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By Francesca Murenu & Annemarie Schumacher Dimech Empathy, leadership, multitasking, communication skills, problem solving, creativity, emotional intelligence – and so much more. No CV could ever list the never-ending skills a mother demonstrates, 24/7. But who takes care of those who care? The role of motherhood is an everlasting [...]

A ground-breaking new report from US-based non-profit Women’s Health Access Matters (WHAM) shows that greater potential economic savings can be generated by investing in women’s Alzheimer’s research than by investing in general Alzheimer’s research. The WHAM Report, based on research conducted by the RAND Corporation, shows that funding [...]

Co-authored by WBP and Lilly It seems incredible that there is so little awareness of one of the most common neurological diseases in existence but that is the reality with migraine. The third most prevalent illness in the world, migraine overwhelmingly affects women. Sadly, millions of people worldwide are falling through the gaps in migraine [...]

By Shayda Moyassari The COVID-19 pandemic has proved that no one is exempt. Although we are all experiencing the pandemic simultaneously, it is clear that the impacts of COVID-19 are felt differently across various groups within society. From the perspective of ‘sex’, also known as our biological constitution, COVID-19 cases seem to progress [...]

By the Hackathon team The beginning of this year saw the launch and successful completion of the Women’s Brain Project’s first hackathon. The goal of the hackathon was to advance the understanding of sex and gender characteristics in brain and mental diseases and leverage them for improved solutions, through teamwork and innovation. The [...]

The Women’s Brain Project (WBP) is teaming up with international neurological organisations and regional umbrella groups to make neurology a global public health priority. The newly-formed OneNeurology Initiative aims to unite and strengthen neurology-related groups to stimulate collaborative advocacy, action and accountability for the [...]

Zurich, 29 March 2021 – Una bambina senza testa, a semi-autobiographical book written by neuroscientists Antonella Santuccione Chadha and Maria Teresa Ferretti, is dedicated to the theme of gender difference within the world of mental and neurological diseases. It has just been published by Rome-based Edizioni Mondo Nuovo in Italian. In the [...]

By Tina Stibbe   After a good night’s sleep, you start the day clearheaded and well rested.  But there’s a lot more going on during sleep than simple rest for the body and mind. The biological function and role of this bodily shutdown is gradually being deciphered with many interesting findings. So do we really […]

Zurich, Switzerland (March 12, 2021) Scientists from the Women’s Brain Project have collaborated on a new review that captures the key role played by artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in the medical response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The review, “AI-aided Precision Medicine against COVID-19: Strategic Areas of Research and [...]

By Annemarie Schumacher Dimech   A year ago, we could never have predicted how dramatically the COVID-19 pandemic would change our lives. Although the global crisis may have initially seemed like a great leveler, with everyone facing the same threat, in reality, many existing inequalities have been exacerbated. On International Women’s [...]

Guest blog by Maria Theresa Sanchez   They say that men are from Mars and women are from Venus. While we certainly have more in common than species from separate planets, there are key biological differences between both sexes that impact our brain health in profound ways. One such difference is so central that it […]

By Francesa Murenu   Over the past year, our ways of relating to others have been fundamentally challenged. Social distancing and the forced isolation of repeated lockdowns have been accompanied by feelings of fear, mistrust, and anxiety for many. The pandemic has reminded us how much we need to live as a community, to be “social [...]

By Gülden Boyner Ulusoy and Annemarie Schumacher Dimech  “Peace is not the just the absence of war. Many women under lockdown for Covid-19 face violence where they should be safest: in their homes. Today, I appeal for peace in homes around the world. I urge all governments to put women’s safety first as they respond […]

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 [...]