COBRAIN-Armenia

Among its long-term objectives in science YSMU strives to establish a Brain Research Excellence Center for studying the prevention of chronic brain disorders (e.g., neurodegenerative disease, dementia, Alzheimer, autism etc.) and maintaining healthy ageing of the brain throughout lifespan. The aim is to create a multinational research and development resource for collaborative work on: discovery, translation, testing-validating and developing novel therapies for chronic brain disorders. The ultimate public health goal of the YSMU enterprise is to discover, develop and validate a wide-range of interventions to prevent or delay, thus reduce the prevalence of chronic brain disorders not only in Armenia but also nearby countries. Sub-objective 1: Establishment of neuroscience research structure and policy for building new mechanisms of effective management of university research infrastructure in general and brain research excellence center in particular. Sub-objective 2: Investmen...