The EU-FINGERS project will advance the understanding of, and the interventions for, the prevention of cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s dementia. An important outcome of this project will be the “Multimodal Precision Prevention Toolbox”. This Toolbox will include different sets of tools for researchers working in the area of brain health and prevention of Alzheimer’s dementia.
EU-FINGERS has set up an Advisory Board in January 2021. The Advisory Board is composed of 16 people with an interest on the topic of brain health and prevention of dementia from 7 countries in Europe (Finland, Hungary, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, UK). Alzheimer Europe, in close coordination with the other partners in the project, is responsible for the coordination of the EU-FINGERS Advisory Board and the contribution of its members.
The first virtual meeting of the EU-FINGERS Advisory Board took place on 18 February. 13 members of the Advisory Board were present and the meeting was also attended by eight colleagues from the project. The purpose of this social meeting was to get to know more about each member as the working meetings will split the group in small sub-groups. Each member had the opportunity to present him/herself and discuss their hopes for the Advisory Board, all of which was facilitated by AE Project Officer Ana Diaz. The first working meetings will be organised in February and March, where members of the Advisory Board will have the opportunity to provide feedback and advice to the EU-FINGERS researchers about different topics and issues linked to the project. From AE, Ana and Cindy participated in the social meeting.
EURO-FINGERS is an EU Joint Programme - Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) project. The project is supported through the following funding organisations under the aegis of JPND - www.jpnd.eu: Finland, Academy of Finland; Germany, Federal Ministry of Education and Research; Spain, National Institute of Health Carlos III; Luxemburg, National Research Fund; Hungary, National Research, Development and Innovation Office; The Netherlands, Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development; Sweden, Swedish Research Council.
