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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
WBP Open to New Collaborations, Partnerships & Sponsorships
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 showcases. One of […]
WBP Forum 2020 – Paving The Way For Precision Medicine: Panels & Speakers Confirmed To Date
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 […]
Sex & Gender In COVID-19: It Makes A Difference, And So What? (Part I)
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 […]
Sex & Gender In COVID-19: A Marginalized Priority (Part II)
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 […]
