The Women’s Brain Project (WBP) is a Swiss-based international non-profit organization focused on sex and gender determinants of brain and mental health as a gateway to precision medicine. Founded in 2016, the past four years have brought an incredible amount of growth and opportunities for the organization’s work to be developed and [...]
This year’s International Forum on Women’s Brain and Mental Health will be a virtual event hosted by the Women’s Brain Project (WBP) and broadcast from Zurich, Switzerland. The theme is “Sex and gender differences in brain and mental health: The Gateway to Precision Medicine – Across the Lifespan”. Over two days, the program will take [...]
By Maria Teresa Ferretti, Chief Scientific Officer of the Women’s Brain Project (WBP) In a recent Webinar WBP hosted about “Sex & Gender Differences in the COVID-19 Pandemic”, one question caught our attention. We will address the various issues it brings to light in this piece, to highlight the “so what?” around sex and gender […]
By Maria Teresa Ferretti, Chief Scientific Officer of the Women’s Brain Project (WBP) In a recent Webinar WBP hosted about “Sex & Gender Differences in the COVID-19 Pandemic”, one question caught our attention. We will address the various issues it brings to light in this piece, to highlight the “so what?” around sex and gender […]
By Simona Mellino, WBP Vice President The Women’s Brain Project is proud to announce that an article co-authored by a number of their members, “Sex and gender differences and biases in Artificial Intelligence for Biomedicine and Healthcare” just came out in Nature Digital Medicine. Below, we present an overview of the work, why it matters, [...]
The upcoming 6th congress of the European Academy of Neurology is about to start tomorrow. Have you already registered? It’s entirely virtual, and free of charge! WBP is officially partnering with EAN, and will be present at the congress in the following slots: – Sunday 24th, 10.30- 11.00 –> Scientific Theater, Patricia [...]
By Maya Uccheddu, WBP Executive Committee member Note: This text is based on a WBP Webinar hosted in Italian and summarized in this blog. You can read the Italian summary and view the webinar recording here. Should schools be reopened using precise approaches? What is the children’s role in this pandemic? What kind of damage […]
By Beatrice Nasta, member of the WBP Executive Committee Quale è il ruolo dei bambini in questa pandemia? Quale è il danno arrecato loro dalla mancanza di apprendimento e interazione con i loro pari? L’insegnamento digitale può rappresentarne la panacea? Le scuole vanno riaperte? E se sì, con quale approccio? Il Webinar “Covid-19: [...]
By Ruth L. Formosa Ventura, Systemic Psychotherapist and Couple & Family Therapist The family, in all its variant shapes, represents the microcosm of society. It is the human system in and through which most of us grow physically, mentally, psychologically, morally, spiritually, intellectually, and socially. It also shapes our beliefs of [...]
By Annemarie Schumacher Dimech, President and Co-Founder of the Women’s Brain Project Further to the outbreak of the #COVID19 pandemic, Sara Rubinelli started issuing recommendations for the general public on her social media channels. She is a Professor of Health Communication at the University of Lucerne, and President of the International [...]
Motherhood during the pandemic: Challenges, blessings, and issues to be addressed On Sunday 10 May, most countries celebrated Mother’s Day. Motherhood is full of blessings as well as challenges such as juggling work and childcare, coping with changes during and after pregnancy, redefining one’s identity on becoming a mother. The COVID-19 [...]
By Ruth L. Formosa Ventura, Systemic Psychotherapist and Couple & Familly Therapist, member of the WBP Executive Committee Fact: Did you know that 1 in 10 women suffer with postnatal depression? Prevalence varies from 4.5 % to 28 % in onset, duration, and severity of symptoms mainly because of the range of measurement scales used, […]
These are strange times we live in! I love history. And I know that history are alwys repeated itself. In the spring of 1350, the plague spread in Sweden. Queen Blanka at Varberg’s fortress made a fantastic effort. When she fought her pessents pessent not spreading the virus infection, but one third of Sweden died […]
This last Thursday 16 April, the Women’s Brain Project offered a free webinar on sex and gender differences in the COVID-19 Pandemic. After an introduction by WBP Co-founder and CEO, Dr. Antonella Santuccione Chadha, four speakers gave a brief overview of their respective topics: • COVID-19 Data from China: Dr. Ewelina Biskup, WBP Executive [...]
Three years ago today, on 7 April 2017, we celebrated the official launch of the Women’s Brain Project (WBP) at the Fachhochschule in St. Gallen, Switzerland. WBP started with a small group of scientists, academics, practitioners, caregivers, and patients who wanted to make a change. Today, we are a core team of more than 20 […]
