Autumn campaign 2025
Donate today, so our researchers can work on solutions for a healthy tomorrow!
Migraine research
Migraine is more than just a headache – it can seriously limit people’s lives. Attacks strike suddenly and can include an aura, a pounding headache and severe nausea. Many patients shut themselves away in a dark, quiet room. Gisela Terwindt and her team are researching the effect of lifestyle factors and triggers, to help predict migraine attacks with or without an aura. The aim is personalised treatment. Donate today and give migraine patients back control over their lives.
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More and more young people with complex mental health problems are trapped in a vicious circle of despair. They suffer from trauma, depression, eating disorders and self-harm. This can seriously affect their future. Laura Nooteboom and her team are researching how young experts by experience can help support their peers, by showing them that recovery is possible. Donate and give young people with complex mental health problems new hope.
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Instead of choosing one of these two projects, you may prefer to make a general donation to groundbreaking research in a range of areas: from safety and sustainability to law and archaeology. Your donation will help nurture scientific talent and foster new insights and solutions to societal challenges.
You can also donate by bank transfer to: Account name: Leids Universiteits Fonds. Account number: NL20 RABO 0330 1371 58. Reference: ‘Migraine’, ‘Youth care’ or ‘LUF general’ (depending on what your donation is for). On behalf of Leiden University and our students and researchers, thank you for your generous support!