The Bern Declaration on Brain Health: a decalogue to launch an international alliance

Claudio L A Bassetti¹, Indrit Bègue², Christopher Chen³, Facundo Manes⁴, Matilde Leonardi⁵, Alfred K Njamnshi⁶; International Alliance on Brain Health

Collaborators, Affiliations

Collaborators

International Alliance on Brain Health:
Kristina Adorjan⁷, Suvarna Alladi⁸, Silja Nicoline Angellsen⁹, Petra Baeriswyl¹⁰, Fabrizio Barazzoni¹¹, Maria Paola Barbato¹², Claudio Bassetti⁷, Indrit Bègue¹³, Paul Boon¹⁴, Christopher Chen¹⁵, Frédéric Destrebecq¹⁶, Rajinder Dhamija¹⁷, Mara Dierssen¹⁸, Geert Dom¹⁹, Mitchell Elkind²⁰, Harris Eyre²¹, Urs Fischer²², Giovanni Frisoni¹³, Martine Gallacchi²³, Wolfgang Grisold²⁴, Raphael Guzman²⁵, Marin Jukic²⁶, Moritz Kielkopf²², Matilde Leonardi²⁷, Anne Lévy¹⁰, Facundo Manes⁴, Thomas Mattig¹³, Thomas Mokrusch²⁸, Elena Moro²⁹, Alfred K Njamnshi³⁰, Fritz Nyffenegger³¹, Ester Piovesana¹¹, Konrad Rejdak³², Eero Rissanen³³, Valentina Rossetti⁷, Kevin Rostasy³⁴, Katrin Seeher³⁵, Jennie Z Young³⁶, Thomas Zeltner⁷

Affiliations

¹ Medical Faculty, University of Bern and Department of Neurology, Inselspital, Bern CH-3010, Switzerland. Electronic address: claudio.bassetti@unibe.ch.
² University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
⁴ INECO Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
⁵ Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico C Besta, Milan, Italy.
⁶ University of Yaoundé, Soa, Cameroon.
⁷ University of Bern, Switzerland.
⁸ National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangladore, India.
⁹ Norwegian Directorate of Health, Norway.
¹⁰ Federal Office of Public Health, Switzerland.
¹¹ Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland.
¹² Women's Brain Health Foundation, Basel, Switzerland.
¹³ University of Geneva, Switzerland.
¹⁴ Ghent University, Belgium.
¹⁵ Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
¹⁶ European Brain Council, Brussels, Belgium.
¹⁷ Institute of Human Behavior and Allied Sciences, New Delhi, India.
¹⁸ Spanish Brain Council, Center for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain.
¹⁹ European Psychiatric Association, University of Antwerp, Belgium.
²⁰ American Heart Association, Columbia University, New York, USA.
²¹ Rice University's Baker Institute, Huston, USA.
²² Bern University Hospital, Switzerland.
²³ Ufficio del medico cantonale Ticino, Switzerland.
²⁴ Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
²⁵ University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.
²⁶ European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm.
²⁷ IRCCS Istituto Neurologico C.Besta, Milan, Italy.
²⁸ German Brain Council, Brussels, Belgium.
²⁹ European Academy of Neurology, Université Grenoble Alpes, France.
³⁰ University of Yaoundé, Cameroon, Africa.
³¹ Department of Health, Social Affairs and Integration of the Canton of Bern, Switzerland.
³² Medical University of Lublin, Poland.
³³ Neurocenter Finland, University of Turku, Finland.
³⁴ European Paediatric Neurology Society, University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany.
³⁵ World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
³⁶ Canadian Brain Research Strategy, Montreal, Canada.

PMID: 40818468
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(25)00286-8

The Bern Declaration on Brain Health: a decalogue to launch an international alliance

Claudio L A Bassetti et al. Lancet Neurol. 2025 Sep.

. 2025 Sep;24(9):720.

doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(25)00286-8.

Authors

Claudio L A Bassetti¹, Indrit Bègue², Christopher Chen³, Facundo Manes⁴, Matilde Leonardi⁵, Alfred K Njamnshi⁶; International Alliance on Brain Health

Collaborators

International Alliance on Brain Health:
Kristina Adorjan⁷, Suvarna Alladi⁸, Silja Nicoline Angellsen⁹, Petra Baeriswyl¹⁰, Fabrizio Barazzoni¹¹, Maria Paola Barbato¹², Claudio Bassetti⁷, Indrit Bègue¹³, Paul Boon¹⁴, Christopher Chen¹⁵, Frédéric Destrebecq¹⁶, Rajinder Dhamija¹⁷, Mara Dierssen¹⁸, Geert Dom¹⁹, Mitchell Elkind²⁰, Harris Eyre²¹, Urs Fischer²², Giovanni Frisoni¹³, Martine Gallacchi²³, Wolfgang Grisold²⁴, Raphael Guzman²⁵, Marin Jukic²⁶, Moritz Kielkopf²², Matilde Leonardi²⁷, Anne Lévy¹⁰, Facundo Manes⁴, Thomas Mattig¹³, Thomas Mokrusch²⁸, Elena Moro²⁹, Alfred K Njamnshi³⁰, Fritz Nyffenegger³¹, Ester Piovesana¹¹, Konrad Rejdak³², Eero Rissanen³³, Valentina Rossetti⁷, Kevin Rostasy³⁴, Katrin Seeher³⁵, Jennie Z Young³⁶, Thomas Zeltner⁷

Affiliations

¹ Medical Faculty, University of Bern and Department of Neurology, Inselspital, Bern CH-3010, Switzerland. Electronic address: claudio.bassetti@unibe.ch.
² University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
⁴ INECO Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
⁵ Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico C Besta, Milan, Italy.
⁶ University of Yaoundé, Soa, Cameroon.
⁷ University of Bern, Switzerland.
⁸ National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangladore, India.
⁹ Norwegian Directorate of Health, Norway.
¹⁰ Federal Office of Public Health, Switzerland.
¹¹ Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland.
¹² Women's Brain Health Foundation, Basel, Switzerland.
¹³ University of Geneva, Switzerland.
¹⁴ Ghent University, Belgium.
¹⁵ Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
¹⁶ European Brain Council, Brussels, Belgium.
¹⁷ Institute of Human Behavior and Allied Sciences, New Delhi, India.
¹⁸ Spanish Brain Council, Center for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain.
¹⁹ European Psychiatric Association, University of Antwerp, Belgium.
²⁰ American Heart Association, Columbia University, New York, USA.
²¹ Rice University's Baker Institute, Huston, USA.
²² Bern University Hospital, Switzerland.
²³ Ufficio del medico cantonale Ticino, Switzerland.
²⁴ Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
²⁵ University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.
²⁶ European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm.
²⁷ IRCCS Istituto Neurologico C.Besta, Milan, Italy.
²⁸ German Brain Council, Brussels, Belgium.
²⁹ European Academy of Neurology, Université Grenoble Alpes, France.
³⁰ University of Yaoundé, Cameroon, Africa.
³¹ Department of Health, Social Affairs and Integration of the Canton of Bern, Switzerland.
³² Medical University of Lublin, Poland.
³³ Neurocenter Finland, University of Turku, Finland.
³⁴ European Paediatric Neurology Society, University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany.
³⁵ World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
³⁶ Canadian Brain Research Strategy, Montreal, Canada.

PMID: 40818468
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(25)00286-8

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ML reports grants from the Italian Ministry of Health and the European Commission, awarded to her institution. All other authors declare no competing interests. During the preparation of this work the authors used ChatGPT to assist language editing. After using this tool, the authors reviewed and edited the content as needed and take full responsibility for the content of the publication. Members of the International Alliance on Brain Health are listed in the appendix.

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