Announcements

2007 American Headache Society meetings

Scottsdale Headache Symposium

   November 1–3, 2007

   JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa

   Scottsdale, Arizona

http://www.americanheadachesociety.org

To list your headache event or international neurology or pain event via reciprocal agreement, please e-mail [e-mail].

Scientific Workshop On Controversies in Headache (SWOCH) – Headache and the Neck

Date: Wednesday 27 June 2007, 2–6 pm

Venue: Stockholm International Fairs, Stockholm, Sweden

The 2007 SWOCH workshop will take place immediately prior to IHC2007 on Wednesday 27 June, from 2–6 pm, in Stockholm, Sweden.

The workshop will include sessions on Cervicogenic Headache, Whiplash and a Controversy session on treatments.

Introductory lectures (moderator: J Schoenen, Belgium)

1. The functional neuroanatomy of neck pain. PJ Goadsby (UK)

2. The epidemiology of fixed unilateral headaches. M Leone (Italy)

3. The spectrum of post-traumatic headaches. M Lenaerts (USA)

Controversy session ‘diagnosis & pathophysiology’

CERVICOGENIC HEADACHE (moderator: S Evers, Germany)

1. Diagnostic criteria and epidemiology of cervicogenic headache. O Sjaastad (Norway)

2. Are there any biological markers for cervicogenic headache? A Frese (Germany)

WHIPLASH (moderator: M Drottning-Ronne, Norway)

1. The epidemiology of whiplash. L Holm (Sweden)

2. The importance of imaging in whiplash. PK Hol (Norway)

3. Whiplash headache is worsening of a preexisting primary headache. D Obelieniene (Lituania) & LJ Stovner (Norway)

4. The de novo whiplash-associated headache is most commonly cervicogenic headache or tension-type headache. M Vincent (Brazil)

Controversy session on treatments (moderator: F Antonaci, Italy)

1. Physical therapy and exercise. C Fernandez-de-las-Peñas (Madrid)

2. Are any drugs useful, in particular botulinum toxin? H Göbel (Germany)

3. Invasive procedures: nerve blocks, radiofrequency lesions & surgery. T. Fredriksen (Norway) & J Jansen (Germany)

For more information or to register, please visit the IHS website (http://www.i-h-s.org) or contact [e-mail].

Headache Update – 2007

July 17–21, 2007

Presented and jointly sponsored by Diamond Headache Clinic Research and Educational Foundation, Diamond Inpatient Headache Unit at Saint Joseph Hospital, Chicago, and Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. This course will be held at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort and Spa at Walt Disney World® Resort, Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Approved for 22 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Information at 877-705-6363 (toll-free) or 773-883-2062; FAX: [phone]; email: [e-mail]; website: http://www.dhc-fdn.org

World Headache Alliance

announces

the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Award 2007

to be made to the person or group who, in the opinion of the Award Committee, will make best and effective use of it for the relief of the burden of headache anywhere in the world.

The Award is £10,000

payable to an institution or registered organisation.

The Award Sponsor's expectation is that the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Award 2007 should be for the particular benefit of women.

The Award Committee will consider the following inter alia:

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  a measurable objective that can be anticipated to translate directly in to relief of the burden of headache

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  the importance of this objective in the context of the country or locality where it is set

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  the timetable for its achievement and

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  the system of accountability.

Proposals to be brought to the notice of the Award Committee should be submitted electronically to the Administrator of World Headache Alliance at [e-mail] and should arrive no later than 31 July 2007. The Award Committee is entitled, at its discretion, to consider any proposal however it may come to its attention, to divide the Award between two proposals if appropriate, or to withhold the Award.

Any recipient(s) of the Award will be advised by the end of September 2007.

World Headache Alliance expresses its gratitude to GSK, the Award Sponsor.