Current Research
The Headache Center was designed to develop and expand research into childhood headache disorders by examining new treatment options, improving characterization of childhood headache and response patterns, and understanding the genetic pathophysiology of childhood headaches.
We conduct research to improve outcomes and enhance treatment for patients. If any study interests you, please mention it to your provider during your visit and more information will be offered. You can also call our headache center coordinator who will direct you to the appropriate study coordinator.
Current and past projects include:
- Studies involving new therapeutics that are already FDA approved for acute and preventive therapies for adults, but need to be evaluated in children and adolescents to get approval for this age group
- Cognitive behavioral therapies delivered through nurses, mobile apps and telehealth, to help understand the best way to offer a well-recognized therapy to children suffering from migraine headaches
- Investigation of how the child and adolescent brain responds positively to migraine preventive therapies (medications, cognitive behavioral therapies, and placebo)
- 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
- Comparative effectiveness studies in treatment of migraine
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in the treatment of chronic migraine
- Development of new tools, including electronic tools, and novel treatment paradigms
