Welcome to the second in our series of interviews with patient representatives on various EAN Scientific Panels, discussing their roles within those panels and how they and patient organisations can support each other.
For this interview, eanNews Editor, Benedetta Bodini, spoke to Elena Ruiz de la Torre, Executive Director of the European Migraine & Headache Alliance, about her involvement with the EAN Scientific Panel on Movement Disorders. Watch the interview below or on the EAN Vimeo channel.
Organisations that represent the interests of patients are crucial partners for the EAN. As the EAN is geared towards supporting neurologists, with the aim of improving the quality of care they can provide, patients are ultimately affected by everything we do. It is therefore essential that patients’ interests, perspectives and experience are represented within the EAN itself, which is why senior figures from patient representative groups are invited to join EAN Scientific Panels.
EAN Scientific Panels are often referred to as the academy’s scientific backbone. A total of 28 panels cover different subspecialty areas of neurology, coordinating clinical research, disseminating good practice, assisting the EAN Programme Committee, producing guidelines and much more.
To learn more about the EAN’s Scientific & Coordinating Panels, click here: Scientific & Coordinating Panels – ean.org
