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2021 ECNP Workshop - submit your abstract
The next ECNP Workshop for Early Career Scientists in Europe will be virtual and it will take place on 3-5 March 2021.
Designed to stimulate high-quality experimental and clinical research in brain disorders and their treatments, the Workshop promotes and encourages the development of early career scientists seeking to pursue research careers in neuropsychopharmacology.
Application is by means of abstract submission.
Deadline is 1 December 2020, 17.00 CET (Central European Time).
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New Frontiers in Digital Health Meeting: apply now!
This year the New Frontiers in Digital Health Meeting will be virtual and it will take place on 8-9 March 2021.
This meeting of experts and key stakeholders in digital health has become an essential platform for focused, high-level exchange at the intersection of research science and new treatment development.
Apply via the button below.
The deadline is 1 December 2020.
Topics:
- Digital therapeutics
- Regulatory, patient and ethical perspective on digital health
- The use of digital tools in clinical trials
This meeting is designed for all representatives from the IT, pharma and medical devices industries, regulators, and patient and family associations who are interested in how digital health is going to change the way clinical trials are run and the use of digital therapeutics for brain disorders.
More information is available here.
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Plenary Lectures for the 34th ECNP Congress
We are proud to announce the first four confirmed Plenary Lectures for the 34th ECNP Congress, 2-5 October 2021!
- Inflamed depression
Ed Bullmore, United Kingdom
- Chronic irritability in youth: what we know and what we need to know
Ellen Leibenluft, USA
- From anxiety to motivation – A metabolic nexus
Carmen Sandi, Switzerland
- The nature of schizophrenia
Michael Owen, United Kingdom
Find here more details on next year's Plenary Lectures.
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ECNP Citation Prize: meet the winner
The ECNP Citation Prize recognises and encourages impactful original research in the ECNP journal, European Neuropsychopharmacology (ENP) and it is awarded to the most cited research paper in the preceding two years.
The 2020 winner is Olivia O'Leary, Ireland, for: 'The vagus nerve modulates BDNF expression and neurogenesis in the hippocampus’.
Click here to read the article on the ENP journal.
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ECNP Networks: latest updates
The eBook Learning to deal with Problematic Usage of the Internet, the result of a collaborative project between the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action, International College of Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (ICOCS), and the ECNP Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders (OCRN) Network was launched last week at the COST Action training school.
Download the eBook for free.
To learn more about the ECNP Networks, visit this page.
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What is the c4c project?
The conect4children (c4c) project, a major IMI-funded initiative launched to take Europe’s clinical trial infrastructure for children to the next level, facilitating quicker and more efficient drug development for paediatric diseases, is already making its mark. Find out how:
- Read its peer-reviewed position paper, ‘European research networks to facilitate drug research in children’, here.
- Watch the video about the project and how patients and their families can participate here.
- Check out the toolkit of educational resources for patients participating in clinical trials and their families here.
- Take a look at the video on how young patients can make an important contribution to discussions on medicines here.
Discover more on the c4c website.
This c4c project has received funding from the Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking under grant agreement No 777389. c4c is one of the EU research projects supported by ECNP.
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The EBRA project
The European Brain Research Area (EBRA) project was created as a catalysing platform for stakeholders across the spectrum of brain research to streamline and better co-ordinate brain research across Europe, and foster synergies through enhanced co-ordination at the EU and global level.
Check this video for more insights about EBRA.
The EBRA project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 825348. EBRA is one of the EU research projects supported by ECNP.
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EMA's Collaborating Expert Programme
The Collaborating Expert Programme offers guest researchers the chance to pursue research in the regulation of public health at the European Medicines Agency (EMA), gaining first-hand experience of an EU agency and an opportunity to develop new competencies in regulatory science.
Experts will be salaried by their home institution but hosted by the EMA, either in person, or remotely.
Find out more about the programme, research profiles and application deadlines here.
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