PRIME is an EU-funded project (H2020-EU.3.1.1. - Understanding health, wellbeing and disease) and states that insulin signalling not only affects the body (e.g., diabetes and obesity) but also the brain (e.g., Alzheimer’s disease, autism and obsessive-compulsive disorders).

The EU-funded BRAINTEASER project aims to bring Artificial Intelligence home for a better care of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and multiple sclerosis.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex and progressive disease of the central nervous system, where the immune system destroys brain, optic nerve and spinal cord tissue. As a result, people with MS develop irreversible motor-disability and cognitive impairment over time.

Not Myself Today is an annual workplace mental health initiative that equips senior leaders, human resources, managers and employees with activities, tools and resources focused on increasing awareness and knowledge of mental health, reducing stigma, and fostering safe, open and supportive workplace environments.

We call upon the European Commission to come forward with a European plan to tackle brain health in a collaborative, integrated and comprehensive manner, as well as to further support European Union Member States and associated countries in their efforts to combat the impact of brain disorders.

AETIONOMY is a consortium brought together under the European IMI to tackle the problem of the classification of neuro-degenerative diseases. Revising the taxonomy (classification) will take many years to complete and to be accepted by the biomedical community.

ADVANCE-HTA is a research project funded by the European Commission's Research Framework Programme (FP7). It comprises several complementary streams of research that aim to advance and strengthen the methodological tools and practices relating to the application and implementation of Health Technology Assessment (HTA).

MARATONE is a Marie Curie Initial Training Network project that directly addresses the need for high-level training and career pathways in mental health to increase the inter-sectorial and trans-national employability of young scientists in the academic, public and private sectors to meet the enormous challenge of the 2009 EU Parliament Resolution on Mental Health.

Science and technology advances rapidly. The NERRI project works to establish productive dialogue between potential users, potential “designers” (researchers, engineers, developers) and potential legislators of Neuro-Enhancement technologies, before products start to hit the marketplace.

The Oxford Participation and Activities Questionnaire Initiative aims to develop a short patient reported outcome measure designed specifically to assess participation, activities and level of independence.