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Here you will find our latest updates, events, news articles, and press releases.
Members of the EU-FINGERS Advisory Group participate in an informative event
April 18, 2023
On 18 April, Alzheimer Europe (AE) organised a joint informative event on the topic of cognitive health, where members of…
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Interview with Chris and Jayne, members of the EU-FINGERS Advisory Board
March 31, 2023
We recently talked to Chris Roberts and his wife Jayne Goodrick, both members of the EU-FINGERS Advisory Board, about their…
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EU-FINGERS was presented at the #32AEC conference
February 1, 2023
The 32nd Alzheimer Europe Conference (#32AEC) “Building bridges” was formally opened on 17 October 2022 in Bucharest, Romania. The conference…
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EU-FINGERS holds its General Assembly Meeting in Stockholm
November 23, 2022
On 21-22 November, the JPND-funded project EU-FINGERS held its General Assembly Meeting in Stockholm, Sweden. The event allowed members to…
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EU-FINGERS features prominently at the 9th Kuopio Alzheimer Symposium
October 28, 2022
The 9th Kuopio Alzheimer Symposium was organised this year as a joint event together with the Nordic Memory Clinic Conference…
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Alzheimer Europe publishes new Dementia in Europe Magazine
October 25, 2022
Alzheimer Europe has published the 40th edition of its “Dementia in Europe” policy magazine, filled with interesting updates on European…
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Members of the EU-FINGERS and LETHE Advisory Boards participate in a new consultation
September 23, 2022
On 15 and 23 September, Alzheimer Europe (AE) and Karolinska Institute (KI) co-hosted a consultation with the members of the…
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EWGPWD meets face to face for the first time in over two years
May 13, 2022
The European Working Group of People with Dementia (EWGPWD) was launched by Alzheimer Europe and its member associations in 2012….
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JPND-funded projects meet at the 2022 mid-term Symposium
April 28, 2022
On 28 April, The European Joint Programming Initiative on Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) held its mid-term symposium 2022 in Brussels,…
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Registrations are open for the 32nd Alzheimer Europe Conference #32AEC
April 28, 2022
Alzheimer Europe is delighted to invite you to the 32nd Alzheimer Europe Conference (#32AEC), organised in collaboration with Societatea Română…
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Members of the EU-FINGERS and LETHE Advisory Boards participate in an informative event
April 11, 2022
On 6 April, members of the EU-FINGERS and LETHE Advisory Boards participated in a joint informative event on the topic…
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FINGER-NL has started: a study on the effects of lifestyle interventions on cognition
January 28, 2022
January 27th marks the official start of FINGER-NL, a two year long intervention study researching the effect of a combination…
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EU-FINGERS showcased at 31st Alzheimer Europe Conference
December 1, 2021
The 31st Alzheimer Europe Conference (#31AEC), “Resilience in dementia: Moving beyond the COVID-19 pandemic”, was held online from 29 November…
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EU-FINGERS Advisory Board met in October and November
November 25, 2021
The Advisory Board (AB) has been very active during the past last months. Members of the AB were split in…
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EU-FINGERS held the 2021 General Assembly e-meeting
November 18, 2021
On 18 November, the EU-FINGERS Consortium held the 2021 General Assembly (GA) e-meeting, in which all partners of the consortium…
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Prof. Miia Kivipelto is awarded the 2021 Melvin R. Goodes Prize
October 28, 2021
The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) has named Professor Miia Kivipelto, Scientific Coordinator of EU-FINGERS, as the recipient of the 2021 Melvin…
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EU-FINGERS Advisory Board meets in February and March
March 22, 2021
EU-FINGERS Consortium, funded by JPND, kicked off in 2020 with the aim of advancing preventive strategies for risk reduction and…
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The EU-FINGERS Advisory Board kicks off its activities
March 12, 2021
The EU-FINGERS Advisory Board, composed by persons with interest in or affected by memory disorders, started its activities, by discussing…
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New results from the FINGER study show the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic in older adults
February 12, 2021
How have social distancing measures affected older individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic? Recent research led by Prof. Miia Kivipelto’s team…
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EU-FINGERS held the 2020 General Assembly e-meeting
December 14, 2020
On December 14, the EU-FINGERS Consortium held the 2020 General Assembly e-meeting*, in which all partners of the consortium actively…
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Professor Miia Kivipelto is awarded the 2020 Ryman Prize
December 4, 2020
The award recognises Professor Kivipelto’s more than 20 years of research into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cognitive impairment,…
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EU-FINGERS showcased at 30th Alzheimer Europe Conference (#30AEC)
October 20, 2020
The 30th Alzheimer Europe Conference (#30AEC), “Dementia in a changing world”, was held online from 20-22 October 2020. Almost 800 participants,…
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Dementia in Europe issue 34 published as an e-magazine
October 16, 2020
Alzheimer Europe has published the 34th edition of its “Dementia in Europe” policy magazine in an electronic format. The third…
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COVID-19 update and online resources
September 1, 2020
With the COVID-19 spread across European countries and the rest of the world, various restrictions have been put in place…
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Survey launched to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic effects in older adults
June 10, 2020
The EU-FINGERS Consortium has launched a survey to monitor the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic effects in older adults at risk of…
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Interview with Professor Miia Kivipelto published in the Dementia in Europe magazine
June 9, 2020
Alzheimer Europe has published the 33rd edition of its “Dementia in Europe” policy magazine in an electronic format, for the…
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New JPND-funded EURO-FINGERS Consortium kicks off
March 11, 2020
On March 11, the new EURO-FINGERS (EU-FINGERS) Consortium started with an online meeting*, where all consortium partners were able to…
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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; Hungary, National Research, Development and Innovation Office; Luxemburg, National Research Fund; The Netherlands, Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development; Spain, National Institute of Health Carlos III; Sweden, Swedish Research Council.