NeurotechEU’S 7th Board of Rectors at the University of Reykjavík
30 May 2024
Helping the scientific community –future and present– find solution to different health problems related to neuroscience and neurotechnology is one goal of the European University of Brain and Technology (NeurotechEU), of which the Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche (UMH) is a member. Represented by the rector, Juan José Ruiz, the UMH participated in the seventh meeting of the NeurotechEU Board of Rectors, held at the University of Reykjavik (Iceland).
Fuente: UMH
In addition to the rector of the UMH, Juan José Ruiz, other UMH personalities took part in the meeting: the vice-rector for Internationalization and Cooperation, Vicente Micol; the rector’s representative for Digital Transference, Federico Botella; the vice-rector for Institutional Positioning and Rankings, José Manuel Blanes; and the Director of the International Relations Service, Inmaculada Blaya.
After starting the second phase of NeurotechEU in December 2023, these conferences have determined and approved the following steps. The aim is to create an inter-university campus in which education is linked to research, innovation, and society.
NeurotechEU represents an eight-European university alliance focused on neurotechnology. Together, they have a human capital of more than 220,000 students and 42,000 people dedicated to higher education and research. NeurotechEU increases competitiveness in European education, research, economy, and society, by building a trans-European network of excellence in brain research and technologies. The board of this alliance is formed by the rectors of the eight-member universities –the UMH is the only Spanish partner involved– and meets regularly to discuss the project’s progress and guide the next steps.
The meetings that took part to strengthen the alliance, have included the participation of the project leader and Professor of Physiology at UMH, Juana Gallar; the researcher from the Institute for Neurosciences (UMH-CSIC), Silvia de Santis; the researcher from the Institute for Research and Engineering from Elche I3E-UMH and Professor José María Azorín; the journalist from the Communication, Marketing, and Students Attention, Ángeles Gallar; the expert of quality and project manager, María José Such; and the PhD students Cristina Polo and Paula Soriano.
During the meeting at the University of Reykjavik campus, the partner rectors received updates on the alliance’s progress. They discussed the next steps to strengthen student mobility and collaboration among teaching, research, and management staff. The goal is to assist them in addressing, through specialized education and scientific research, the challenges posed by population aging and the increasing prevalence of neurodegenerative diseases in the coming decades, among others.
NeurotechEU is an initiative funded by the Erasmus+ program of the European Union and by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities of the Government of Spain. It is a consortium that is made up of UMH, Radboud University (Netherlands), Karolinska Institutet (Sweden), University of Bonn (Germany), Bosphorus University (Turkey), Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Cluj-Napoca (Romania), the University of Lille (France) and the University of Reykjavík (Iceland). The European University for Brain and Technology aims to create an inter-university higher education campus, that is, a flexible space shared between the eight universities in which education is linked to research, innovation, and society
