Press Release: Medicina Italia Preis (Deutsch)

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 ihrer Heimatregion Abruzzen und mit ihrer Arbeit in […]

The Pharmaceutical Strategy For Europe Puts Gender In The Spotlight

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 capacity, and sustainability of the European Union’s pharmaceutical industry. The Strategy will support patient-centred innovations and accommodate digital and technological change. The Women’s Brain Project […]

Landmark Regulatory Roundtable on advancing women’s health and precision medicine

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. egulatory roundtable brought together key regulators and other stakeholders to learn from the experience of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which has a […]

AAIC Neuroscience Next: Creating Opportunities For Early Career Neuroscientists

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 Women’s Brain Project (WBP) will be speaking about […]

Brain and Mental Health For All: A Manifesto

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 […]

World Mental Health Day: Let’s Invest In Our Brains!

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 […]

Mental Health As A Human Right: “Insieme Per La Salute Mentale”

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. […]