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Worth €8.5 billion, the 2017 tranche of the EU’s Horizon 2020 flagship science funding program has a jobs focus in 2017,  especially improving migrant integration into labor markets. More here: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-16-2604_en.htm 2017 Research work program released was last modified: December… Continue Reading

      By Anna Sauerbier     A successful MS fundraising story http://www.emsp.org/news-messages/2878/ What does quality care mean? http://www.eu-patient.eu/Members/Weekly-Mailing/quality-care-survey/ Countries start to act on non-communicable diseases but need to speed up efforts to meet global commitments http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/notes/2016/noncommunicable-diseases-global-commitments/en/ Presenting a… Continue Reading

The Swiss Association of Young Neurologists (SAYN) was founded on the 31st of October 2014 in Interlaken during the annual meeting of the Swiss Neurological Society (SNS) by a group of young and enthusiastic Neurology trainees. It was supported by and organised from the beginning on as part of the SNS. Since inception the SAYN is structured as an executive committee and core group.

MEPs to Welcome Scientists STOA will host, on 8 November 2016, the second ‘Science meets Parliaments’ event, in cooperation with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC). This annual event aims at promoting evidence-based policy-making and enables open and direct… Continue Reading

The International Neuropsychiatric Pula Congress is the scientific conference with the longest tradition in our part of the world. This year it was organized under the auspices of the Croatian President, Mrs. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, the co-organization of the Department of… Continue Reading

  As many of your will know, EAN works closely with our colleagues at the European Federation of Neurological Association [EFNA] – who so actively work to promote the patient perspective in all healthcare policy and provision in Europe. EFNA… Continue Reading

The INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SPECIALITIES (IENSA) announce the call for the Dr. Pedro Albert Grant 2016, intended for all medicine and psychology graduates who wish to present a clinical research project in any area of neuroscience. More information on www.iensa.es.… Continue Reading

The European Brain Council (EBC) is carrying out a new Study for 2015-2017 on the “Value of Treatment:  Bridging the Early Diagnosis and Treatment Gap for Brain Disorders”.

The Commission has just published a roadmap concerning policy areas of interest to EAN. The roadmaps concern the following policy areas: Food Safety Public Health To consult all the existing roadmaps please refer to the following website:
http://ec.europa.eu/smart-regulation/roadmaps/index_en.htm For further… Continue Reading

    by Anna Sauerbier       Integrated healthcare: From tipping point to turning point https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/opinion/integrated-healthcare-tipping-point-turning-point   Scientists about Brexit http://www.sciencebusiness.net/news/79839/Scientists-stunned-by-Brexit   Improving patients’ outcomes http://www.ehealthnews.eu/download/white-papers/4873-improving-patient-outcomes   PharmaPoint: Bipolar Disorder – Global Drug Forecast and Market Analysis to 2024… Continue Reading

Brussels, Belgium – 21 January 2016   The final minutes of the Scientific Panel for Health (SPH) first annual conference on “Better research for better health – A holistic approach to challenges & opportunities” have been uploaded on the SPH… Continue Reading

Saturday May 28, 2016 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The 2016 Public Awareness day was organized in cooperation with the EAN – European Academy of Neurology, EFNA – European Federation of Neurological Associations, and the Danish Huntington Association. In his welcoming speech… Continue Reading

Many thanks to all who attended our General Assembly [GA] in Copenhagen last month and to all who visited our stand at the Annual Congress of the European Academy of Neurology exhibition. You can read a report from the event and view the photo album by following the link in the news piece below.

Martin Rakusa, Ayaz M. Khawaja* and Johann Sellner** Dept. of Neurology, University Medical Centre Maribor, Slovenia, *Dept. of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital, Birmingham, AL, USA, ** Dept. of Neurology, Christian Doppler Medical Center, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg,… Continue Reading