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NEWSLETTER
January
2013 Highlights in this issue
2 January
: AE welcomes Kate
Ellis
2 14 January
: EMA approves
two
generic
dementia drugs
9 24
January
: Commission seeks
expert advisors
4 30 January
: Commission hiring
post
-docs
researchers
11
31
January
: MEP Marina
Yannakoudakis becomes EAA
Vice
-Chair
3 Table of contents
Editorial
……………………………………….. 1 Alzheimer Europe
………………………….. 2 AE Projects
…………………………………… 2 European Alzheimer™s Alliance
……….. 3 AE Networking 2013
………………………. 3 EU Developments
………………………….. 4 Members™ News
……………………………. 5 Science Watch
………………………………. 8 Dementia in Society
…………………….. 10 New Publications & Resources
………. 10 Job opportunities
………………………… 11 AE Calendar 2013
………………………… 11 Future Conferences
……………………… 12 Editorial
Alzheimer
Europe started
the new year by
welcoming a new
colleague:
Kate
Ellis joined us on
2 January as a
replacement for
Gwladys, who
is now on
maternity
leave
. In addition, w
e
bid farewell
to
Jan Frederik Meijer
, one of the
founding members of the
European Working Group of
People with Dementia
. The
European Alzheimer™s Alliance
also saw a departure, as
Frieda
Brepoels resigned from the
European Parliament
. She
was an
ardent EAA activist and we thank
her for her efforts.
We
™re
also
very
pleased to welcome Marina
Yannakoudakis
as the new Vice
– Chairperson of the a
ll
iance
. In a few weeks
we™ll be holding
the
first
lunch debate of the year at
the European Parliament
. The
debate will
focus
on clinical trials
and
we™ll also
circulat
e the
latest
issue of
Dementia in Eu
rope
magazine
. This will be followed by
a Public Affairs meeting where
we™ll outline our research plans for
2013
. We
hope to
see many
delegates fr
om our member
associations
in Brussels
– especially
as
they™ll
play
a major role in our
research
. Our members
were also
productive
in January. The Dutch
association provided funding for
dementia
-related research and
Jersey launched a new specialised
nursin
g service.
Slovenia continues
to attract crow
ds to its Alzheimer
Caf
é sessions.
Portugal
opened a
new care home de
signed for
people with dementia and
the
association™s
new Board members
took office. Spain™s CEAFA also
elected a new Board
and
Federazione Alzheimer Italia began
their annual awareness campaign.
The UK
Alzheimer
™s Society
unveiled a
dementia mapping tool
and also released
new home care
resources
. Back in Brussel
s, the
Commission
is
recruiting
post
-doc
researchers
– including
specialists
in
the life and
health sciences
– as well as
experts
from all fields for the Horizon 2020
programme
.
The Commission also
launched a new health initiative
targeting chro
nic diseases and
multimorbidity.
Meanwhile,
Ireland t
ook over the EU Council
Presidency
and will try to conclude
the discussions around research
funding in Horizon 2020.
In scientific news, the EMA
approved
two
generic
drug
s for
dementia
and a Dutch group
– including
Alzheimer Nederland
– is
researching
ways to ease the
impact of lumbar punctures
. The
NILVAD project, in which AE is a
partner, has appointed a new
Scientific Medical Advisor
and
has
also secured additional funding.
The DECIDE project is drawin
g to
an end
, with a final
workshop and
conference planned in Feb
ruary.
January
also
saw the release of a
report from Mental Health Europe
, urging
governments
to replace
existing guardianship policies with
supported decision
-maki
ng.
Finally, o
ur website has been
updated
with the latest
news
about the
23
rd
Annual Conference
in Malta
. The abstracts are already
coming in
and
we
look forward to
reading
many
more
by the
30 April
deadline.
For those who
are
unfamiliar with our conferences,
we suggest a visit to
the AE
website
: it
now
features videos
from our 2012 conference in
Vienna.
Jean Georges
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