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Learn from dozens of world-leading migraine experts, doctors and specialists from around the world to help answer the most difficult questions for those with migraine.
About Us
The Migraine World Summit is an annual, free online event held each March or April. It offers patients and caregivers the chance to enhance their understanding of migraine and headache disorders by accessing insights from world-leading migraine experts, doctors, and specialists worldwide.
Our Mission
Our mission is to reduce the global burden of migraine. By providing access to top experts, we share valuable information that patients can discuss with their healthcare professionals to improve health and wellness. While the Migraine World Summit is not a replacement for medical advice, it empowers attendees to reduce their attacks and discover the best treatment and management plans for better health.
Our Impact
For over 9 years, we’ve helped millions of people from over 150 countries find answers to their questions. In an online survey of over 4,000 participants, 60% reported a reduction in migraine days and disability, 90% understood their condition better, and 80% felt less alone after attending the Migraine World Summit.
Each year, 32 internationally recognized migraine experts discuss a wide range of topics, from non-drug interventions and chronic migraine to medication overuse headache and the latest treatments. This guidance and information can significantly impact your headache or migraine condition.
Event Highlights
This year, the live event was held in March. However, you can still watch several expert interviews and a highlights webinar for free by signing up for our newsletter. Our newsletter also features weekly expert quotes and insights on various topics.
Supporting Nonprofits
The Migraine World Summit is a socially driven organization partnering with and supporting nonprofits. While the Summit is free during the live event, we offer Access Passes with premium benefits. Up to 50% of the funds raised from these passes are directed to our migraine nonprofit partners, listed on our homepage. These organizations play a crucial role in funding migraine research, supporting, and advocating for those living with migraine or headache disorders.
To date, we’ve contributed over $170,000 USD to migraine and headache nonprofits, groups, and foundations. The support from individuals who purchase the Migraine World Summit each year helps sustain these donations. Importantly, we do not solicit donations or compete with other nonprofits for fundraising.
Trustworthy Information
By providing unprecedented access to many of the world’s top experts, we ensure you receive high-quality, trustworthy information. This knowledge can be discussed with your healthcare professional to improve your situation.
Hosts & Patient Advocates
Carl Cincinnato and Paula K. Dumas are both internationally recognized patient advocates, speakers and leaders in the field of migraine and headache. Together, they host and produce the Migraine World Summit. As patient advocates, they dedicate their time and expertise to raising awareness and advocating for migraine and headache sufferers. Their efforts include lobbying governments for increased research and support, public speaking events, education and empowering others to understand and manage their condition.
Meet all of our interviewers from this year on our Meet the Interviewer page.
Our Hosts
Co-host
Carl Cincinnato
Carl stopped taking his health for granted at an early age due to migraine. He has had migraine for 30 years. Over this time health has become central throughout his life and work. This includes working with some of the biggest health companies in the world.
Today, he works with several charities, foundations, and organizations, including Headache Australia, the Brain Foundation, the Coalition of Headache and Migraine Patients, the Global Patient Advocacy Coalition and the World Headache and Migraine Alliance. He is a member of the International Headache Society, he acts on several advisory councils and he also is the editor at MigrainePal.com and co-host for the Migraine World Summit.
Carl is a public and passionate patient advocate for migraine. He has spoken nationally and internationally about migraine and the need to increase research funding, reduce stigma, increase patient support and education.
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Co-host
Paula K. Dumas
Paula K. Dumas is a lifelong migraine warrior, Founder and former Managing Editor of MigraineAgain.com.
After juggling a demanding career with CNN, Apple and Disney, she shifted gears to devote herself to family, faith and health advocacy. Although she’s lost a decade's worth of days to migraine, she’s been able to reduce her frequency from 25 days a month to less than a day a month.
Now, she’s helping others to do the same.
To advocate for people with migraine, Paula has served on the Board of the American Migraine Foundation (AMF), the steering committee of the Coalition of Headache and Migraine Patients (CHAMP), the International Headache Society Global Patient Advocacy Committee, and was nominated for a WEGO Health Advocate award. She and her husband Karl lobby legislators on Capitol Hill as part of the US Headache on the Hill organized by Association of Headache Disorders Advocacy (AHDA).
To raise awareness about migraine, she’s spoken at the International Headache Academy and the first Migraine World Summit, as well as Research America’s Annual National Health Forum. She’s presented her research at the American Academy of Neurology conference, one of two academic research studies she co-authored (CaMEO and My Migraine Voice). Together, these research studies measure the impact that migraine has upon people’s lives, relationships, work and finances in over 31 countries.
To educate people with migraine, she’s authored over 300 articles on migraine health and wellness, and produced over 200 videos, interviews and podcasts. With Carl and her husband Karl, Paula co-founded the World Health Education Foundation, producing the largest live event for people with migraine, Migraine World Summit Onstage in LA in March 2019 and New York in March 2020.
To create healthier workplaces for people with migraine, Paula serves as chair of the MigraineAtWork.org campaign, focused on helping employers and employees tackle the widespread challenge of working through painful attacks. Each year, Paula co-leads an amazing global team of people with migraine who produce the Migraine World Summit, demonstrating the resilience and commitment of these courageous warriors.
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At the last Migraine World Summit, we had more than 100,000 participants from more than 100 countries listen to 32 world-leading experts.
We heard in emails, video messages, and social media comments that this event opened up a world of hope and turned lives around.
This has been made possible only by the goodwill of our world-leading experts and volunteers who have generously shared their knowledge, time, and expertise. Thank you to everyone who was involved!
Now there is an opportunity for you to become directly involved with this life-changing work. We are looking for a few capable and generous volunteers to join the Migraine World Summit team that brings these experts to the world.
The roles are flexible and purpose-driven. If you join our team, you’re likely to pick up new skills, friends, and ideas for better health along the way. This could also be a great stepping stone if you’re looking to get back into the workforce. It can also be another meaningful way to move forward on your migraine journey.
Roles include:
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- You are passionate about and driven to help people in the migraine community.
- You are patient and empathetic. You have an appreciation for what it is like to engage with others in need via online customer platforms (or would be comfortable learning to use the online platform).
- You are a confident problem solver with a natural ability to troubleshoot and investigate when insufficient information is available.
- Your strong written communication skills will be important when responding to customers via chat and email.
- You are excited by on-the-job opportunities to learn and apply new knowledge and skills.
- You are comfortable responding to sales and technical questions.
- You are comfortable working autonomously and will enjoy being part of a virtual team that spans several continents and timezones.
The existing Social Media Team has a few needs in these areas:
- Engagement/Community Support Ambassador (virtual): Respond to comments with empathy and education on migraine. Be able to direct commenters to credible sources to learn more, and have the emotional bandwidth to respond to people having difficulties living with migraine.
- TikTok Captain (virtual)- Know how to navigate the platform and combine our professional and credible brand while marketing to a younger audience.
- On-Season versus Full-Year roles: While the social media team is a year-round operation, if you prefer to only jump in during the lead up to and during the annual Summit in the spring, that is an option.
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We understand that for many, life presents daily challenges, and taking on more may not be feasible. If you believe that this commitment could impact your health in any way, we encourage you not to apply at this time. We value your consideration and prioritize your well-being. You are welcome to reapply when you feel better positioned to contribute next year.
If you possess the relevant skills and your health permits, we invite you to showcase your potential despite chronic illness by applying or sharing this opportunity with someone who may be interested. Please note that these roles are open globally and will be filled on a rolling basis—some immediately and others as needed. We appreciate your patience as we review all applications.
Complete this short form to be considered for the Migraine World Summit team. Join us in making a world of difference.
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