Interviews

First in a new series of interviews with patient representatives on EAN Scientific Panels, discussing their roles and how the EAN and patient organisations can support each other.

EAN Website Editor, Letizia Leocani, talks to Raphael Wurm, lead author of the eanNews Paper of the Month for January 2025, 'Mood Alterations in the Prodromal Phase of Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease'

Sebastiaan Engelborghs, Co-Chair of the EAN Scientific Panel on Dementia & Cognitive Disorders talks to EAN Communications Committee member Raphael Wurm about the recent decision by the European Medicines Agency to approve lecanemab for Alzheimer’s disease treatment.

Prof. Claudia Sommer, incoming Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Neurology (starting July 2025) talks about her plans for the journal's future, as part of our series celebrating its 30th anniversary.

As part of the EAN's mission to strengthen connections with its full institutional members, we interviewed leaders from various national neurological societies across Europe and beyond.

Prof. Didier Leys, current Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Neurology (since 2020) talks about his role in the journal's development, as part of our series celebrating its 30th anniversary.

Prof. Anthony Schapira, former Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Neurology (2007-2020) talks about his role in the journal's development, as part of our series celebrating its 30th anniversary.

Prof. François Boller, former Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Neurology (1994-2007) talks about his role in the journal's development, as part of our series celebrating its 30th anniversary.

During EAN 2024 in Helsinki, eanNews editor Benedetta Bodini and EAN Website Editor Letizia Leocani took the opportunity to talk to Prof. Marie Vidailhet, who delivered the Edouard Brown-Sequard Lecture at this year’s congress.

During EAN 2024 in Helsinki, EAN President-Elect Elena Moro sat down for an interview with Prof. Nils Erik Gilhus, who delivered the Moritz Romberg Lecture at the 10th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology.

During EAN 2024 in Helsinki, eanNews editor Benedetta Bodini and EAN Website Editor Letizia Leocani took the opportunity to talk to Prof. Britta Engelhardt, who delivered the Camillo Golgi Lecture at this year’s congress.

Prof. Per Soelberg Sørensen, former Editor of the European Journal of Neurology (1994-2003) talks about his role in the journal's development, as part of our series celebrating its 30th anniversary.

Former EFNS President, Prof. Jes Olesen, talks about his role in founding the European Journal of Neurology in the first interview in a new series celebrating 30 years of the journal.

EANpages Editor Benedetta Bodini talks to Prof. Mary Reilly, Past President of the British Peripheral Nerve Society, who gave the C. Brown-Séquard Lecture at this year’s congress.

EAN Website Editor Letizia Leocani talks to Prof. Mark Hallett, National Institutes of Health Distinguished Investigator Emeritus, who gave the C. Brown-Séquard Lecture at this year’s congress.