Cephalalgia Award Lectures

Cephalalgia Award Lecture

The Cephalalgia Award Lecture is awarded bi-ennially to the best paper published in Cephalalgia in the previous 2 years. The paper is presented in a special session during the IHS International Headache Congress and the award winner receives a monetary award.

Congratulations to the 2025 Cephalalgia Award Lecture winner

Mehnert J, Basedau H, Sturm L-M, Nielsen T, Jensen RH, May A. Functional brainstem representations of the human trigeminal cervical complex. Cephalalgia 2023;43(5). doi:10.1177/03331024231174862

Cephalalgia Award Lecture winners

• 2025 – Arne May et al.

  Functional brainstem representations of the human trigeminal cervical complex

• 2023 – Patricia Pozo-Rosich et al.

  Salivary CGRP can monitor the different migraine phases: CGRP (in)dependent attacks

• 2021 – Amynah Pradhan et al

  Soluble guanylyl cyclase is a critical regulator of migraine-associated pain

• 2019 – Dara Bree and Dan Levy

  Development of CGRP-dependent pain and headache related behaviours in a rat model of concussion: Implications for mechanisms of post-traumatic headache

• 2017 – Thomas G Liman et al.

  Circulating endothelial microparticles in female migraineurs with aura

• 2015 – Rami Burstein et al.

  Selective inhibition of meningeal nociceptors by botulinum neurotoxin type A: Therapeutic implications for migraine and other pains

• 2013 – David Borsook et al.

  Concurrent functional and structural cortical alterations in migraine

• 2011 – Arne May et al.

  A new trigemino-nociceptive stimulation model for event-related fMRI

• 2009 – Ken Reed et al.

  Combined occipital and supraorbital neurostimulation for the treatment of chronic migraine headaches: Initial experience

• 2007 – Lars Stovner et al.

  Mobile phone headache: A double blind, sham-controlled provocation study

Jes Olesen Awards for the Advancement of Headache Medicine

Established in 2025, the Jes Olesen Awards for the Advancement of Headache Medicine recognise outstanding contributions in headache medicine across both clinical and basic sciences. Each year there are two awards, one for a basic science paper, and one for a clinical paper. Recipients present their work at the bi-ennial International Headache Congress and receive a monetary award.

Submission for the 2026 awards will open in October 2025.

Congratulations to the 2025 Jes Olesen Award Lecture winners

Kaur M, Ward NA, Karlage KL, Morgans CW, Aicher SA, Largent-Milnes TM. Sex differences in photophobic behaviors following cortical spreading depression in rats. Cephalalgia 2025;45(1). doi:10.1177/03331024241310550

Lee MJ, Kim S-K, Chu MK, et al. Subtype shift, relapse rate and risk factors of frequent relapse in cluster headache: A multicenter, prospective, longitudinal observation. Cephalalgia 2025;45(9). doi:10.1177/03331024251368259

Jes Olesen Award Lecture winners

• 2025 – Basic Science – Manvir Kaur et al.

  Sex differences in photophobic behaviors following cortical spreading depression in rats

• 2025 – Clinical Science – Mi Ji Lee et al.

  Subtype shift, relapse rate, and risk factors of frequent relapse in cluster headache: a multicenter, prospective, longitudinal observation