Projects Funded 2010-2011

Since our inception in 1970, the National Headache Foundation has provided over $1.7 million to support 202 grants.

Researcher	Project
Jill Jesurum, Ph.D. Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute	Aspirin Resistance in Women with Migraine
Paul Durham, Ph.D. Missouri State University	Fractaline Regulation of CGRP Expression in Trigeminal Ganglion Neurons
K.C. Brennan, M.D. UCLA	Investigation of cortical dysfunction in a possible migraine endophenotype
Dan Levy, Ph.D. Beth Israel	Angiotensin II, Oxidative Stress and Migraine Pain
J. Douglas Mann, M.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Effects of a Low Omega-6 and High Omega-3 Diet on Inflammatory Gene Expression in Patients with Chronic Daily Headaches
R. Andrew Sewell, M.D. VA Connecticut Healthcare / Yale University School of Medicine	Safety and Efficacy of Psilocybin for Treating Cluster Headache
Beverly E. Thorn, Ph.D. University of Alabama	Mindfullness based cognitive therapy for the treatment of headache