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she clothes and cares for him despite the healthy brain, its diseases and their social
toll that the years have taken on her. The impact. The CIEN Foundation is one of its
third prize (Bronze Neuronita) went to founding members and has participated
Adiós hija, by Olga de Lorian, which tells as secretary in its Board of Directors since
the story of Sara, a young woman who November 2013. The CEC carries out these
returns home after spending a few years tasks in permanent contact with the Euro-
abroad but will encounter a reality that she pean Brain Council (EBC), participating in
would have never imagined. A letter from turn as an observer member in the Aca-
her mother will change everything. demy of the European Brain Council and
as a deputy member of representation of
The jury, chaired by the deputy director of the Academy in the General Assembly of
networks and cooperative research cen- the EBC.
ters of the Carlos III Health Institute, Ms.
Margarita Blázquez, has valued "the high In 2020 the CEC has participated in several
quality and professionalism of all the pro- activities, in which we highlight the fo-
posals, as well as the diversity of approa- llowing:
ches when addressing a topic as complex
as Alzheimer's disease". During the con-
test, a colloquium in which the actress and 1. Organization of activities:
member of the Film Academy María Luisa
San José, the film director Alfonso Alba- Brain Research Information Day. The
cete, and the director and actress Cindy Spanish Brain Council, the Spanish Parkin-
Fuentes, winner of the Golden Neuronita son's Federation and the CIEN Foundation
for the best short film in the First edition organized an information day about brain
of the festival, talked about the relations- research. The event was scheduled for
hip between cinema and Alzheimer's also March 18, 2020 and was part of the Dana
took place. Foundation's Brain Awareness Week.
Patients and researchers were to meet to
discuss the importance of clinical and neu-
The CIEN Foundation at the Spani- ropsychological evaluation, neuroimaging
sh Brain Council studies, and brain tissue donation. In the
end this event was canceled due to the
The Spanish Brain Council (CEC, for its pandemic.
acronym in Spanish), was founded in 2009
as a non-governmental organization that Erasmus + Care4Autism Project. The appli-
brings together scientific societies and cation for the Care4Autism project is sub-
patient and industry associations, with mitted to the Erasmus+ call with several
the fundamental objective of promoting European partners, including several Na-
brain research in Spain and thus expan- tional Brain Councils (NBCs). The Council
ding knowledge of the functioning of the for the first time leads a European project
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