A selection of posters presented during IHC in September are now uploaded in the IHS Poster Library.

If you would like your poster to be included please email to Carol Taylor

Application is now open for the 3rd Master in Headache Disorders (MHD) at the University of Copenhagen. This is a 2-year part time program on all headache disorders following which you will receive an Academic Master Degree.

In MHD1 from 2016-2018 17 Masters graduated with excellence and at present 23 MHD2 students will graduate in June 2020. They come from 17 different countries from The Philippines, Pakistan, Iran, Europe and USA. The students background qualifications in MHD2 are a great interest and experience in clinical management of pain and headache. The group consists of 16 neurologists, 1 GP, 4 nurses, 1 physiotherapist and 1 osteopath.

In a world with limited resources education is the key, especially within the headache field, where there is a significant unmet need for academic education.

For more information please click HERE

Three young clinicians and researchers, two from India one from Serbia, attended iHEAD, IHC and then spent up to 6 weeks in headache centres in Dublin. Read about their experiences below.

If you are a young doctor from a developing country, and would like to apply for the 2020 Short-stay scholar programme, please visit the IHS website later in the year when the application process will open. Or join IHS today as an Associate Member to make sure you receive notification!

The IHC 2019 late-breaking abstracts are now published in Cephalagia and available on the IHS website in the Congress section

We are pleased to publish translations of the ICHD-3 in Bulgarian and Romanian - click here to visit the ICHD-3 section of the website.

ICHD-3 is also available in Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish.

Thanks to the dedicated work of members of the local Affiliate Member Societies who undertake this task on behalf of IHS.

Juniors Headache Science Excellence Tournament

Basic science: Zachariah Bertels - Differential effects of mu and delta opioid receptor agonists in models of chronic migraine-associated pain and aura

Clinical: Mohammad A.-M. Al-Karagholi - Opening of ATP sensitive potassium channels causes migraine attacks: a new target for the treatment of migraine

Posters

Best poster (selected by the Juniors Group): James Mitchell - Detailed intra-cranial pressure monitoring in idiopathic intracranial hypertension probes diurnal and postural variability,

Best poster (selected by the Delegates): Hashmat Ghanizada - PACAP27 induces migraine-like attacks in migraine patients,

Other top posters

Raeburn Forbes - What proportion of anti-CGRP antibody therapy for migraine is contextual (placebo) effect?

Ditte Zhang - Blood glucose levels increase during spontaneous attacks of migraine with and without aura

Lawrence Robbins - CGRP monoclonal antibodies: first year results, controversies, and management Issues

The 2019 IHS Special Recognition Award, awarded to individuals who have contributed greatly to the Society, was awarded to Professor Fumihiko Sakai of Saitama International Headache Center, Japan.

Lars Edvinsson, IHS President, presented the award during the IHC 2019 Opening Ceremony, 5 September 2019.

Three IHS Short-stay scholarships were awarded to young clinicians / researchers to attend the International Headache Academy (iHEAD), IHC 2019 and then spend up to 6 weeks in Irish headahce centres, close to Dublin. The successful applicants were:

Gunjan Kumar, India. Host institution: Tallaght Hospital, Dublin – mentor: Sean O'Dowd

Agaath Hedina Manickam, India. Host institution: Beaumont Hospital, Dublin – mentor: Martin Ruttledge

Ana Podgorac, Serbia. Host institution: Mater Hospital, Dublin – mentor: Roisin Lonergan

Congratulations to all, and many thanks to the Irish centre mentors for welcoming them into their hospitals, and in particular to Martin Ruttledge, Co-Chair of IHC, who made the arrangements with the local centres.

Following the elections earlier this year, a new President-elect and three new Trustees joined the IHS Board of Trustees following the AGM on 6 September

President-elect: Cristina Tassorelli, Italy

Trustees: Fayyaz Ahmed, UK; Gianluca Coppola, Italy; Alexandra Sinclair, UK

Welcome to all

And many thanks to our retiring Trustees: David Dodick (Past-President), Anna Ambrosini, Rigmor Jensen, Gisela Terwindt (Elected Trustees), Mark Braschinsky, Chin-Sang Chung, Bronwyn Jenkins, Ingela Nilsson-Remahl (Co-opted Trustees)

Following the IHC in Dublin, several Committee Chairs have retired, and new and re-appointments made.

Classification - Jes Olesen retires after three decades as Chair during which three versions of the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD) have been published. Many thanks to Jes for his tireless work on behalf of IHS and the Classification. Peter Goadsby has been appointed as his successor.

Clinical Trials – following her success in the IHS Presidential election, Cristina Tassorelli has stepped down as Chair. Gisela Terwindt will assume the role and continue the excellent work of the committee in developing and publishing international guidelines.

Education – Allan Purdy will continue as Chair of Education until 2021. As this is a key committee, with many activities, the Board agreed to appoint a Co-Chair to assist with the work. Henrik Schytz has been appointed and will work alongside Allan for the next 2 years.

Membership – Luiz Paolo de Queiroz has served 8 years as Chair and now retired. Thanks to Luiz Paolo for all his work for the committee. Anne Ducros has been appointed as Chair of this committee.

Re-appointments – each IHS Committee Chair serves a 4-year term, which is renewable for a further 4 years. Re-appointments at IHC 2021 are: Arne May – Cephalalgia Editorial; Anna Andreou – Electronic Media.

IHS is immensely grateful to all Committee and Special Interest Group Chairs for the dedication to the role and support of IHS.

Recent IHS Fellows, Doga Vurali, Inge Mulder, Olivier Brock and Kuan-Po Peng had the opportunity to present their Fellowship research at the IHC 2019 in Dublin on 6 September. Congratulations to all for a very successful session!