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Dr. Houle serves as an Ad Hoc Reviewer for several professional journals, including the Clinical Journal of Pain, European
Journal of Pain, JAMA, and Pain. He is the Statistical Consultant for the journal, Headache, and is an Associate Editor of
C ephalalgia. His research investigations have resulted in over 110 articles in peer-reviewed journals.
Dr. Houle’s lecture, “Forecasting Individual Headache Attacks Using Perceived Stress: Development of a Multivariable
Prediction Model for Persons with Episodic Migraine” was based on an article of the same title which appeared in the
journal, Headache 2017; 57:1041-1050. His coauthors were: DP Turner, AN Golding, JAH Porter, VT Martin, DB
Penzien, and CH Tegeler.
The National Headache Foundation Lectureship
The NHF created the National Headache Foundation Lectureship Award to preserve the
highest level of neurobiological research and advancement in medicine today. Recipients of the
award prove themselves to be up-and-coming physicians and scientists who have demonstrated
interest in the management of common and complex headache problems. In addition, the
honorees have impressive research experience as evidenced by the poster presentations and
published articles which have been reviewed by the Award Committee. This committee is
comprised of physician members of the NHF Board of Directors and the Honorary Board. The
Mia T. Minen, M.D., M.P.H. Lectureship is presented annually at a scientific meeting. The 2018 recipient of The National
Headache Foundation Lectureship is Mia T. Minen, M.D., M.P.H.
& Dr. Vincent Martin
Doctor Minen is Chief of Headache Research, Division of Headache Medicine, at New York University Langone
Medical Center, in New York City, where she previously served as Director of Headache Services. She is also an Assistant
Professor, Department of Neurology at New York University Langone Medical Center. She completed a Headache
Medicine Fellowship at the Graham Headache Center at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, Boston, MA, and a
Neurophychiatry and Behavioral Neurology Fellowship, at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology, magna cum laude from Barnard College, Columbia University in
New York, NY, and a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology, from the Mailman College of Public Health at Columbia
University. She received her M.D. at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA. She completed an internship at St.
Luke’s – Roosevelt Hospital, New York City, and a residency in neurology at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, in
New York City.
She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. In 2014, Dr. Minen received the subspecialty
certification in Headache Medicine as well as subspecialty certification in Behavioral Neurology-Neuropsychiatry from
the United Council for Neurologic Specialties. She is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, and a Fellow
of the American Headache Society.
Doctor Minen has received numerous honors, including the American Headache Society’s Frontiers in Headache
Research Award (2014), American Academy of Neurology Institute Fellows Scholarship (2014), and was an International
Headache Academy Grant Awardee (2014-2015). She was named to the American Academy of Neurology’s Emerging
Leaders Forum Program (2014-2015) and Palatucci Advocacy Leadership Forum (2013). In 2016-2018, she was the
recipient of the American Academy of Neurology/American Brain Foundation Practice Research Training Fellowship.
She has published over 30 research papers, presented numerous oral presentations on headache, and serves as an
Associate Editor for Headache. Dr. Minen is a member of the Editorial Board of Pain Medicine, and serves as a Reviewer
for the journals, Cephalalgia, Journal of Headache and Pain, and BMC Public Health. Dr. Minen is a Member of the
American Academy of Neurology Guideline Development, Dissemination, and Implementation Committee; Chair of
the American Headache Society Emergency, Inpatient, and Refractory Section; and, is a Member of the International
Headache Society and the Research Committee of the American Neurologic and Psychiatric Association.
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