Research Highlights
We are conducting research to improve outcomes and enhance treatment. Current projects include:
- Characterization of headache disorders in children and adolescents
- Characterization and treatment of chronic daily headaches and chronic migraines in children
- Determination of the disability due to headaches and migraines in children and adolescents
- Development of a migraine disability tool for children and adolescents
- Study of PedMIDAS, a tool to assess the impact of migraines on children’s day-to-day activities
- Review of the impact on the quality of life in children with recurrent headaches
- Study of the effectiveness of multiple pharmaceuticals in preventing and aborting migraine headaches
- Evaluation of the effectiveness of multidisciplinary treatment
- One-, two- and five-year follow-up assessment of Headache Center effectiveness
- Investigation of the underlying pathophysiology of migraines in children and adolescents
- Analysis of genetic effects of migraines in children
- Evaluation of emergency department and inpatient management
