Two new trustees join the board of The Migraine Trust
The Migraine Trust is delighted to welcome two new trustees, Mark Burdon and Dr Prab Prabhakar
We are pleased to announce that we have welcomed two new trustees to the board of The Migraine Trust. Our new appointees, Mark Burdon and Dr Prab Prabhakar, each bring to the board extensive expertise in the areas of pharmacy and neurology respectively.
Mark Burdon
Mark Burdon is a practising community pharmacist with more than 25 years’ experience in healthcare, governance and leadership. He studied pharmacy at the University of Sunderland, graduating in 1999, and has since built and led a successful group of community pharmacies in the north-east of England.
Alongside his professional practice, Mark has held a number of senior governance roles within pharmacy at both national and international level. He previously served as Secretary General of the World Pharmacy Council, where he led global pharmacy initiatives aligned with international health priorities. Before this, he chaired the Resource Development and Finance Subcommittee of the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee, representing community pharmacy interests at a national level.
Mark has retained close links with the University of Sunderland and joined its Board of Governors in August 2021. He was appointed Chair of the Board in 2025.
Mark also has extensive experience within the voluntary and charitable sector. He is Chairman and Director of Lynemouth Day Centre, a charity providing community care and support for older people and serves as Chairman and Director of Chester-le-Street Cricket Club.
Mark said: “I am delighted to be joining The Migraine Trust as a trustee. As a community pharmacist, I am passionate about improving migraine care and outcomes for patients. I am particularly keen to help enhance the role of pharmacists and pharmacy teams in migraine awareness, support, and treatment, and I look forward to contributing to The Migraine Trust’s vital work.”
Dr Prab Prabhakar
Dr Prab Prabhakar is Consultant Paediatric Neurologist at Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital. Educated at Stanley Medical College, Chennai, India, where he read medical sciences, he pursued a career as a paediatric neurologist, completing his clinical training in the UK.
He is a general neurologist who sees a wide variety of childhood neurological illness across the paediatric age range. His specialist interest is in children’s headache disorders. He joined the first dedicated Children’s Headache Clinic in England at Great Ormond Street Hospital founded by the late Dr Sarah Benton and Professor Peter Goadsby in 1999. He has led the service since 2007 and runs several primary and secondary headache clinics.
His research interest includes mental health comorbidities in children with headache, outcome measurement of headache disorders and newer therapies in headache disorder including CGRP monoclonal antibodies. He is on the Children and Adolescent Committee for the International Headache Society and sits on a number of advisory panels for Headache trial design.
He is a founding faculty of the CHaT (Children’s Headache Training) course developed through the BPNA (British Paediatric Neurology Association). He advocates through his work with organisations including the British Association for Study of Headaches (BASH), International Headache Society (IHS), Organisation for Understanding of Cluster Headaches (OUCH), Trigeminal Neuralgia Association UK and IIHUK.
He is an Examiner for the RCPCH and is the AAC sub speciality lead for neurology for the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
His career in leadership includes Clinical lead for the neurology service 2019-2025 at Great Ormond Street Hospital and Post Graduate Lead for Clinical Examinations at Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital 2018-2025. He chairs the Neurology section of the North Thames Paediatric Network since 2019.
Prab said “I am excited to join the team at The Migraine Trust. I look forward to continuing my work in advocacy for children and young people, for whom migraine recognition and management can be overlooked. I hope to bring my experience and expertise over the years at the Children’s Headache Clinic at Great Ormond Street Hospital, reflecting the hopes and aspirations of patients and families for improvements in policy and practice.”
“We are delighted to welcome both Mark and Prab to The Migraine Trust’s board of trustees. Mark’s background in pharmacy provides him with a unique understanding of the pressures and opportunities for better migraine management within primary care. Prab’s experience as a neurologist specialising in children’s headache disorders means he brings invaluable insight into the experiences of children and young people living with migraine. Their addition to our board of trustees will be instrumental in moving us toward our vision: a world where migraine doesn’t stop anyone from living the life they want.”
“Prab and Mark join Dr Kay Kennis, Dr Gina Kennedy and Professor Peter Goadsby as medical trustees of The Migraine Trust, adding to migraine expertise that spans both primary and secondary care. I am delighted to welcome them to our board as we continue our work to improve the lives of the one in seven people living with migraine.”
