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EUNN Board meets Italian Patient Society in Genua

The EU-NN board met with representatives of the Italian narcolepsy patient society (https://www.narcolessia.org) September 14 in Genua in order to discuss new ways to strengthen the ties between the EU-NN and European patient societies.     

Report from Patient Session during EUNN Narcolepsy Day 2019 in Bern

EU-NN Patient Session In a break from tradition, the Patient Session was moved from Sunday to Saturday am and all delegates and speakers were provided with a task set by patient representatives from various country associations. 12 workgroups were formed across 4 rooms with mixed teams of patients and clinicians. Each group was tasked with discussing issues surrounding the “Quality of […]

Narcolepsy Day 2019 Awards

2019 EU-NN Narcolepsy Day Awards: Poster Award: : Dr Silvia Melzi (Lyon, France)  Young Scientist Award: Dr Daniela Latorre (Zurich, Switzerland) 

EU-NN 2019 Awards

2019 EU-NN Awards: Prof. E. Mignot, Phd, MD Craig Reynolds Professor of Sleep Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University and the Director of the Stanford Center for Narcolepsy Prof. M. Yanagisawa, PhD, MD Director and Professor, World Premier International Research Center Initiative, International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine, University […]

EU-NN members present at the 7th International Symposium on Narcolepsy

Last month the 7th edition of the International Symposium on Narcolepsy took place in Beverly, Massachusetts. The meeting, hosted by professor Thomas Scammell, was a great success with high quality scientific presentations. The meeting was attended by researchers, clinicians and different patient associations focussing on narcolepsy. Due to the diverse crowd that was present, there […]

The EU-NN welcomes its new board members

During the 9th European Narcolepsy Day in Montpellier (May 5 end 6, 2018), both professor Geert Mayer and professor Markku Partinen stepped down as president and treasurer of the EU-NN.  The EU-NN is very thankful for all the work they have done for the network. Of course, they will remain actively involved in the EU-NN. […]