Anna completed her PhD in Neurological Sciences and Migraine at the Institute of Neurology-Queen Square, where she investigated the therapeutic potentials of novel pharmacological innervations in migraine treatment. She then moved to the University of California San Francisco, where she focused her research on the investigation of brain networks involved in headaches pathophysiology and the effectiveness of neurostimulation in migraine. Anna is now a Fellow of the Medical Research Foundation, at the Wolfson SPaRC- King’s College London, where she serves as a Senior Lecturer and Primary Investigator of the Headache Research Lab.
Since the completion of her PhD, Anna received a number of awards including the Thomas E. Heftler Migraine Research Award by the American Headache Society, the Early Research Career Grant by the International Association for the Study of Pain and the Headache Research Excellence award from the International Headache Society. She is also a co-recipient of the Enrico Greppi Award in 2010, and she received twice the European Headache Migraine Trust International Congress New Scientist Lecture and the American Headache Society "Frontiers in Headache Research" Scholarship Awards. In 2013 she received her first Fellowship from the Migraine Trust and a Senior Fellowship in 2015, investigating the hypothalamus as a trigger in migraine pathophysiology.
Anna is currently a Trustee of the International Headache Society, having previously held the role of Chair of the Trainees and Residents Special Interest Group of the IHS for 4 years, and Chair of the IHS Communications Committee.
Dr Andreou’s research interests are focused on the neurobiology of headache disorders, and factors influencing the development and evolution of these conditions. Her research focus also expands to the investigation and development of new therapeutic targets for the acute and preventive treatment of migraine and of other headache disorders and facial pain.