Women in Migraine

By selecting bright and motivated young female scientists and clinicians. Then nurturing, training, and challenging and making them feel more confident in themselves and in the goals they can achieve if they try hard.

The beauty and complexity of the brain machinery that undergoes recurrent crash-downs associated with the ability to recover every time. For the very same reason, I was originally interested in the neurobiology of psychiatric diseases and in epilepsy.

Having to work at least twice as hard to be considered worthy.

To stay focused, to carefully select their partner (they will need a supportive one), to be generous with colleagues, to avoid complacency and aggressivity, and to believe in themselves and their ideas.

The support of male and female colleagues that slowly, but steadily, grew around me. Their support convinced me that I could do a good job for the society, and by doing so and being a woman, my work would have had a positive (possibly inspirational) impact on the multitude of wonderful female researchers and scientists working hard in the headache field. At the same time, it would have convinced gender-prejudiced people that female agency and competency can be a reality.