2014 Annual Celebration & Thematic Conference
The AXA Research Fund celebrated its new Grantees and discussed Climate Risks...
The 38 projects selected in 2013 include 7 research chairs, three AXA Awards, 1 "AXA Outlook" and 27 post-doctoral fellowships. They encompass major issues and challenges of interest to society at large, such as air pollution and human health, neuroergonomics for flight safety, and climate change impacts and coastal risks.
The Annual Ceremony was also the opportunity for academics and AXA Experts to cross views and expertise on the theme "Floods, a New Landscape".
Watch the ceremony's best of and round table!
Discover research projects related to the topic
Mental Health & Neurology
AXA Chair
Belgium
Neuropsychiatric Diseases and Basal Ganglia: Underlying Mechanisms
A central hub in the brain, the basal ganglia governs a diverse array of functions including voluntary movement, procedural memory, habit... Read more
Alban
DE KERCHOVE D'EXAERDE
Université libre de Bruxelles
Pierre
VANDERHAEGHEN
Université libre de Bruxelles
Women's Health
AXA Chair
Spain
Understanding Menopause's Effect on Women's Cardiovascular Risk
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality for women worldwide, yet women remain understudied. Atherosclerosis, the main pathology... Read more
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Inés
PINEDA-TORRA