Biography
Carlos Gevers-Montoro is a professor at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières and a neuroscientist with expertise in chronic pain mechanisms. Originally trained as a chiropractor, he has over 20 years of clinical and teaching experience. He completed his PhD in Biomedical Sciences with Mathieu Piché at the Université de Montréal in 2023, followed by postdoctoral training with Mathieu Roy at McGill University (2023–2026). His research focuses on the mechanisms underlying chronic pain and nonpharmacological interventions, with a particular interest in neuroimmune mechanisms. He also investigates how contextual factors and patient preferences may influence the outcomes of nonpharmacological interventions.
Why did you choose this career?
My basic training is in chiropractic. My dad was a chiropractor—a very successful one back in Spain—and I always admired his capacity to help people live better lives simply by using his hands. When I decided to follow in his footsteps, I quickly realized that there was much more to it than using his hands, and that sparked my desire to better understand human physiology and the basis of health, disease, pain, and suffering. I am an extremely curious person, which did not always make clinical practice easy, where patients often demand certainty, but I quickly learned that this was a virtue in an academic career. And here I am!
