DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): I earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology in the health track from Ohio University in 2012. My early research examined psychological factors in the treatment of migraine and translating an established behavioral migraine treatment to a mobile health application. My dissertation carved out an independent line of research examining acute migraine medication adherence. The proposed project extends this research by examining adherence to acute and preventive migraine management strategies using a mobile health application, and developing a mobile health intervention to improve adherence to migraine management strategies. In 2013, after an internship and post-doctoral training at the West Haven VA and Yale School of Medicine, I attained a tenure-track faculty position at Yeshiva University's Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology (Clinical Psychology, Health Emphasis Ph.D. Program) and Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Department of Neurology). My burgeoning program of research examines psychological factors in headache and adherence. These two departments support my career development with excellent mentorship, space, equipment, administrative support; they have a history of supporting successful K-awards with dually appointed faculty. My career goal is to become an independent clinical investigator and leader in the study of behavioral factors in migraine. My short-term objectives (over the K-award period) are to 1) evaluate factors associated with adherence to migraine management strategies and 2) develop a clinical decision support tool to improve adherence to migraine management. My long-term objectives are to improve our understanding of factors associated with patient adherence in migraine, and develop and disseminate interventions to improve patient adherence in migraine. These advances could significantly reduce the impact and burden of migraine. This award will help me achieve that goal through providing increased dedicated research time and training in migraine management, clinical investigation, clinical decision support, and advanced statistics. Migraine is a prevalent, disabling disorder characterized by episodic attacks of head pain. Patient adherence to recommended migraine management strategies can reduce the cost and burden of migraine. Patient adherence to migraine management strategies is consistently poor, in part because people with migraine must engage in both preventive migraine management to reduce migraine frequency and acute migraine management to reduce the impact of a migraine attack. Few studies have investigated who adheres to preventive and acute migraine management strategies (individual differences) and when patients adhere to these strategies (conditions). This knowledge will provide individualized targets to improve adherence. Few interventions have been developed to improve patient adherence to migraine management. Adherence to acute migraine management requires complex in-...