CHAMP’s Elevate meeting is an invitation-only stakeholder convening focused on improving the experience of people living with headache diseases throughout their care journey. The program brings together patients, healthcare providers, advocacy organizations, industry partners, researchers, and other decision-makers to identify opportunities for collaboration and build practical solutions that improve diagnosis, access to care, treatment outcomes, and quality of life.
From Mapping Barriers to Building Solutions
Elevate began in 2019 as The Mapping Meetings, a program designed to better understand the journey of people living with migraine and identify the barriers they experienced when seeking diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing care.
Those early conversations helped shape important programs and initiatives, including Migraine at School, MigraineNation, Act Now, HeadEd and the Disparities in Headache Advisory Council.
As CHAMP has grown, Elevate has evolved. What began as a space to map the patient journey and identify barriers is now a solution-focused convening designed to turn stakeholder insight into meaningful action.
Elevate 2026 Focus
Building Better Pathways: Improving Referral, Access and Support in Headache Care
Building on recent Elevate conversations about primary care education, provider support and referral challenges, the 2026 meeting will focus on what happens between referral and access to appropriate specialty care.
The conversation will examine referral gaps, extended wait times, care navigation, community resources and how patients can be better supported while they wait to reach the right care.
The goal is to identify practical, collaborative solutions that improve continuity of care and support patients, primary care providers, specialists and the broader headache community.
A Room Full of Decision-Makers
Elevate brings together individuals and organizations who care deeply about improving outcomes for people living with headache diseases. Attendees may include patients, clinicians, advocacy organizations, industry partners, researchers, healthcare leaders, and others positioned to help create meaningful change.
By bringing these voices together, Elevate supports CHAMP’s mission to align stakeholders and empower patient voices.
Upcoming Meeting
- December 2, 2026
- 9am-12pm MT
- Scottsdale, Arizona
- Invitation Only
Interested in Elevate?
If you think your group or organization could be an Elevate stakeholder, please contact Program Manager Jessica Robins.