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News and EventsThe Migraine Research Foundation is actively raising awareness of the critical need to fund migraine research. See the links below for information on upcoming events and announcements as well as for media coverage and press releases about our work. MRF In The News - read news articles and press releases featuring MRF Announcements and EventsMRF's Request For Proposals is Now OpenMRF's RFP is open and accepting grant applications through October 25, 2010. For more information and the full application go to the For Researchers section.
Run for MRF in the ING New York City MarathonMRF has 5 guaranteed entry places for the ING New York City Marathon on Sunday, November 7, 2010. To secure a place, you must raise or donate a minimum of $3000 to MRF. Click here for more infomration.
2010 Thomas E. Heftler Migraine Research Award Winner AnnouncedThe American Headache Society® and the Migraine Research Foundation are pleased to announce that Anna Andreou, PhD, has been awarded the 2010 Thomas E. Heftler Migraine Research Award for her proposal, Corticothalamic feedback and trigeminothalamic sensory processing during cortical spreading depression-relevance to migraine with aura. To read the full announcement click here.
MRF Appoints New Board Member MRF welcomes Connecticut real estate developer and migraine sufferer Arnold Karp to our Board of Directors. Mr. Karp, a long-time migraine sufferer, is the founder of Karp Associates, a Connecticut-based construction firm which also provides real estate consulting and development services. A resident of New Canaan, CT, Mr. Karp has been actively involved in numerous charitable endeavors for many years. To read the full announcement click here.
2009 Research Grant Winners AnnouncedMRF has announced the winners of the 2009 research grants. This year’s grantees will explore such important areas as pediatric migraine, the genetic association between migraine and cardiovascular events, and why opioids enhance migraine pain. To read the full announcement click here
MRF and Dr. Joel Saper featured on Migraines 101Dr. Joel Saper (Director, Michigan Head Pain and Neurological Institute and Chairman of MRF's Medical Advisory Board) and Cathy Glaser (Founder and President of MRF) were the special guests on HealthyYou, Woman's Day's weekly health radio show.
MRF Research Grant Study Published in JAMAThe results of a study by Ann Scher, PhD, an MRF 2007 research grant winner, have been published in the June 24, 2009 issue of JAMA, the international peer-reviewed journal of the American Medical Association. Dr. Scher, of the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, MD, headed the team which examined the relationship between migraine in middle-age and late-life stroke in a group of Icelandic adults. The abstract of the study, Migraine Headache in Middle Age and Late-Life Brain Infarcts, can be found at http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/301/24/2563
MRF Joins MyMigraineConnection.comMRF is proud to announce its new partnership with My Migraine Connection—a safe and welcoming online environment for migraine and headache sufferers to come and share their experiences. MyMigraineConnection.com is part of HealthCentral, the leading collection of condition-specific and wellness health sites where health seekers and experts share real life health experiences and information. Marcela Romero-Reyes, DDS, PhD receives the inaugural Thomas E. Heftler Migraine Research Award. To read the full announcement, click here. MRF announces the For Our Children initiative to support pediatric migraine research. To read more click here. For media inquiries, contact:
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