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

Elena Moro (EM): As incoming co-chair of the Scientific Panel “Neuropathies” can you briefly introduce yourself and your specific field of expertise to the Neuropenews readers. Davide Pareyson (DP): It is a great pleasure and honour to co-chair the Panel. I am a clinical neurologist working at the Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico C.Besta of Milan, Italy, where I am Head of the Functional Department on Rare Neurological Diseases and Chief of the Unit of Clinic of Central and Peripheral Degenerative Neuropathies.

This summer, EAN signed a Memorandum of Understanding with our colleagues at the European Federation of Neurological Associations [EFNA].

A course held by Dr. P. Iannone, Emergency Department, Tigullio Hospital, Genova, Italy. The Institute of Medicine (2011) defines guidelines as “statements that include recommendation intended to optimize patient care that are informed by a systematic review of evidence and… Continue Reading

We are happy to announce the winner of the 2016 DB Gupta Fellowship

The new CME article August 2016: “A European multicentre survey of impulse control behaviours in Parkinson’s disease patients treated with short- and long-acting dopamine agonists” is online now!
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      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

Report from Dr Giulia Coarelli from Roma, Italy visiting the ICM (Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière) INSERM U1127, CNRS UMR7225, UPMC UMR_S1127, 47 Boulevard de l’Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France under the supervision of Professor Alexandra Durr

The special session organized by EAN RRFS was held on the last day of the EAN Congress 2016 and brought together an inquisitive group of neurologists in training and board certified neurologists, who are interested in neurology education. The focus of the special session was to explore the differences in residency training, and work prospects across Europe.

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