Mind, Brain and Education

Professor Vida Demarin, MD, Ph.D. graduated from School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia, where she gained her Master of Science thesis and Doctor of Philosophy degree. She finished her residency in neuropsychiatry in University Hospital Centre "Sestre milosrdnice", Zagreb, Croatia.

She was Head of Department of Clinical Neurology and Centre for Neurological Sciences and Brain Research in University Hospital Centre "Sestre Milosrdnice" (1994.-2012.), medical director of Medical Centre Aviva (2012-2015), director of International Institute for Brain Health (2015.-on going).

She is a full member and fellow of Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. She published more than 450 different papers in national and international journals, organized and participated in numerous symposia, seminars, conferences and congresses. She mentored numerous Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Science theses, research fellows, residents and students.

ProfessorDemarin's field of interest is stroke prevention and management, neurorehabilitation, neurodegenerative disorders and dementia, management of headache and migraine, neuroplasticity, and neuropathic pain. She was principal investigator of numerous research projects. She is a pioneer of neurosonology in Croatia, and the founder of Summer Stroke School - Healthy Lifestyle and Prevention of Stroke and Other Brain Impairments, that has been organized in Dubrovnik, Croatia since 1990.

Professor Vida Demarin is a member of numerous national and international professional societies, president of Kuratorium of Mind&Brain INPC, Fellow of American Academy of Neurology, Fellow of American Heart Association, Fellow of European Stroke Organization, Fellow of European Academy of Neurology, Fellow of World Stroke Organization, as well as a member of several Subspecialty Panels of EAN, member of Executive Board of Central and Eastern European Stroke Society, honorary member of Polish Neurologic Society and more.

She developed intensive collaboration with colleagues from all over the world and especially with colleagues from central and eastern European countries, in order to spread knowledge and skills and interchange of ideas. She participated as a lecturer at several ESO Summer Schools as well as at several RTCs, building new connections and friendships. Only working together, under WFN motto: There is no health, without brain health, we can be successful in the fight against brain diseases

Prof. Leontino Battistin, MD, PhD. Born in Fiume (actually Rijeka, Croatia), graduated in Medicine at the University of Padova Medical School in 1963; Specialist in Neurology in 1967. During the years 1967-1970 he was Research Fellow at the Institute for Neurochemistry, Columbia University, New York, USA.

Full Professor of Neurology from 1980 and then Director of the Department of Neurosciences of the Medical School of the University of Padova from 1989 to 2009. He was the Scientific Director of the Research Hospital for Neurorehabilitation, IRCCS San Camillo, Venice, from 2005 to 2014.

He has been member of the Executive Council of the Italian Society of Neurology and the President of the Italian Society for Parkinson's Disease; he was a member of the Executive Committee on Extrapyramidal Disorders, chaired by Melvin Yahr, and after by Donald Calne, and of the one on Dementia of the World Federation of Neurology and, in 2009, Chairman of the Research Group for Organization and Delivery of Neurological Services; he has been elected at the WCN in London Vice-President for Europe of the World Federation of Neurology for the years 2001-2005; also, he has been the President of the European Society for Clinical Neuropharmacology during the years 2000-2008; he is a member of numerous International Scientific Societies, and Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology. He has been also a member ofthe Editorial Board of international journals of neuroscience and clinical neurology.

He has organized various International Symposia on specific themes of neuroscience; he was the President of the 11th World Congress on Parkinson's Disease that was held for the first time in Italy, Rome, in 1994, and President of the 2^nd World Congress on Neurorehabilitation held in Venice, in 2002, when the World Federation on Neurorehabilitation was founded; also, he has been the Honorary President of the XXV World Congress of Neurology held in Rome, Italy, in October 2021.

He has published more than 300 papers in various international and national journals and edited ten volumes on specific arguments of neurology; his main scientific interests have always been cerebral metabolism and function especially in degenerative diseases of the nervous system, like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease, as well as in cerebrovascular diseases and in neurorehabilitation.

Assist. prof. Hrvoje Budincevic, MD, PhD, FEAN, FESO is a neurologist with subspecialisation in intensive care medicine and cerebrovascular diseases. He received MD degree in 2001. He works at the Sveti Duh University Hospital in Zagreb (Croatia) where he is Deputy Head of the Department of neurology and Head of Stroke and Intensive Care Unit. He finished the residency program in neurology in 2007, and he earned his PhD degree in 2014 with the thesis: Impact of anticoagulant therapy on the outcome in ischemic stroke patients with atrial fibrillation. After postdoctoral fellowship from 2015 to 2018 he became assistant professor of neurology at University of Osijek. During education he earned two subspecialisations: in intensive care medicine (2012) and cerebrovascular diseases (2018). He is consultant neurologist (primarius) from 2018. From 2015 he is a secretary of the International Institute for Brain Health. From 2017. he was elected for the President of the Croatian Stroke Society. In 2017 he became a Fellow of the European Stroke Organisation, where was a member of Social Media Committee and a national delegate for the ESO-EAST project. In 2020 he became a Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology. Last several years he is one of course directors of the Summer Stroke School - Healthy Lifestyle and Prevention of Stroke and Other Brain Impairments in Dubrovnik (Croatia) (www.croatianstrokesociety.org) and a member of the Organizing Committee of the MIND & BRAIN - International Neuropsychiatric Congress in Pula (www.pula-cong.com). His research interest is stroke prevention and treatment. He is an investigator in several scientific and clinical projects. He is a full member of Croatian Academy of Medical Sciences since 2023.

教授維達·德馬林（Vida Demarin），醫學博士，哲學博士，畢業於克羅埃西亞薩格勒布大學醫學院，獲得科學碩士論文和哲學博士學位。她在克羅埃西亞薩格勒布的「聖母慈善醫院」完成了神經精神科的住院醫師訓練。

她曾擔任「聖母慈善醫院」臨床神經學部門主任及神經科學與腦研究中心主任（1994-2012），並於2012年至2015年擔任Aviva醫療中心的醫療主任，2015年至今擔任國際腦健康研究所的主任。

她是克羅埃西亞科學藝術學院的正式會員和研究員。她在國內外期刊上發表了超過450篇不同的論文，組織並參加了多次研討會、研習班、會議和大會。她指導了多位哲學博士和科學碩士論文、研究學者、住院醫師和學生。

德馬林教授的研究興趣包括中風預防與管理、神經康復、神經退行性疾病和癡呆、頭痛和偏頭痛的管理、神經可塑性以及神經性疼痛。她是多個研究項目的主要研究者。她是克羅埃西亞神經聲學的先驅，也是自1990年以來在克羅埃西亞杜布羅夫尼克舉辦的夏季中風學校——健康生活方式與中風及其他腦部損傷的預防的創始人。

維達·德馬林教授是多個國內外專業學會的成員，擔任Mind&Brain INPC的監事會主席，美國神經學學會的研究員，美國心臟協會的研究員，歐洲中風組織的研究員，歐洲神經學學會的研究員，世界中風組織的研究員，以及幾個EAN的專科小組成員，並且是中東歐中風學會執行委員會的成員，還是波蘭神經學會的榮譽會員等。

她與來自世界各地的同事，特別是中東歐國家的同事建立了密切的合作關係，以擴展知識和技能，並進行思想交流。她作為講者參加了幾個ESO夏季學校以及幾個RTC，建立了新的聯繫和友誼。只有共同合作，根據WFN的座右銘：「沒有腦健康就沒有健康」，我們才能在對抗腦部疾病的鬥爭中取得成功。

教授萊昂蒂諾·巴蒂斯丁（Leontino Battistin），醫學博士，哲學博士，出生於菲尤梅（現為克羅埃西亞的里耶卡），1963年在帕多瓦大學醫學院獲得醫學學位；1967年成為神經學專家。1967年至1970年間，他在美國紐約哥倫比亞大學神經化學研究所擔任研究學者。

自1980年起擔任神經學全職教授，並於1989年至2009年擔任帕多瓦大學醫學院神經科學系主任。他於2005年至2014年擔任威尼斯神經康復研究醫院（IRCCS San Camillo）的科學主任。

他曾是意大利神經學會執行委員會的成員，並擔任意大利帕金森病學會的主席；他是由梅爾文·雅爾（Melvin Yahr）和唐納德·卡爾恩（Donald Calne）主持的錐體外系疾病執行委員會的成員，以及世界神經學聯合會癡呆委員會的成員，並於2009年擔任神經服務組織與交付研究小組的主席；他於2001年至2005年在倫敦的WCN被選為世界神經學聯合會的歐洲副主席；此外，他在2000年至2008年間擔任歐洲臨床神經藥理學會的主席；他是多個國際科學學會的成員，也是美國神經學學會的研究員。他還曾是多本國際期刊的編輯委員會成員。