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IHS is saddened to hear of the death of Jim Lance, former IHS President and recipient of the IHS Special Recognition Award in 201520/02/2019
It is with great sadness I inform you Jim Lance passed away peacefully on 20 February 2019 surrounded by his family. His contribution to headache medicine in particular is a legacy of his great life, experienced to the full. The Western Health- University of Melbourne- Latrobe University Annual Lance Goadsby Symposium and Oration named in his honour since 2018 ( http://www.westernhealth.org.au/AboutUs/News/Pages/Migraine_Annual_Symposium_2018.aspx) will continue to remind us of his great joy encouraging young people into research and headache medicine .
Professor James Waldo (Jim) Lance was born in Wollongong in 1926. He completed his medical degree at the University of Sydney in 1950 and began his clinical work as a resident medical officer at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (1950-51). Cutting his residency short, Professor Lance took up a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) fellowship at the University of Sydney (1952-53) to work towards his Doctor of Medicine (MD, awarded 1955). In 1954 he travelled to London, England to train as a neurologist and accepted a position as assistant house physician at the National Hospital in Queen Square. Upon his return to Australia Professor Lance combined teaching and clinical practice with appointments as tutor at St Paul’s College (1956-60), visiting lecturer at the University of Sydney (1956-62), superintendent at the Northcott Neurological Centre (1956-57) and honorary assistant physician at Sydney Hospital (1956-61) and St Luke’s Hospital (1957-61).
In 1960 Professor Lance once again left Australia to follow his passion for research work at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He returned to Australia as the founder of the Department of Neurology in the newly established medical school at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). He remained at UNSW throughout his professional career starting as senior lecturer (1961-63), then Associate Professor (1964-74), Professor of Neurology – Personal Chair (1975-92) and most recently as Emeritus Professor. Concurrent with his research, Professor Lance continued his clinical practice at the Prince Henry and Prince of Wales Hospitals where he was Chairman of the Department of Neurology (1961-92) and foundation Director of the Institute of Neurological Sciences (INS, 1990-91)
He was former President of the Australian Association of Neurologists and the International Headache Society (1987-1989), and in 2015 was awarded an IHS Special Recognition Award.
His funeral will be held at St Michaels Church Vaucluse on Monday 25 February at 2.00pm
Professor Tissa Wijeratne
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IHS is inviting invitations for Chairs for the Classification and Education Committees14/02/2019
IHS is receiving applications for the positions of Classification and Education Committee Chairs.
The Classification Chair will assume the role in September 2019. The Education Chair will Co-Chair the Committee with Professor Allan Purdy from September 2019.
For more information please see the attached documents.
The deadline for applications is 1 May 2019.
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IHS is accepting research applications for scientific projects13/02/2019
IHS is accepting research applications for scientific projects (any kind of research acceptable) that further the mission and goals of the Society.
Funding up to € 150,000 will be allocated to support between one and three research projects.
Preference will be given to projects that involve collaborations amongst investigators from multiple institutions and countries.
See the document below for more information.
Deadline for applications: 30 April 2019
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The Spanish translation of the classification is now posted online05/02/2019
The Spanish translation of the ICHD-3 is now available in the Guidelines section of the website.
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Call for Letters of Interest on Research on Childhood Migraine and/or Research on New Therapeutic Targets for Migraine05/02/2019
The Migraine Research Foundation, a US nonprofit that raises money to fund innovative migraine research, invites both US and international researchers to submit Letters of Interest for one or both of the two 2019 topics:
Topic 1: Submit a letter of interest for a project that will add to the understanding or improve the treatment of Childhood Migraine.
Topic 2: Submit a letter of interest for a project that will add to the understanding of the Therapeutic Potential of a New Treatment Target for Migraine (other than CGRP).Deadline for applications: 8 April 2019
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Headache Update 2018 was held in Mumbai in December 2018 - Dr Ravishankar reports05/02/2019
Headache Update 2018 was held in Mumbai, India, in December.
The Objective of the Meeting was to cover the recent advances in ‘Headache Medicine’. The event was largely case-based and included a special session on ‘Controversies in Headache’. Local and international faculty including IHS present and past leaders presented a variety of topics to the 300 attending delegates.
Dr Ravishankar's report including photos from the meeting can be found below.
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The 4th Annual International Headache Symposium in Israel will take place in Tel Aviv on 9 January 201931/12/2018
The 4th Annual International Headache Symposium in Israel will take place in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 9 January 2019
The symposium will run under the auspices of IHS - for more information see the IHSI website
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Members of the IHS-GPAC Steering and Core Committees met to move forward patient advocacy efforts08/10/2018
This weekend in New York members of the IHS-GPAC Steering and Core Committees held a strategy workshop to prepare for the global launch of the IHS Global Patient Advocacy Coalition (IHS-GPAC) to work on patient advocacy efforts for people with migraine and other headache disorders. This inspirational group representing 12 worldwide countries brainstormed over 2 days to initiate a pioneering mission. One member of the group said 'It is a great and huge honour to participate in this adventure which I am sure will end in amazing tools for patients and physicians, and the public to equalise all needs in headaches around the world'. To use an old adage: If not us, who; if not now, when?
Photos of the workshop can be viewed below.
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The fellow will receive training to develop a full spectrum of headache skills25/09/2018
This is an exciting opportunity within one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England
The Headache fellow would be embedded into the headache team and receive training to develop a full spectrum of headache skills. Ideally the candidate would be a neurology or general medical trainee / intern. If you are potentially interested please initially get in touch with Dr Alex Sinclair (a.b.sinclair@bham.ac.uk) for an informal discussion prior to formal application. We will be filling the post by the end of 2018 (with some flexibly on start date into 2019).
Please forward this on to any colleague you feel would be interested and benefit from this opportunity. See document for more details
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The IASP congress takes place in Boston, USA, from 12-16 September 201830/08/2018
World Congress on Pain Highlights New Advances in Headache Research and Treatments
Keeping up with the latest research and treatments for migraine, cluster pain, and chronic pain can be, well, a headache. Get exactly the information you need for your work and career by making a smart, affordable investment in yourself by registering now for the World Congress on Pain September 12-16, 2018, in Boston!
Hosted by International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) every other year, the World Congress compresses nearly 2,500 multidisciplinary workshops, refresher courses, satellite symposia, and networking events into just five intensive days of carefully curated scientific and skills-based learning. You won’t want to miss the largest pain science meeting in the world, the must-meetup event for thousands of international clinicians, researchers, educators, and others interested in migraine and headache relief and other pain specialties. View our digital brochure.Check out the interactive scientific program for a full schedule that lets you customize your learning experience. But don’t delay—with less than 2 weeks left until this premier meeting, you can still save up to $100 by preregistering in advance today!
Here are some workshops and symposia that may interest headache specialists like you:
- International Headache Society-IASP Joint Symposium on Recent Advances in Mechanisms and Management of Migraine. September 14. With the successful completion of phase III trials of CGRP antibodies for treating migraines, researchers and clinicians are on the cusp of one of the biggest advances in migraine treatment in 25 years. Hear firsthand about this progress.
- Integrated Orofacial and Head Pain Classification. September 17. This satellite symposium is organized by the IASP Special Interest Group on Orofacial and Head Pain. Orofacial pain is largely lacking a unifying classification that relates it to headache, a challenge being addressed in this third meeting devoted to finalizing the beta version of classification and sharing early data on field testing. The topic is closely related to IASP’s work with the WHO on ICD-11. Registration is required.
- One Nerve, Three Divisions, Two Professions and Nearly No Cross-Talk. September 14. Plenary address by Prof. Arne May, MD, PhD, who gives an overview of progress made in 20 years of chronic non-odontogenic facial pain treatments and a call to collaborative action among multidisciplinary specialists who appear to be at the brink of a new facial pain classification.
- Headache, Migraine, Orofacial Pain. September 12. This course for clinicians combines state-of-the-art diagnoses and updated treatments for the most common headache and facial pain syndromes.
- Central Pain Disorders. September 12. Focused on the central neuropathic pain in multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injury, this topical workshop explores chronic pain in post-traumatic headache and central nervous system disorders.
Did you know? Past attendees rated the World Congress a 4.5 out of 5 for its high value. Here’s your chance to discuss important advances in anesthetics face to face with peers from 130 countries! Don't miss your chance to network with headache specialists in Boston this September.
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Translations of the ICHD-3 are now available in Korean and Chinese22/08/2018
The International Classification of Headache Disorders, 3rd edition, is now translated into Chinese and Korean; the translated versions can be found in the ICHD/Guidelines section of the website.
Thanks to our Chinese and South Korean representatives for their work on these important guidelines.
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An abbreviated pocket version of the ICHD-3 is now available16/07/2018
The definitive version of the ICHD-3 was published in January 2018. An abbreviated pocket version of the ICHD-3 is now available in the Guidelines section
