Finally! WBP Cause Ambassador Sofia Petersson Starts Alzheimer Treatment
Join us in celebrating a true milestone! After years of fighting, our cause ambassador Sofia Petersson has finally received her first dose of Aducanumab, a human antibody that is capable of removing the toxic protein accumulating in the brain of those living with Alzheimer’s. Sofia is struggling since more than a decade to get to […]
Antonella Santuccione Chadha amongst finalists of Veuve Clicquot Bold Woman Award 2022
The WBP is proud that our CEO Antonella Santuccione Chadha is one of the three finalists of the Veuve Clicquot Bold Woman Awards 2022 in Switzerland. What an honour for her to be rewarded for her tireless pursuit of putting her heart, knowledge, passion and soul into the topic of sex & gender differences and […]
WBP Launches Brain Awareness Week
The Women’s Brain Project (WBP) is excited to announce Brain Awareness Week, taking place from 14-20 March 2022 supported by Lundbeck. During this week, WBP’s followers on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter will receive information about the importance of sex and gender differences in relation with brain and mental health. WBP experts will talk about […]
Statement From The Women’s Brain Project On The Situation In Ukraine
The Women’s Brain Project strongly condemns the invasion of Ukraine, the resulting humanitarian catastrophe and the potential for a world war. Our thoughts are with all the people impacted by this crisis. It’s imperative to negotiate for the immediate cessation of the war, while establishing safe passage for humanitarian assistance, including access to food and […]
A Patient’s Journey Through Alzheimer’s Disease
The Women’s Brain Project (WBP) is proud to announce a pioneering ground-breaking project exploring how sex and gender impact the Patient Journey specific to Alzheimer’s disease. This will be a fundamental step towards personalized care for persons living with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Over 55 million people live with dementia worldwide. The vast majority of patients […]
The sex and gender considerations of covid-19 are crucial for the progression of precision medicine – here’s why
By Shayda Moyassari The COVID-19 pandemic has proved that no one is exempt. Although we are all experiencing the pandemic simultaneously, it is clear that the impacts of COVID-19 are left differently across various groups within society. From the perspective of ‘sex’, also known as our biological constitution, COVID-19 cases seems to progress
NZZ profile reveals the unique journey of our CEO
Her thoughts revolve around the female brain In medicine, women are often treated as if they were men. Antonella Santuccione Chadha wants to change that. Many brain diseases affect women more than men. But this is hardly taken into account in research. To change this, scientists founded the Women’s Brain Project. By Lena Stallmach, 1.16.2021 […]
Press Release: Medicina Italia Prize (English)
ZURICH, Switzerland, December 14th, 2020 — Dr. Antonella Santuccione Chadha, co-founder and CEO of the Women’s Brain Project (WBP), and Head of Stakeholder Engagement at Biogen, has been awarded the Italian national prize Medicina Italia for lending her expertise to tackling the COVID-19 crisis in her home region Abruzzo and for her work in sex […]
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 […]
