WBP Forum Panel 5: Lifestyle Changes That Can Have A Positive Impact On Brain And Mental Health – A Sex And Gender Perspective
By Bernadette Dwan, Engagement Manager Real World Solutions, IQVIA and Maria Teresa Ferretti, Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer, WBP The goal of the fifth Panel of the International Forum on Women’s Brain and Mental Health, is to shed some light on how our personal lifestyle might affect our brain and mental health. There is […]
WBP Forum Panel 4: The Ideal Migraine Patient Experience Both In Life And At Work: Policy Changes To Achieve It
By Maria Teresa Ferretti, Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer, WBP The fourth Panel of the International Forum on Women’s Brain and Mental Health, sponsored by Eli Lilly, focuses on Migraine, a serious neurological diseases affecting overwhelmingly women, which is often misdiagnosed and undertreated. Taking Migraine as a specific example, we will explore how Policy changes […]
The Women’s Brain Project: showcasing the power of precision medicine
Julius Bär
An Insight Into Eating Disorders: Impact, Gender Differences And Why They Are Real Disorders
Guest post by Alice Savoia – August 2020 Try to imagine a situation when you felt embarrassed by the way you look, disgusted by the image you saw in the mirror, and eager to disappear. A moment when people around you didn’t understand how you were feeling, or, perhaps worse, they didn’t recognize your discomfort […]
WBP Forum Panel 3: Sex And Gender Differences In Neurodegenerative Diseases Such As Alzheimer’s
By Maria Teresa Ferretti, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, WBP This third panel of the International Forum on Women’s Brain and Mental Health will take Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) as a case study of a disease that affects men and women differently, and explore how such sex and gender differences could be leveraged to improve […]
A Big Thank You To Our Supporters
We are roughly half-way through 2020, and reaching the countdown point for our International Women’s Brain and Mental Health Forum (WBP Forum) taking place virtually on 19-20 September this year. Find out more and register here! The whole WBP Team therefore wanted to take the occasion to say a big THANK YOU to all of […]
WBP Forum Panel 2: Maternal Mental Health: Challenges For Better Treatment
By Annemarie Schumacher Dimech, Co-Founder and President, WBP Maternal mental health is a topic of utmost importance, which is affected by a combination of some aspects of it being a taboo as well as a lack of research. Furthermore, in times of COVID-19, maternal mental health is facing additional challenges given the frequent social isolation […]
WBP Forum Panel 1: Suicide In Adolescents And Young Adults From A Gender Perspective
By Ruth L. Formosa Ventura (Executive Committee Member, WBP) and Annemarie Schumacher-Dimech (Co-founder and President, WBP) On the first day of the International Forum on Women’s Brain and Mental Health, taking place virtually on 19-20 September this year, WBP will be discussing why we need to consider sex and gender differences throughout the lifespan, with […]
Elsevier and the Women’s Brain Project Partner announce Co-branded Book Series
SciTech Connect
FemTech Forum – The first global virtual conference about FemTech
By Anna Dé, Member of the WBP Executive Committee As we count the weeks to the International Forum on Women’s Brain and Mental Health: The Gateway to Precision Medicine Across our Lifespan, which will be held virtually on 19 and 20 September 2020, I was delighted to be able to attend the FemTech Forum on […]
