alzheimerpunktch: Warum Frauen öfter an Alzheimer erkranken
Die Erkenntnis «Alzheimer ist weiblich» bewog die Neurowissenschaftlerin und Ärztin Antonella Santuccione dazu, das Women’s Brain Project zu gründen. Denn die aktuelle Medizin ist auf Männer ausgerichtet – mit potenziell tödlichen Folgen. Lesen Sie den ganzen Artikel hier.
What can WE do? Coping with Migraine
Claudia Falchi Delgado, WBP collaborator What can WE do? For us and our empowerment A lack of awareness of migraine has furthered the stigma and censorship around the neurological disease. This has led to the normalisation of women being conceived as “overreacting” or “too pain sensitive”. Nevertheless, while suffering from migraine affects personal and workplace […]
France24 The 51%: Women and brain health: Females twice as likely to have Alzheimer’s
With women twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease, why are the medical and scientific communities not doing more to find out why? Annette Young talks to Dr Antonella Santuccione Chadha, the CEO of the Women’s Brain Project. Full interview here.
Interview with the Winners of The ADDI NeuroToolKit Data Hackathon
We had the honour to interview the Barcelona Neuro-Hackers, winners of The ADDI NeuroToolKit Data Hackathon. What is the NTK Hackathon? The Alzheimer’s Disease Data Initiative NeuroToolKit (NKT) Data Hackathon was a 17-day virtual event that took place from 1st -17th July 2022, during which teams around the world investigated several research questions related to biomarkers […]
The Brookings Institution: Brain health-directed policymaking: A new concept to strengthen democracy
The Women’s Brain Project is proud and grateful to have contributed to the Brain health-directed policymaking: A new concept to strengthen democracy. We outline emerging policy innovations directed at building “pro-democratic brain health” across individual, communal, national, and international levels. While extensive research is warranted to further validate these approaches, brain health-directed policymaking harbors potential […]
New ‘Not All In Her Head’ campaign empowers women with migraine in the workplace
Did you know migraine is the leading reason for days lost at work in the world among people under 50? With women three times more likely than men to suffer with migraine, they bear the greatest impact. The Women’s Brain Project has launched a striking and thought-provoking disease awareness campaign called ‘Not All In Her Head’. This migraine awareness campaign brings to […]
The Economist Impact: The value of action: mitigating the global impact of neurological disorders
The Women’s Brain Project is proud to have contributed to the following Economist Impact research report. Select this link for the full report.
The Economist: Science needs to move beyond luck if it is to design better drugs for the brain (Paywall)
Antonella Santuccione Chadha, head of the Women’s Brain Project, had spent eight years working on the drug. She describes the result as “one of the most painful experiences”. Despite all the years of toil, patients still have no disease-modifying treatment to turn to. Learn more in the article from The Economist.
Dr Antonella Santuccione Chadha, Co-founder and pro-bono CEO of the Women’s Brain Project wins the prestigious Veuve Clicquot Bold Woman Award Switzerland 2022
The Women’s Brain Project (WBP) is exceptionally proud that our CEO Dr Antonella Santuccione Chadha has won the Veuve Clicquot Bold Woman Award 2022 in Switzerland. The announcement was made at an awards ceremony on 1 September 2022 in Zürich. What an honour for her to be rewarded for her tireless pursuit of putting her […]
Antonella Santuccione Chadha shares her thoughts on being nominated for the Veuve Clicquot Bold Woman Award 2022
In March of this year, it was announced that Dr. Antonella Santuccione Chadha, the CEO of Women’s Brain Project, was one of the women nominated for the Veuve Clicquot Bold Woman Award Switzerland 2022 which will be announced on September 1st, 2022 in Zürich, Switzerland. It’s an honour to be nominated for such an […]
