The Journal of Headache and Pain

The story behind a simple idea: rethinking headache care as a way to improve population health globally

In this blog, author Alberto Raggi discusses the process of compiling a recently published review in The Journal of Headache and Pain. The review asks, in an era of a changing landscape in global population health, if improving the overall health of people suffering from headache disorders will be a feasible way to improve global population health.

The Journal of Headache and Pain is a peer-reviewed open access journal specifically dedicated to researchers involved in all aspects of headache and related pain syndromes, including epidemiology, public health, basic science, translational medicine, clinical trials and real-world data. With a multidisciplinary perspective, The Journal of Headache and Pain covers headache medicine and related pain syndromes in all medical disciplines and particularly encourages clinical, translational and basic science submissions in the areas of pain management, genetics, neurology and internal medicine. Read more. 

UnitelmaSapienza announces a new online Training Course for graduate healthcare professionals interested in headaches. 

- Public Health Priorities
- Biopsychosocial Burden
- Economic Problems and Barriers to Treatment
- WHOiGAP Global Action Plan on Neurological Disorders
- Sustainable Development Goal SDG3 as a Pillar of Education

40 free scholarships are available on a first-come first-served basis for registrants from Low or Medium Income Countries (according to World Bank parameters). 

For more information, or to register for the course, click here.    

The European HeadacheFederation School of Advanced Studies (EHF-SAS) aims to support headache science and offers young EU scientists high quality educational activities to enhance their critical spirit and skills to face headache medicine from a multidisciplinary perspective.

The EHF-SAS covers the richness and diversity of headache medicine fields, including basic science, clinical science, and diagnostic science, and places an emphasis on collaborative projects. The European Headache Federation will support its fellows’ activities allowing them to independently build their own plan sided by the EHF-SAS Scientific Committee.

Prof. Tissa Wijeratne's extraordinary contributions to global neurological education and his exemplary leadership within the realm of young neurologists were acknowledged when he received the inaugural Ted Munsat Award from the World Federation of Neurology in 2017. Furthermore, in 2019, he achieved finalist status for the Stroke Champion Award bestowed by the National Stroke Foundation. He also received the inaugural Priscilla Kincaid-Smith Award from the Australian Medical Association (AMA) for his outstanding work as an academic neurologist, mentor, and advocate.

His remarkable expertise extends to international publication and public speaking, as evidenced by his extensive translational research in clinical neurology, which has yielded more than 300 publications and over 200 invitations to present at various forums. With an impressive count of over 100,000 citations, his work underscores his profound impact on the field (h-index = 76). Notably, he played a pivotal role in the founding of the Australian and New Zealand Headache Society, collaborating closely with four colleagues. He spearheaded the initiation of the James Lance-Peter Goadsby Annual Migraine Oration and Symposium in 2018, and the Australian Institute of Migraine in 2022 (the first national headache center in Australia), as well as launching the Steps4migraine campaign in 2023, further advancing the landscape of headache care and research. As of 2023, he holds the distinction of being the most highly cited practicing Headache Neurologist in Australia according to Scopus. He is the current President of the Asian Regional Consortium for Headaches. He was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) on Australia Day, 2023, for his enormous services to medicine as a neurologist.