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Drs. Britt W.H. van der Arend

PhD Student Neurology

Fields of expertise

  • Migraine & sex hormones
  • Hormone-based treatment for female migraine patients
  • Triggers in migraine

Role

  • PhD Student
  • Treating physician (MD) at the Leiden Headache Clinic, focus on migraine influenced by sex hormonal fluctuations

Mission statement

To unravel the role of sex hormones in female migraine patients and develop a hormone-targeted preventative treatment.

Education

  • MD at Leiden University

(Inter-)national collaborations

  • Collaboration with the Division of Vascular Medicine and Pharmacology of Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam
  • Collaboration with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of Erasmus Medical Center and University Medical Center Utrecht