Professor Vida Demarin, MD, Ph.D., specialist in neuropsychiatry graduated from School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia.

She was Head of Department of Neurology in University Hospital Centre “Sestre Milosrdnice” in Zagreb and from 2015 she is director of International Institute for Brain Health.

She authored about 1000 papers in national and international journals, several chapters in books and handbooks, organized and participated in numerous symposia, conferences and congresses. She is a founder and one of directors of Summer Stroke School, “Healthy Lifestyle and Prevention of Stroke and Other Brain Impairments” within the academic program of Interuniversity Centre in Dubrovnik and the president of traditional Mind & Brain INPC in Pula.

She is a member of numerous national and international professional societies and she serves on various scientific Advisory, Editorial and Review Boards.

Due to her scientific life achievements she is within 2% of the world's scientists with the greatest influence on the profession (Stanford list). Through her professional and scientific work, she has significantly influenced the development of neurology and  neuroscience in Croatia and the world, and has established fruitful cooperation with the world's most prestigious institutions, contributing to the WFN motto „There is no health, without brain health“!