Learn how you and your company can mitigate the #2 cause of worker disability.

Migraines affect approximately 16% of US adults, and is the 2nd leading cause of US disability. For most employees who experience migraine attacks at work, there may be no observable evidence that they are occurring, but nonetheless there may be significant loss of productivity (ie. ‘presenteesim’) and reduced quality of life. Fortunately, very cost-effective measures are available to address these workplace impacts, to the mutual benefit of both employees and employers. The webinar will outline the nature of this overall problem and concrete steps that you can take to mitigate it.

For a briefer on these issues, here are two recent sources:
- Migraines Are a Serious Problem. Employers Can Help
- What Will it Take to Move the Needle for Headache Disorders? An Advocacy Perspective (p. 2063-2065)

Speakers

• Robert E. Shapiro is a Professor of Neurological Sciences at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont. He is a national advocacy leader on behalf of Americans disabled by “invisible” disorders, such as migraine. He is the Founding President of the Alliance for Headache Disorders Advocacy (https://allianceforheadacheadvocacy.org/) and a Member of the Steering Committee of the national Migraine at Work Campaign (https://migraineatwork.org/). He holds an MA from University of Oxford, a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MD from Columbia University. He completed a Residency in Neurology at Johns Hopkins Hospital. His research publications have appeared in Nature and Science.
   
• Paula K. Dumas is the Founder and Editor in Chief at Migraine Again, a trusted website and community for people with migraine and frequent headaches. She is an expert in Migraine, Headache Disorders, Health Advocacy, Working with Migraine, Impact of Migraine on Life, Work and Relationships, Migraine Prevention and Treatment, and New Migraine Therapies. In addition to Migraine Again, Paula K. Dumas serves as the Producer and Co-Host of the Migraine World Summit; President of World Health Education Foundation; Producer and Co-Host of Migraine World Onstage; Host of the MigraineAgain Podcast; Chair of the Migraine at Work campaign; Board Member of American Migraine Foundation; Member of International Headache Society Global Patient Advocacy Committee; and Founding Steering Committee Member of CHAMP (Coalition of Headache and Migraine Patients). She has been published in various media including The Migraine World Summit, Headache: The Journal of Headache and Face Pain, Cephalalgia, and The Journal of Headache and Pain. Ms. Dumas holds a B.A. in Economics and Communications degree from University of California, San Diego.

In partnership with JumpScale, The Accountkeepers, Bromberger Law, SustainVC, GoodCarts, Trillium Asset Management, Perlman & Perlman, CNote, Junxion, and Hanson Bridgett.
 

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