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Leading headache science, education and management globally

The world’s leading membership organisation for those with a professional commitment to helping people affected by headache

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This site promotes the Society and its activities, and is home to the Society’s international journal Cephalalgia. We welcome Society members and all who work or seek information in the field of headache.

As a charity, the purpose of IHS is to advance headache science, education, and management, and promote headache awareness worldwide.

Cephalalgia

The official journal of the International Headache Society
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New Editor-in-Chief of Cephalalgia appointed

New Editor-in-Chief of Cephalalgia appointed

IHS is delighted to announce that Professor Simona Sacco will take over as Editor in January 2024

IHS Headache Master School taking place in Mexico

IHS Headache Master School taking place in Mexico

Key international headache experts will meet in Guadalajara to teach all aspects of headache to young neurologists

Grant application deadlines approaching

Grant application deadlines approaching

Apply today for IHS grants!

The Robert Wartenberg Lecture: Peter Goadsby takes migraine on the podium

The Robert Wartenberg Lecture: Peter Goadsby takes migraine on the podium

Reflections on the global burden of migraine, the biology, and the road to identifying successful therapeutic targets