From September 10 to 13, 2025, the 22nd International Headache Congress (IHC) was held in São Paulo, Brazil. The congress brought together international peers in the field of headache to share the latest advances in headache diagnosis and treatment, with the goal of improving the lives of patients with headache worldwide.
The theme of this year’s congress was “Headache Care for All: Rising to the Challenge”. A total of 2,221 researchers from 80 countries attended, showcasing and discussing over 500 studies spanning headache-related basic science, public health, translational medicine, artificial intelligence, and clinical research. Li Jiahao, an M.S. candidate from Professor Luo Guogang’s headache research team in the Department of Neurology at the First Affiliated Hospital (FAH) of Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU), was invited to the congress and gave a poster presentation on two original research findings. The first study, titled “Alterations in parietal EEG features during high-flow oxygen therapy of episodic cluster headache patients”, focused on the dynamic functional brain changes in patients with cluster headache. The second study,
completed in collaboration with Professor Jiang Junjie’s team from the School of Life Science and Technology at XJTU, was titled “Brain dynamics characterization of herpes zoster patients based on Landau-Stuart oscillator network model”, aiming to promote the clinical application of computational brain dynamics. Both studies stimulated lively discussions during the exchanges, and we look forward to further international cooperation.
Professor Luo Guogang’s team, which has long been dedicated to headache research and clinical care, has established the first national-level Headache Center in Northwest China, set up a specialty ward for headache relying on the Land Port Division, and led the development of China’s first Chinese Expert Consensus on Quality Control Indicators for Migraine Medical Care. The team also insists on holding the “Western China Headache & Vertigo Salon” on a monthly basis, which helps extend high-quality resources to primary-level institutions so that grassroots headache patients can access standardized diagnosis and treatment close to home. The presentations at the IHC have demonstrated the academic influence of the FAH in the field of headache and injected new impetus into the development of the National Medical Center.
