The Brain Prize Online Seminar Series: Messoud Ashina's Brain Prize seminar
The Brain Prize Online Seminar Series - Messoud Ashina's seminar: Deciphering the pathogenesis of migraine with human models
In 2021 The Brain Prize, the world’s largest award for neuroscience, was awarded to Jes Olesen, Lars Edvinsson, Peter Goadsby, and Michael Moskowitz for their work on the causes and treatment of migraine.
The Brain Prize seminar series on migraine and headache consists of 12 seminars from international leaders in the field including the 2021 Brain Prize winners.
The series will begin in April 2021 and end in March 2022 and covers topics including mechanistic studies in patients and animal models, genetics of migraine, cluster- and post-traumatic headache, and treatment of migraine and headache disorders.
DECIPHERING THE PATHOGENESIS OF MIGRAINE WITH HUMAN MODELS

Professor of Neurology - Messoud Ashina
Affiliated to
- Department of Neurology, Danish Headache Center, Neuroscience Centre and University of Copenhagen.
Research areas include
- Experimental migraine and cluster headache models
- Functional neuroimaging
- Novel antimigraine drug targets
- Mechanism of migraine and action of antimigraine medications
The Brain Prize Online Seminar Series Programme:
Note that all the seminars start at 4 PM CET.

Jes Olesen, Denmark| 29 April 2021
Lars Edvinsson, Sweden | 27 May 2021
Peter Goadsby, UK/USA |24 June 2021
Michael Moskowitz, USA | 29 July 2021
Messoud Ashina, Denmark | 25 August 2021
Amy Gelfand, USA | 30 September 2021
Daniela Pietrobon, Italy | 28 October 2021
Nouchine Hadjikhani, USA | 18 November 2021
Amynha Pradhan, USA | 9 December 2021
Arn van den Maagdenberg, Netherlands | 27 January 2022
David Dodick, USA | 24 February 2022
Philip Holland, UK | 24 March 2022