Katie MacDonald is a superstar in the world of patient advocacy and research. And we can say proudly that she is one of our superstars too! She is currently in the news at the University of Vermont for her leadership skills directing the nationwide
Miles for Migraine Campaign but she has also been noticed standing resolutely and speaking up on Capitol Hill in D.C as executive director of the
Alliance for Headache Advocacy organization appealing for more research funding devoted to meeting the needs of the migraine community. We are honored to have this smart, busy, passionate and caring person as a member of our IBH-PC stakeholder advisory group. And we have valued and cherished her contributions and wisdom since before the IBH-PC study was funded and just shaping up as a research question and funding proposal. Please join me in thanking Katie for for all that she does for patients, their families and communities, their health teams and the researchers devoted to finding better treatment options until they reach their ultimate goal of a cure. And Katie, please let us know what else our IBH-PC team can do to help!
Check out this link by scrolling to page 12 to read Katie's personal story about how she got involved in healthcare transformation:
https://public.fletcherallen.org/Newsletter/ONE_September_2019.pdf
Read more about Katie's efforts in D.C. to promote research funding:
https://americanmigrainefoundation.org/resource-library/headache-on-the-hill-2019/
Or for one stop shopping you can find out more at: https://allianceforheadacheadvocacy.org/
If you experience migraines or have a loved one or patients who do, please check out this link to find out more about how to better manage migraine, how to help others and how to contribute to the "race" when Miles for Migraine shows up in your community:
https://www.milesformigraine.org/
