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"More than 38 million Americans suffer from migraine, affecting a wide variety of people of all ages and every walk of life, giving researchers like me 38 million reasons to find a cure."
- Robert Nicholson, PhD, MRF Grantee
MRF researchers

With your help, we’ve funded 53 migraine research studies.

Our researchers are committed to discovering the causes, improving the treatments, and finding a cure for migraine. We fund research that will help sufferers by improving the understanding and treatment of migraine. Read a summary of some of the progress we’ve made, or click on the researcher profiles below to learn more.

Trent Anderson

Trent Anderson, PhD

University of Arizona, Phoenix

AnnaPAndreou MRF

Anna Andreou, PhD

University of California, San Francisco

antal-paulus

Andrea Antal, PhD and Walter Paulus, MD

University Medical Center, Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany

Messoud Ashina MRF

Messoud Ashina, MD, PhD, DMSc

Danish Headache Center, University of Copenhagen

aylward-powers

Brandon Aylward, PhD & Scott Powers, PhD

Cincinnati Children's Hospital, OH

Serapio M. Baca, PhD

Serapio M. Baca, PhD

Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA

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Emily Bates, PhD

Brigham Young University, Provo, UT

nancy-berman

Nancy Berman, PhD

University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City

David Borsook, MD, PhD

David Borsook, MD, PhD

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

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K. C. Brennan, MD and Dan Kaufmann, PhD

University of Utah, Salt Lake City

yu-qing-cao

Yu-Qing Cao, PhD

Washington University Pain Center, St. Louis, MO

Andrew Charles, MD

Andrew Charles, MD

Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA

f. michael cutrer MRF

F. Michael Cutrer, MD

The Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

alexandre f. dasilva

Alexandre F. DaSilva, DDS, DMedSc

University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor

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Greg Dussor, PhD and Ted Price, PhD

The University of Texas at Dallas

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Teresa Esposito, PhD

Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, Naples, Italy

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José M. Fernández-Fernández, PhD

Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain

amy gelfand

Amy Gelfand, MD

University of California, San Francisco

golda-ginsburg

Golda Ginsburg, PhD

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

michael-gold

Michael S. Gold, PhD

University of Pittsburgh, PA

lyn-griffiths

Lyn Griffiths, PhD

Queensland University of Technology, Australia

lars-gudmundsson-mrf

Larus S. Gudmundsson, PhD

Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD/University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland

richard-kraig

Richard Kraig, MD, PhD

University of Chicago Medical Center, IL

Michel Lanteri-Minet, MD

Michel Lanteri-Minet, MD

CHU de Nice, France

Richard Lipton, MD

Richard Lipton, MD

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

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Robert Nicholson, PhD

Mercy Clinic Headache Center, St. Louis, MO

nyholt-zhao

Dale R. Nyholt, PhD and Huiying Zhao, PhD

Queensland University of Technology, Australia

ochs-styron

Jacki Ochs and Susanna Styron

Filmmakers, Human Arts Association, NYC

jes-olesen-bhatt

Jes Olesen, MD, and Deepak Kumar Bhatt, PhD

Danish Headache Center, University of Copenhagen

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Michael Oshinsky, PhD

Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

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Frank Porreca, PhD and Robin Polt, PhD

University of Arizona, Tucson

Frank Porreca, PhD

Frank Porreca, PhD

University of Arizona, Tucson

Patricia Pozo-Rosich MRF

Patricia Pozo-Rosich, MD, PhD

Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

louis-ptacek

Louis J. Ptáček, MD

University of California, San Francisco

Paul Rolan, MD

Paul Rolan, MD

School of Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Australia

marcela-romero-reyes

Marcela Romero-Reyes, DDS, PhD

NYU School of Dentistry, NYC

Ann Scher, PhD

Ann Scher, PhD

Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD

Nathaniel Schuster MRF

Nathaniel Schuster, MD

Montefiore Headache Center, Bronx, NY

schurks-kurth

Markus Schürks, MD, MSc & Tobias Kurth, MD, ScD

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

shapiro-mawe

Robert Shapiro, MD, PhD and Gary Mawe, PhD

University of Vermont, Burlington

todd smitherman

Todd Smitherman, PhD

University of Mississippi, University

Patric Stanton, PhD

Patric Stanton, PhD

New York Medical College, Valhalla

amaal-starling

Amaal Starling, MD

Mayo Clinic, Phoenix,AZ

wayne-thomas

Wayne Thomas, PhD

Cell Innovations, Australia

Xiaohui Wang MRF

Xiaohui Wang, PhD

Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, China

wieseler-watkins

Julie Wieseler, PhD & Linda Watkins, PhD

University of Colorado at Boulder

colin-willis

Colin Willis, PhD

University of New England, Biddeford, ME

Tony L. Yaksh

Tony L. Yaksh, PhD

UCSD Medical Center, San Diego,CA

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David Yarnitsky, MD, Yelena Granovsky, PhD, and Michal Granot, PhD

Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel

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