Mission Statement: Cluster Attack promotes cluster headache
research by serving as a resource for scientists and patients
interested in learning more about cluster headache and participating
in research.
About us: We serve as the interface between the cluster headache
research and patient world. We summarize research, as it is published,
in language that is understandable to patients and researchers in
other specialties. We list upcoming lectures on the topic. We provide
links to grants and fellowships available for researchers, clinical
trials in which patients can enroll, and headache conventions where
cluster headache research will be discussed. We serve as a library of
slides and videos that can be used to talk about cluster headache. We
are a database of cluster headache patients willing and able to
participate in clinical trials.
Our philosophy: Patients drive research. Without patient
participation, research cannot take place; without patient advocacy,
research cannot be funded. Yet there is often a disconnect between the
research world and the patient world—scientific papers are written in
jargon that is hard for patients to interpret, and patients do not
know how to help researchers or where to go to participate. This
website is designed to bring both communities together.
About Dr. Sewell: