The NEO Initiative
The NEO Initiative centres on the remarkable neurobiological changes people experience during hormonal and inflammatory transitions, especially during the climacteric period, a universal stage of women's ageing that includes perimenopause, menopause and postmenopause, that is often overlooked but rich with opportunities for improved health.
By improving understanding of these changes and supporting earlier, evidence-based education, the NEO Initiative aims to curb the increasing social, economic, and health burdens associated with untreated symptoms, misdiagnosis, and preventable decline in an ageing global population.
Blending scientific curiosity with lived experience, and a commitment to bringing more science into real life and more real life into science, the NEO Initiative is building pathways for evidence-based education that helps people make sense of their symptoms, claim their agency, and step into life with clarity, strength, optimism, and an appreciation of how remarkably adaptive their brain is.
Through broader research, advocacy, and community engagement, the NEO Initiative aims to shift the conversation around neurobiological changes so that every person has the opportunity to live a life rich in knowledge, dignity, and choice.
The Mission and Vision
To normalise universal neurobiological transitions, especially the climacteric, that all women of the world go through.
To strengthen health literacy and reduce the global social, economic and health burden of related issues.
We believe accessible education will build the confidence, and agency to make informed choices that strengthen people's resilience, wellbeing, and quality of life.
Our vision of the world is one where the brain's remarkable adaptive capabilities are not only embedded in health education and public understanding, but are celebrated for its exceptional ability to adapt and change throughout life.
We believe that real change starts with education.
This knowledge will reduce the global social, economic, and health burden related to universal neurobiological transitions.
