Dr. Jennie Z. Young was invited by the European Brain Council to join representatives from brain and mental health research organizations from around the world at the Science Summit at the UN General Assembly 78 to solidify global policy efforts in brain research. This meeting builds on progress made in the inaugural Global Partnerships Event held in Brussels last March, in order to move past discussion and work towards explicit and tangible next steps.
Together, they called on the United Nations and Members States to:
• Recognize brain health as an urgent priority
• Recognize pronounced disparities in brain health research, care, and infrastructure across regions and foster the establishment of national brain plans at Member State level.
• Encourage inclusive, equitable and supportive frameworks for research collaboration at the international level and foster participation and inclusion from all regions in project leadership, access to data and funding, infrastructure, and capacity building.
• Place health and science at the forefront of the Summit of the Future in 2024 and post-Sustainable Development Goals strategies.
Read the Call to Action on Putting Brain Health on the Global Agenda.
