Welcome to the July edition of the President’s Corner, our eanNews series, in which I have the privilege of answering your questions about the EAN and its many activities.
This month we start off with a question about the recent EAN Congress 2025 and the huge number of recorded presentations that are available to view on the Virtual Congress Platform. Please find my answers to that and the several other questions below.
If you have something to ask me, look out for our posts asking for your questions for next month’s President’s Corner, or feel free to submit them at any time via email.
As always, I look forward to receiving and answering your questions!
Best wishes,
Elena Moro, EAN President
Is it still possible to watch sessions from the EAN Congress 2025?
Since 9 July access to recorded content from the EAN Congress 2025 has been limited to EAN Members only (previously, content was available to all registered participants). The content will remain available to all individual EAN Members via the EAN virtual congress platform for the remainder of 2025. Along with reduced registration fees, this is another wonderful benefit of EAN membership!
As a student, how can I get more involved with research?
A great starting point would be to join the EAN as a student member, which gives you the option to join EAN Scientific & Coordinating Panels. As a student panel member, you can get direct insight into the work of the panel, which coordinates clinical research at a European level, make connections with other panel members, and get involved in lots of other scientific activities.
Something else to consider is the EAN Student Teaser Fellowship, which gives medical students the opportunity to gain insight into neurology in general or in a specific domain of interest, while they are still doing their medical studies. By taking part students can improve their medical education, get experience in other departments, and foster networking.
How can computer science help develop neuroscience research? What are some tools that are either promising or currently missing?
Computer science plays a major role in artificial intelligence and also in the development of medical devices. Therefore, computer science is becoming essential in further advances of neurosciences and neurology. The field is quickly expanding so we hope that current barriers, such as data sharing, ethical issues, and multidisciplinary and intercontinental approaches, will be surmounted soon.
How does the EAN President take care of her own brain health? Do you have any tips for the rest of us?
I am very pleased to see that the community cares about the EAN President’s brain health! In my daily life, I privilege social interactions with meeting people personally and keeping the engagement, I limit the time spent in passive listening from media, I have adopted a Mediterranean diet, and I try to run for minimum 30 min 5 days a week. But, above all, I think that working for the EAN community keeps your brain very healthy! This is my best suggestion for you!
