02/06/2021
FEAM is looking to recruit two new members of staff: A Senior Scientific Policy Officer – See job description here. A Junior Policy Officer – See job description here. Deadline for submitting applications: 21 June 2021
Job vacancy
27/05/2021
The votes of the 23 FEAM academies to elect the federation’s new board were revealed on Wednesday (26 May). Professor Stefan Constantinescu, fellow of the Romanian and Royal Belgian Academies of Medicine, will be the new FEAM President for the next three years (2021-2024). Prof. Stefan Constantinescu, Professor of Cell Biology at the Université catholique de Louvain and President […]
Academies / FEAM
19/05/2021
The EU’s new health agency must grow its remit over time if it’s to be successful, a new report today argues. An initial narrow scope for HERA should not be interpreted as a lack of ambition. For Beth Thompson, Associate Director of Policy at Wellcome Trust, there is no doubt that the creation of […]
FEAM
14/05/2021
The Federation of European Academies of Medicine (FEAM) and its Member Academies welcome the European Commission’s proposal for a European Health Union and for a stronger European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. In a statement published today (14 May), Reinforcement of the mandate of the European Centre for Prevention and Disease Control (ECDC) […]
Communicable diseases and health threats
29/04/2021
In the second episode of PERISCOPE Project Monthly Talks, Helen Johnson looks at the importance of data for forecasting, particularly with the European COVID-19 Forecast Hub. This platform provides short-term forecasts of COVID-19 cases and deaths across Europe and is coordinated by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). PERISCOPE has recently collaborated with the European […]
PERISCOPE
22/04/2021
The FEAM April newsletter is already here, with news from our academies, SAPEA, Forum partners and Network Academies. Find out more about our activities.
FEAM / Newsletter
20/04/2021
A new joint commentary by FEAM and EASAC, representing European Academies of Science and Medicine emphasizes the responsibility of the health sector to reduce its own GHG emissions, and work with other sectors to accelerate decarbonization of the wider economy. The growing and potentially disastrous effects of climate change on mental and physical health – […]
Climate change / FEAM
19/04/2021
How do the COVID vaccines work? How do we prioritise recipients? What are the major decisions facing policymakers when executing a mass vaccination campaign? FEAM President, Professor George Griffin, has recently participated in the Science for Policy podcast, where he talked about the science and policy of COVID vaccination. “Vaccination is probably the most important thing […]
COVID-19 / SAPEA
12/04/2021
In the context of the joint Wellcome Trust/FEAM project proposal on the EU Health Emergency Response Authority (HERA), the FEAM European Biomedical Policy Forum organised a round table discussion – on the 15 March 2021 – as an opportunity to hear and exchange opinions from a range of stakeholders. FEAM European Biomedical Policy Forum members […]
FEAM Forum
08/04/2021
Legal challenges hamper the sharing of health data with researchers outside the EU/European Economic Area (EEA), a new report by European academy networks concludes. The authors call for solutions to overcome these barriers to ensure timely and straightforward research collaboration in the public sector and thereby maximize health benefits for European citizens. In the […]
Data protection / ITHD
24/03/2021
Should medical courses in the European Union have a common curriculum? “This actually looks a simple question, but it is a complex topic”, answered Professor George Griffin, President of the FEAM, to the question that launched the panel discussion of the conference, “What kind of doctor do we want for the future“, held last Thursday […]
Academies / FEAM
23/03/2021
The first episode of the PERISCOPE Project’s Monthly Talks is out now. In this first conversation, Professor Paolo Giudici, one of the project coordinators, shares his views on how data analytics can help understand the effects of the pandemic of COVID-19. The episode is produced by the European Patients Forum, one of the members of […]
PERISCOPE
11/03/2021
Webinar On 11 March, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences will held a webinar on “Infectious disease epidemiology and the COVID-19 pandemic“. In this webinar, epidemiologists, virologists and mathematicians will discuss how to predict the future of epidemics, how (genetic) epidemiology can identify the emergence of novel threats and how mathematical modeling can […]
Academies / COVID-19
03/03/2021
3 March 2021 In a statement published on 3 March (Wednesday), the European Stakeholder Group called for formal adoption of the draft adequacy decision on the UK data protection regime. Following the draft adequacy decision on the UK data protection regime issued by the European Commission on 19 February 2021, the European Stakeholder Group urge […]
Brexit / Data protection
10/02/2021
It has been a busy start to the year for FEAM between reports, statements and meetings. In our February’s newsletter, find out more about our statement on the inclusion of health workers as a priority target group for COVID-19 vaccines and about the meetings with MEPs on the new regulation on serious cross-border health threats […]
Academies / FEAM / FEAM Forum / Newsletter / SAPEA
04/02/2021
Conference on Medical Training What kind of doctor do we want for the future? On 18 March, the Federation of European Academies of Medicine (FEAM), with support of the Portuguese Academy of Medicine, will organise a digital conference focused on the future of the medical profession, from the training of young professionals to the challenges on the integration of academic medicine in medical practice. The advancement of […]
Academies / FEAM
04/02/2021
World Cancer Day – 4 February Thanks to tremendous progress in medicine, Cancer is no longer a death sentence. However, cancer survivors need to overcome new challenges in order to resume their quality of life. In particular, discrimination for access to financial services such as mortgages or professional loans is an ordeal. Four EU countries […]
Awareness Day / Cancer
19/01/2021
To Vaccinate or not: What Science says — Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Soon all of us will be asked the same important question. Do I want to be vaccinated against corona? In newspapers, on radio and television and on social media we hear different opinions. But what does science say? In […]
Academies / COVID-19 / Vaccination
18/01/2021
About the Workshop On July 2019, the Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation – Carlos Moedas -officially launched the work on five major European research and innovation missions that will be part of Horizon Europe. These new European R&I missions aim to deliver solutions to some of the greatest challenges facing our world, including cancer. […]
Cancer
07/01/2021
FEAM calls for the inclusion of health workers as a priority target group for COVID-19 vaccines In a statement published today, 7 January, the Board of the Federation of the European Academies of Medicine (FEAM) called for the inclusion of health workers as a priority target group for COVID-19 vaccines. In particular, the FEAM Board […]
COVID-19 / FEAM
