Acceptance Speech For The World Sustainability Award 2020
By Dr. Antonella Santuccione Chadha, Co-founder and CEO of the Women’s Brain Project As a co-awardee of the World Sustainability Award 2020, Dr. Antonella Santuccione Chadha delivered an acceptance speech on September 15. The notes the speech was based on are shared below. For the related press release, click here. “When I was a […]
[Press Release] Dr. Santuccione Chadha Is The Co-Recipient Of The World Sustainability Award 2020 For Pioneering Work With The Women’s Brain Project On Sex- And Gender-Sensitive Precision Medicine
(WBP), and Head of Stakeholder Engagement at Biogen, has been awarded the World Sustainability Award 2020 for outstanding contributions to sex and gender-oriented precision medicine. The achievement recognizes her pioneering work in exploring how sex and gender differences impact mental and brain diseases and can lead to a more inclusive and sustainable healthcare system. Dr. […]
Coming Soon: The WBP Forum With A New (Virtual) Format!
The Women’s Brain Project (WBP) is counting down to its annual flagship event, the International Forum on Women’s Brain and Mental Health (the Forum). This year, it will take place virtually on Saturday and Sunday September 19-20. However, the format is different to your usual Zoom- or Hopin-powered event. Expert insights at your fingertips, […]
WBP Forum Panel 6: Beyond Traditional Approaches – Novel Digital Products For Brain And Mental Health With A Sex And Gender Perspective
By Simona Mellino, Life Sciences Senior Consultant at Accenture, Basel and Vice President, WBP The sixth Panel of the International Forum on Women’s Brain and Mental Health, focuses on novel digital products and their impact on brain and mental health. Several digital products have now received FDA approval to support the diagnosis, treatment or […]
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 […]
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 […]
