On Dec. 8, 2015, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Health Sciences announced it had received a $10 million gift from philanthropists Wendy and Leonard Goldberg.

Wendy Goldberg is an editor and author; her husband, Leonard, was an award-winning film and television producer and executive. Most of the gift supported multidisciplinary research on migraine, a debilitating neurological disorder that affects 36 million in the U.S.

According to the World Health Organization, migraine is the third most common medical disorder worldwide. It is closely linked with a variety of other disorders, including chronic pain, stroke and depression. Although it is a major public health issue, migraine has remained largely in the shadows, and attacks are commonly minimized as “just headaches.”

The UCLA Goldberg Migraine Program will be led by Dr. Andrew Charles, professor of neurology in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the Meyer and Renee Luskin Chair in Migraine and Headache Studies.

Migraine is a complex disorder. There is a major genetic component, meaning that children of parents with migraine commonly suffer from the disorder. Wendy and Leonard Goldberg want to help advance the understanding of migraine and the care of patients with the disorder.