Category Archives: JPND News

JPND will be represented at the Conference Exhibition from June 17th-21st. Call over to the JPND stand.

The 16th International Conference of the Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society takes place in Dublin from 17 to 21 June 2012.

Hosted by The Movement Disorder Society, the 2012 International Congress will be valuable for clinicians, researchers, post-doctoral fellows, medical residents, medical students and other healthcare professionals with an interest in the current research and approaches for the
diagnosis and treatment of movement disorders.

JPND will be represented at the Conference Exhibition throughout the conference. Call over to our stand to find out more about JPND.

For more details on the 2012 Conference, click on the link below.

JPND has recently published its policy on the membership and participation in JPND activities of countries outside of EU member states and EU-associated countries

JPND partner countries recognise that the unmet clinical need and societal impact of neurodegenerative diseases is a global issue, and that opportunities exist to link to worldwide research efforts in this area.

In this regard, JPND has recently set out its approach to working with Third Countries (i.e. countries outside of EU Member States and EU – Associated Countries)

For more information, click on the link below.

JPND will be represented at the Conference Exhibition on Thursday and Friday, March 8th-9th. Call over to stand S13!

The 27th International Conference of Alzheimer’s Disease International is being held in London from 7 to 10 March 2012. 

Hosted by Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) and the Alzheimer’s Society, the conference is conceived as ‘three conferences in one’, under the theme Science, Fact, Fiction.

The conference will be valuable for professionals, scientists, researchers, policy makers, people living with dementia, informal and professional carers.

JPND will be represented at the Conference Exhibition on Thursday and Friday, March 8-9.  Call over to stand S13 to find out more about JPND!

For more details on the Alzheimer International Conference 2012, click on the link below.

Videos of presentations and panel discussions from the Brussels launch of the JPND research strategy on February 7th, 2012 are available on the JPND Youtube channel

To access the video recordings click on the link below:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL449263185907F6CB&feature=view_all

For other outputs from the launch, including copies of presentations, speeches, photos, press coverage, click on the link below.

JPND has conducted an exercise to map national and European research and infrastructure relevant to neurodegenerative diseases. Interested parties can now search for relevant activities and information on the JPND mapping database

The JPND mapping exercise aims to give an objective view of the scale and scope of research activity in neurodegenerative diseases amongst JPND member countries. The collated information was used to identify gaps and opportunities JPND could build upon and clarify medium to long-term research needs, objectives and priorities. The data collected also provides a baseline for monitoring spend on neurodegenerative disease research activity and resources relevant to neurodegenerative diseases across Europe.

The secondary aim of the JPND mapping exercise was to provide an updateable, publically accessible, database as a resource for the scientific community and other interested parties. The resource is available through the JPND websitehere or by clicking the second link below.

Four international consortia have been proposed for funding under a JPND Transnational call between 21 countries

On December 9th, 2011, four new international research projects were recommended for funding to address a key issue in neurodegenerative disease research: the optimisation of biomarkers and the harmonisation of their use. 

Under a JPND transnational call for proposals between 21 countries  entitled “Neurodegenerative Diseases – a call for European research projects for the optimisation of biomarkers and harmonisation of their use between clinical centres”, four project proposals have been proposed for funding by the Peer Review Panel based on scientific excellence and by the Call Steering Committee based on budget availability.

For further information on the projects proposed for funding, clickhere or on the link below. 

Prevention, independent living, care and cure: are the main areas that the pilot European Innovation Partnership sees as being crucial to extending healthy and active life in Europe.

The Steering Group of the first initiative of the European Commission’sInnovation Union Flagship have agreed on a series of immediate actions to improve active and healthy aging. Philippe Amouyel, Chair of the JPND is a member of the Steering Group and has lead aworkshop on research mapping. Karine Baudin (INSERM Transfert) is a member of the Sherpa Group.

The target is that by 2020, the number of healthy life years in the EU will have increased on average by two years. To reach this target, the partnership wishes to enhance early diagnosis methods; remote monitoring; independent living solutions enabled by information technology; the construction of age-friendly environments; as well as health literacy and personalised health management.

The partnership’s Steering Group is made up of representatives of national governments, hospitals, companies and civil organisations. The European Commission will call for active commitment from Member States, regions and other stakeholders to further expand the range of participants and implement the prioritized actions.

Link toEuropean Commission andFrench Ministry Press Releases on the Innovation Partnership’s action areas.

Frequently asked questions about European Innovation PartnershipsLink to website of European Innovation Partnership on ‘Active and Healthy Ageing’

Professor Philippe Amouyel will present JPND at the first “European Day of the Brain – Ageing, Stroke and Alzheimer’s Disease – Finding Innovative Solutions” on November 18th in Warsaw, Poland.

The meeting is organised by the European Brain Council, together with the Polish Ministry for Health and DG SANCO, to co-incide with the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union (July-December 2011).

The event will be attended and addressed by European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek, together with representatives of the European Commission and Polish Government.

More details of the meeting are available at the link below.

http://www.europeanbraincouncil.org/meetings/european-day-brain-innovation-solution.asp 

Professor Amouyel also presented JPND at the Annual Joint Programming event entitled "Public-to-Public Partnerships", in Brussels on Nov 9-10th, 2011.

More details from this meeting can be found at the link below:

http://www.era-learn.eu/jpevent2011

Follow us @JPNDeurope for tweets on the JPND, neurodegenerative disease research, national initiatives, news from official EU bodies and other European research organisations.

Interested parties can stay up-to-date@JPNDeurope on relevant activties, events and news relating to JPND and neurodegenerative disease research. 

Link to JPND Twitter Page 

JPND also has a News Feed RSS and email alert to keep interested parties up-to-date on JPND-specific activities.  To sign-up for the e-alert, click on the link below:

Link to News feed page

Irish Minister for Research and Innovation welcomes the JPND Mangement Board

The Irish Minister for Research and Innovation, Sean Sherlock TD, extended a warm welcome to the JPND Management Board at its 9th meeting which took place in Dublin Castle on 29 September.

Excerpts from the text of the the Minister’s speech are available by clicking on the link below:

Minister’s speech excerpts

Photographs from the event are available at the link below:

Event photos