By Maria Ferrara, MD If you ask ordinary physicians whether they provide care differently to women and men affected by psychosis they will likely be horrified at the thought of discriminating based on sex; all individuals have the same rights when it comes to mental health care, they will reassure patients and family members. […]
Her thoughts revolve around the female brain In medicine, women are often treated as if they were men. Antonella Santuccione Chadha wants to change that. Many brain diseases affect women more than men. But this is hardly taken into account in research. To change this, scientists founded the Women’s Brain Project. By Lena Stallmach, 1.16.2021 [...]
By Tina Stibbe Every one of us is well aware of the fact that regular physical activity is good for our health in general. First and foremost, it helps maintain a healthy weight and improves cardiovascular function by training the heart. Other benefits include better sleep, increased fitness and flexibility as well as a stronger […]
Guest post by Tina Stibbe, freelance writer Brain health could be described as the absence of any disorders affecting its faculty to fulfil its tasks. As we age, our brain capacity reduces due to the loss of neurological integrity, leading to cognitive decline and, in some cases, to diseases such as Alzheimer’s. There are means […]
ZÜRICH, Schweiz, 14. Dezember 2020 – Dr. Antonella Santuccione Chadha, Mitbegründerin und CEO des Women’s Brain Project (WBP) und Head of Stakeholder Engagement bei Biogen, wurde am 13. Dezember 2020 mit dem italienischen Nationalpreis Medicina Italia ausgezeichnet. Sie hat mit ihrer Expertise zur Bekämpfung der COVID-19-Krise in [...]
ZURICH, Switzerland, December 14th, 2020 — Dr. Antonella Santuccione Chadha, co-founder and CEO of the Women’s Brain Project (WBP), and Head of Stakeholder Engagement at Biogen, has been awarded the Italian national prize Medicina Italia for lending her expertise to tackling the COVID-19 crisis in her home region Abruzzo and for her work in [...]
The Women’s Brain Project (WBP) welcomes the Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe By Anna Dé, Executive Committee Member, WBP On 25 November 2020, the European Commission launched the Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe to ensure that patients have access to innovative and affordable medicines and to support the competitiveness, innovative [...]
By Anna Dé, Head of Policy at WBP and Dr. Annemarie Schumacher-Dimech, Co-founder and President of WBP The MEP Interest Group on Brain, Mind and Pain (BMP) held a virtual event on 10 November 2020 on the future of BMP advocacy. It was an absolute honour for Women’s Brain Project (WBP) to attend and speak […]
By Anna Dé, Executive Committee member of WBP On 17 September 2020, the Women’s Brain Project (WBP) held a landmark regulatory roundtable on advancing sex and gender precision medicine. The regulatory roundtable brought together key regulators and other stakeholders to learn from the experience of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration [...]
By Lindsay Welikovitch, AAIC Organizing Committee The Alzheimer’s Association is hosting the first-ever Alzheimer’s Association International Conference® Neuroscience Next (AAIC® NN) from November 9-10, 2020. The event is virtual and free of charge for all attendees. Dr. Maria Teresa Ferretti, Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of the [...]
We want precision medicine for brain and mental diseases. We are the Women’s Brain Project. We are here to transform healthcare. We are the Women’s Brain Project. Brain and mental health for all is not a utopia but a necessity – and in our belief, a realistic goal. But to achieve it, the current approach […]
By Shahnaz Radjy, Executive Committee member, Women’s Brain Project The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared October 10 as World Mental Health Day. But what does that mean? Why should we care? The easy answer is that we should all care because we all have a brain. It’s that simple. This year, with the […]
Most people who struggle with their mental health have, at some point, been blamed for their condition. They have been called names. They have been told it is only a phase or that they have just “to try harder”. Moreover, they are discriminated against because of their condition. This is the power that stigma holds. […]
By Shahnaz Radjy, Executive Committee member, Women’s Brain Project This year, nothing is business as usual. The same can be said for the flagship event hosted by the Women’s Brain Project (WBP) with the International Forum on Women’s Brain and Mental Health 2020 going virtual for the first time. With an innovative format, as of […]
Zurich, Switzerland (September 23, 2020) – The Women’s Brain Project (WBP) and the Global Alliance on Women’s Brain Health (GAWBH) launched the Swiss edition of the global Be Brain Powerful® campaign (“BBP”), which promotes the benefits of risk reduction and brain health to women in the fight to prevent, treat, and eventually cure Alzheimer’s [...]
