Carolyn Bernstein, MD, FAHS: Research Activities

Carolyn Bernstein - Lavine Family Endowed Chair in Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
- Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
- Clinical Director, Integrative Headache Program, John Graham Headache Center
- Chair, NeuroHealth & Integrative Neurology Section, American Academy of Neurology
- Distinguished Clinician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Areas of Focus

Headache Clinical Care focusing on Migraine

Author of The Migraine Brain, Free Press, 2008
Lead and developer, The Migraine Toolbox—teaching integrative medicine techniques to patients with migraine
Women’s Issues with migraine: member of Menopause Society
1. Author of Menopause Society monograph on Migraine and Perimenopause/menopause (Dec 2026)
2. Editor and co-author: Pain in Women and Medical Complications of Pregnancy

Headache Research

Current projects:
1. Athena Study: Fremanezumab in the Treatment of Menstrual Migraine and Menstrually Related Migraine
2. Chiropractic Care for People with Migraine
3. Using Cocoa flavenoids to treat Migraine
4. ACT and Biobehavioral Therapies in the Treatment of Migraine
Forthcoming project
1. Using Virtual Reality in the Assessment and Treatment of Patients with Migraine and Pain.

Community Outreach

Brain Science is Cool—neuroscience for third graders at Tobin School, Roxbury
Breathe Clean Air: smoking and vaping for fifth-eighth graders, Tobin School
Science Day Food truck
Parent and caregiver workshops: mindfulness, social media and kids,cancer screening for dads, anxiety in children

Integrative Neurology for MGB Patients

Migraine Toolbox workshops
Cognitive Impairment for patients and caregivers: using integrative medicine for wellness and connection
Osher After Dark: Introducing clinicans to integrative therapies in experiential sessions
Resident and fellow education: Integrative Neurology