Africa Brain Health Network (ABHN)

Creative Minds, Younger Brains: Engaging in music, dance, painting, or even (some) gaming is linked to delayed brain aging. Article: doi.org/10.1038/s41467…. 🧵1/5 Biophysical modeling, graph theory, and Neurosynth analyses reveal plasticity-driven efficiency in regions most vulnerable to aging. Out Today in @NatureComms, congrats @carlosmig_12 and colls! @CreativeAgeIntl @j_artshealthlab @CreativeBrainWk

Time is running out to double your impact in honor of #WorldAlzheimersDay! 🌎 Your support can go 2X as far to help advance research and provide care and support to the millions impacted by this disease. This means: ✨ $25 can become ➡️ $50 ✨ ✨ $60 can become ➡️ $120 ✨ ✨ $120 can become ➡️ $240 ✨ Make a gift today: bit.ly/4pDc2iY #ENDALZ #TogetherWeCan

Do you want to improve brain health in Africa? Then find out more about the @ABHNetwork. Set up in 2018 by @GBHI_Fellows, with support from the Atlantic Institute, the Africa Brain Health Network aims to bring together voices interested in brain health. africabrainhealth.com

🌍 The African Brain Health Network (@ABHNetwork) relaunches today! This article by Mohammed-Anwar Sadat Adam (@adammsadat @AFSEE_LSE) shares why it matters: building connections for #BrainHealth equity, grounded in Ubuntu and Sankofa. Read the article: ow.ly/zLQV50WLUvR

🌍 Formed by @GBHI_Fellows with support from the Atlantic Institute, the @ABHNetwork shares Africa’s brain health story through local voices and experiences. Join us Aug. 26 for a public event for talks and a performance by @jazzmankabs1. 🔗 ow.ly/xt1C50WGARn

🎉🚨 Extended Application Deadline! Now July 16, 2025! If you want to learn about the brain💻🧠in the amazing Noordhoek, Cape Town🇿🇦, apply. What to Do Next: Finalise and submit applications before the deadline: imbizo.africa/apply/ Please spread the news. Don’t miss out!

🚨 1 WEEK LEFT to apply! Don't miss this chance to boost your skills through hands-on training designed for #neuroscience researchers in Africa! Apply by 15 May: ibro.org/training-oppor… #IBROinAfrica #DataScience @Deleyele @ElfarrashSara @ElKadmiri5 @aduyilemi @rpbiney

🔔A&D Translational Research & Clinical Interventions- CALL FOR PAPERS🔔 Submit to Practice of Inclusion Science: Advancing Rigor & Reproducibility in Alzheimer's and Dementia Research Editors: Lisa Barnes (@beyoung40), Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, & Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi #TRCI

The #AAICNeuro hybrid conference with 12 global hubs features @GBHI_Fellows led programs in: 🇪🇸 Spain @NeusFalgas 🇧🇷 Brazil @crisaguzzoli 🇨🇱 Chile @AgustinMIbanez & Francesca Farina 🇰🇪 Kenya @MomohChi & Wambui Karanja 🇳🇬 Nigeria Rufus Akinyemi Sign up👉bit.ly/4hFTwlB

🧠✨Are you a mid-career neuroscientist (5+ years post-PhD) from an underrepresented group working on the causal mechanisms of brain diseases? Apply today for the ALBA-Roche Research Prize for Excellence in Neuroscience! Please help us spread the word and share this with your network, especially those who may have left X. 🔎loom.ly/_EvQvm4 🗓️20 January 2025 @Roche

Take the opportunity at #SfN24 to #network with IBRO leadership & committee members and learn more about their work! They will be waiting for you at booth #1725! 😀 🔗 ibro.org/ibro-sfn-2024/ @TheBaleLab @DiGiovanni_Gius @JQIpLab @JLLanciego @srikipedia @raghupathirames

This year's @UN International Day of Older Persons isn't only about care and support. In Geneva, leaders are gathering to ensure we follow-up on the recommendations made by the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing to address gaps in how we protect older people's rights: undocs.org/Home/Mobile?Fi… To get the latest updates on this area of work, follow us on our digital channels: linktr.ee/undecadeageing #UNIDOP2024 #OlderPersonsDay

The Understanding #AlzheimersDisease Webinar was well attended and the discussion quite robuts. Thank you @ABHNetwork for the partnership. We are grateful to all the planners, speakers and attendees. @talkhealth9ja @nsccofficial @donlaz4u @GBHI_Fellows @atlanticfellows

Shape the Future: Calling 2025–2026 Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health gbhi.org/news-publicati…. @GBHI_Fellows @atlanticfellows @SSABHIAfrica @ABHNetwork

Today IBRO reinforces its commitment to #diversity, #equity & #inclusion in #neuroscience by supporting Indigenous communities in 🧠 sciences & beyond. Stay tuned today for news on an @network_alba event we’re supporting on this topic! #indigenouspeoplesday

🧠 Excited for our next session! Learn to turn evidence into policy through advocacy. Join experts Prof Mayowa Owolabi, @jtjordan and @SamMountney to drive global action on neurological diseases 🌐. Don't miss out! 🗓️26th April - 2pm (GMT) 👇 zoom.us/meeting/regist…

From @CreativeBrainWk 24 on the @ABHNetwork with the @atlanticfellows,on art & our vision. (Starting at 15:40) Along with presentaions from Anusha Yasoda-Mohan, Dominic Campbell, Rachel Hoare, @EimMcGlinchey ,Mei Lin Yap youtu.be/g4RBJla0Yx4?si… #brainhealth

The #DeansGrandRounds Free Members’ Webinar: Addressing the Dementia Care Gap – Leveraging Primary Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries is taking place today at 4pm. There is still time to register your place! Register here: bit.ly/DGR-Dementia-C…

A plural approach for brain health ensures equity and includes knowledge from different knowledge systems. My thought... youtu.be/JVxNGLp1vzQ?si… @ABHNetwork @atlanticfellows @GBHI_Fellows #mentalhealth #artforhealth #culturalcapital #BrainAwarenessWeek