Join us for the first Patient Discovery Project webinar hosted by EARA, showcasing how patients and research institutions are working together to improve understanding and trust in animal research.
📅 Date: Tuesday, 23 September 2025
🕙 Time: 10:00 – 11:45 (GMT)
📍 Online – Free registration
The webinar will feature:
- Insights from Discovery Days in the Netherlands and Portugal, where patients visited research facilities and met scientists.
- Panel discussions with patients, researchers and patient associations sharing their experiences.
- A look at patient involvement in animal research.
- The future direction of the Patient Discovery Project.
Who should attend?
- Patients and patient associations
- Biomedical researchers and institutions
- Healthcare professionals
- Industry representatives
- Policymakers and public stakeholders interested in transparency in research
Agenda
10:00 – Welcome & Introduction – Kirk Leech (EARA)
10:15 – Discovery Days: Achievements & Promo Video – Inês Serrenho and Monique Havermans (EARA)
10:30 – Panel Discussion: Netherlands Discovery Days about Parkinson’s Disease – Monique Havermans (EARA), Jinte Middeldorp (BPRC), Marijn Kuijpers (Radboud University), Masja van het Hoofd (Parkinson Association), Monique Bosman (patient)
10:50 – Panel Discussion: Diabetes Discovery Days in Portugal – Nuno M. Gonçalves (EARA), Sílvia Conde (NMS), Rogério Ribeiro (APDP), António Coelho & José Júlio Santos (patients)
11:10 – Patient Involvement in Animal Research – David Azilagbetor (University of Basel)
11:20 – Novartis and Patient Engagement – Monia Steenackers (Novartis)
11:30 – The Future of the Patient Discovery Project – Inês Serrenho, EARA
11:40 – Closing Remarks
Agenda is subject to change.
Registration
This webinar is free to attend, but registration is required.
