Events →
Science Café on pain
On June 10, 2026, the Quebec Pain Research Network, in collaboration with Fibromyalgie Laval and…
Special webinar: Chronic Pain Centre of Excellence for Canadian Veterans
Dr. Major (retired) Luc J. Hébert, fellow PT, PhD, CD will present the collaboration between…
Annual Scientific Meeting of the canadian Pain Society
The QPRN team was in Quebec City to discuss pain research with the scientific community….
Fundings →
Special webinar: Chronic Pain Centre of Excellence for Canadian Veterans
Dr. Major (retired) Luc J. Hébert, fellow PT, PhD, CD will present the collaboration between…
Pilot Projects 2026
This program serves to initiate and promote an innovative and not funded aspect of the…
FRQS Research Scholars 2025
Congratulations to our members on their success in the FRQ scholarships competition !
News of our researchers →
News from our members
Discover the achievements, projects, partnerships, and advances in pain research of our members.. April 2025…
Quebec Expertise in Chiropractic Honoured at the WFC World Congress
From May 7 to 10, 2025, over 30 representatives from Quebec took part in the…
A Canada-wide project to better understand chronic pain among veterans
In this episode, Anaïs Lacasse—full professor and holder of the Institutional Research Chair in Chronic…
News of our students →
‘I show off’ meeting travel award 2026-2027
The meeting travel award program allows trainees to attend conferences related to pain or related…
PAINtalks 2025
The 10th edition of the PAINtalks organized by the Quebec Network of Junior Pain Investigators…
Let’s Talk About Pain podcast season 2
The Quebec Pain Research Netowrk (QPRN), in collaboration with the Quebec Network of Junior Pain…
Popularized publications →
Stress and Low Back Pain
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Low back pain: benchmarks for Quebec
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Scientific advances →
The Future of Persistent Pain Management: What Are the Priorities for Quebec?
With the support of the Ministry of Health and Social Services, a consultative session with…
Quebec Consortium on Veteran’s Health
Objective The objectives of this multidisciplinary consortium are to study the navigation of veterans living…
Three QPRN members honoured by the Canadian Pain Society
Congratulations to QPRN members honoured by the Canadian Pain Society: The Distinguished Career Award recognizes…
Gabrielle Pagé, winner of the Science Leadership Award
To mark International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the Université de Montréal’s Faculty…
Towards an objective reading of pain in the brain
Currently, the only way to assess pain is based on the patient’s self-assessment. But researchers,…
Driving innovation with the Canadian Optogenetics and Vectorology Foundry
Yves de Koninck, Full Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Université Laval, and Marie-Ève Paquet, Associate…
Maryse Fortin funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research
The project Improving disability and back muscle quality in chronic low back pain: A randomized…
Emerson Krock funded by Biocodex Microbiota Foundation
Fibromyalgia occurs in 2% of the population and is defined by body pain lasting for…
Anne Marie Pinard invited at the International Deprescribing Journal Club
During this journal club, Dr. Anne Marie Pinard, anesthesiologist and head of the chronic pain…
Inappropriate medication in the elderly: a persistent challenge
Potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) are drugs whose disadvantages may outweigh their benefits, which may be…
Isabelle Pagé receives the Research and Innovation Award from the Ordre des chiropraticiens du...
At the very first Colloque Perspective Chiropratique last November, Isabelle Pagé, Professor in the Department…
Customized foot orthotics: personalization, technology and research
Gabriel Moisan, Professor at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières and member of the QPRN…
Derek Speirs, story of a patient partner
Derek Speirs is a veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces and a patient partner at…
Michael Sullivan, special guest at NAPS
The North American Pain School (NAPS) brings together leading experts in the fields of pain…
Psychology and pain
In a recent article, Pierre Rainville, Professor in the Faculty of Dentistry at the Université…
Sylvie Le May’s team wins Hippocrate prize
The Hippocrates Prizes are awarded annually to interdisciplinary and even intersectoral teams, made up of…
Michael Verret funded by the International Anesthesia Research Society for his OPUS project
In recent years, Quebec and Canada have been experiencing an opioid crisis, directly linked to…
An exciting discovery
Discoveries of therapeutic options are sometimes made by chance. Gabriella Gobi, a physician and professor…
Gilles Lavigne appointed Full Professor at McGill University
Gilles Lavigne is retired from the Université de Montréal, where he has been a professor…
Pablo Ingelmo honoured by the Montreal Children’s Hospital Foundation
Dr Pablo Ingelmo, anaesthesiologist and professor at McGill University and member of the QPRN, has…
Transcranial STimulation for pain in the elderly
Guillaume Léonard, Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the Université de…
Etienne Vachon-Presseau awarded Canada Research Chair
Étienne Vachon-Presseau is a professor at McGill University and a member of the RQRD. He…
