european brain council

Mary Baker is President of the European Brain Council (EBC)

by Gunhild Waldemar The Liaison Committee assists the Management Committee in liaising with other professional and lay organizations as well as with the communication strategy. In 1998 at the 3rd Congress of the EFNS in Seville, Spain Professor Jes Olesen,… Continue Reading

This title stands not, regrettably, for the President’s present state of mind or place but for the brilliant acronym of a research project called Psychosocial fActors Relevant to brAin DISorders in Europe.

Tuesday, 14 May 2013 Brussels, Belgium
European Brain Research Successes and Next Challenges Monday, 27 May and Tuesday, 28 May 2013 Dublin, Ireland
Healthy brain: healthy Europe – A new horizon for brain research and health care Please be informed… Continue Reading

Last month I told you that the bill for brain disease in Europe is €800 billion. To reduce this burden, we need to buy better brain treatment. To make a real long-term difference, we need more research to understand, treat and prevent brain disease better. In the meantime, of course, European and national governments should support healthcare and societal policies which we already know will help, such as reducing smoking, alcohol consumption, obesity and road traffic accidents.

The ECNP Media Prize is for any media-related activity (journalism, fiction, TV, theatre, dance – i.e. in any medium) that contributes to the de-stigmatisation of disorders of the brain. It comes with a € 5,000 prize. The key determinant is… Continue Reading

A massive study of the global burden of disease has been published in the most recent issue of the Lancet (Horton 2012). It reports the mortality, causes of death, years lived with disability and disability-adjusted life years for 291 conditions in 21 regions taking into account 67 risk factors. Between 1990 and 2010 the world population has risen from 3.7 to 6.9 billion people.

http://ec.europa.eu/research/brainmonth2013 Within the Month of the Brain, two major conferences are planned for 14 May (Brussels, Belgium) and 27&28 May (Dublin, Ireland). 14 May 2013 (Brussels, Belgium): This first conference will be dedicated to “European Brain Research: Successes and Next… Continue Reading

EBC – External Environment Reports and EU Research updates As you are aware, times change so quickly that we must think, work, step out of the box we are in. In order to help to better understand the environment in… Continue Reading

EBC – External Environment Reports and EU Research updates As you are aware, times change so quickly that we must think, work, step out of the box we are in.
In order to help better understand the environment in which… Continue Reading

Research agenda. The European Brain Council have updated their 2006 consensus document on brain research (Di Luca,M. et al. 2011 Consensus document on European brain research. Eur. J. Neurosci. 33, 768-818). In a 50 page paper covering 43 topics Monica Di Luca and colleagues, including Past EFNS President Jes Olesen, have focused on seven fields:

EBC confirms it will go ahead with the Year of the Brain in 2014 but withdraws from the institutionally led process. EBC communicated at length with European Commission President Barroso, his team and the different Directorate Generals over the last… Continue Reading

This is the first page of a monthly series. A President needs a strong team. We have an excellent Management Committee and dedicated office staff. In addition to ad hoc email communication and occasional teleconferences we meet twice a year - once at our annual congress and once at our Head Office in Vienna. We held our spring meeting on Saturday March 3rd in Vienna when a long agenda kept us out of the spring sunshine. The agenda covered the activities of each of our liaison, training and education and scientific committees, finance and future plans. The following are of special interest:

by Eveline Sipido The European Brain Council (EBC), as a co-ordinating body representing European organisations in neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, basic brain research (neuroscience) as well as patient organisations and industry, is ideally positioned to champion and promote brain research in… Continue Reading