Nature Article: “Sex And Gender Differences And Biases In Artificial Intelligence For Healthcare”
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, […]
Are the COVID-19 virus or closed schools more dangerous for children? (Webinar Recap)
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 […]
Webinar Recap: Gli effetti del Covid-19 sui bambini: quali rischi non stiamo considerando?
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: Effetto […]
Celebrating Family
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 who we are as […]
Communications In Time Of Crisis: An Interview With Sara Rubinelli, Health Communication Expert
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 Association for Communication in […]
Webinar Recap: The Impact Of COVID-19 On Mothers & Families
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 pandemic has created different […]
Post-Partum Mental Health
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, […]
We how loves history
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 […]
Webinar Recap: Sex & Gender Differences in the COVID-19 Pandemic
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 Committee […]
Celebrating WBP’s Birthday: Building On The Past To Project Into The Future
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 […]
