Roberta Messina, MD, PhD, is a neurologist with expertise in the evaluation of headache patients, as well as in the analysis of MRI. She is a post-doctoral researcher at the Neuroimaging Research Unit and a headache specialist at the Headache Center at IRCCS Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan. Her main interests are studying biomarkers of headache patients´ responses to treatments, and the use of MRI techniques in primary headache disorders. She has applied MRI techniques to study the mechanisms underlying migraine pathophysiology, yielding new insights into brain alterations associated with migraine. She has collaborated in national and international studies assessing the efficacy, safety, and mechanisms of actions of novel treatments employed for migraine prevention. She is the Italian representative in the Juniors Committee of the International Headache Society and part of its Education Committee. She is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Headache and Pain.