 May 2020
European Brain Council (EBC) President, Prof Monica di Luca, is featured in the latest Open Access Government, a digital publication that provides an in-depth perspective on key public policy areas from all around the world. Prof Di Luca provides a voice for the brain research community here, exploring how the brain research community is affected by [...]