Official Aftermovie Full Event Recording “If you look at the cost [of brain disorders] to the health services, it is estimated to cost €800 billion a year. It’s the equivalent of cardiovascular, cancer, and diabetes all put together.” – MEP Colm Markey Host Member of the European Parliament, [...]
On January 25th, 2024, the European Brain Council, in partnership with Rice University Baker Institute for Public Policy and the Brain Capital Alliance, hosted a full-day event, Brain Health for Society: Insights from Brain Capital. Guided by Frédéric Destrebecq, Executive Director of the European Brain Council, this event included invited speakers and stakeholders and [...]
On the occasion of Rare Disease Day, 29 February 2024, the European Brain Council (EBC) held the event Towards a Rare Brain Disease Ecosystem at the University Foundation, Brussels, to raise awareness on rare brain diseases and their societal impact. The event brought together researchers, clinicians, persons living with a rare brain disease and industry to [...]
EBC is pleased to fully kick off the No Health Without Brain Health campaign in the lead up to Brain Awareness Week 2024 and the upcoming EU Elections, aimed to increase public and policy awareness around brain health in Europe and beyond. Society is facing brain challenges like never before — improving the health [...]
The EBC Newsletter for February 2024 can be downloaded here.
Alcohol is a risk factor for several brain disorders and is tightly coupled with mental illness. These are findings in the new research report "Alcohol and the Brain", compiled by an international research group. On the 22 February, the report will be launched in the European Parliament, in an event hosted by MEP Malin [...]
EBC is pleased to announce that registration is now open for our annual Brain Awareness Week event, hosted in the European Parliament by Member of European Parliament (MEP), Colm Markey (EPP, IE) on Thursday, 7 March 2024 at 11:00-13:00. Across the globe, society is facing brain challenges like never before — improving the health [...]
The EBC Newsletter for January 2024 can be downloaded here.
Registration is now open for the hybrid event 'Towards a Rare Brain Disease Ecosystem', set to take place 29 February 2024 at 10:00-14:00 at the University Foundtion in Brussels and online. The main purpose of Rare Disease Day is to raise awareness about rare diseases and their impact on the lives of those affected. It [...]
The EBC Newsletter for December 2023 can be downloaded here.
