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…
The Arthritis Society supports Jean-Sébastien Roy’s work
Could using technology to track physical work demands help retain people living with arthritis pain…
Yves De Koninck receives the Wilder Penfield Award
Congratulations to Yves De Koninck, founder of the QPRN, who wins the Wilder Penfield Award…
Launch of the Agir pour moi program
Agir pour moi is a free, online program created to help people understand what chronic…
New Research Chair in Pain Management
The University of Sherbrooke, in collaboration with the CHUS Foundation and the CHUS Research Centre,…
The type of experimenter is a variable to be taken into account
Polymnia Georgiou and her colleagues at the University of Maryland found that their lab mice’s…
Pain management with bibliotherapy
The management of pain by health services is not always rapid and effective. The search…
Louise & Alan Edwards Foundation Grants in Chronic Pain Research
Congratulations to our members for their success in the Louise & Alan Edwards foundation competition…
A new technology for cranial surgery
Christian Ioro-Morin is a QPRN member, a neurosurgeon and a professor-researcher at the Faculty of…
Fibromyalgia and the microbiota
Dr. Yoram Shir, a QPRN member, physician and researcher at the Alan Edwards Pain Management…
David Ogez recipient of the Priority Patient 2022 competition
Oncopole is the cancer pole of the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS)….
The decision value of future pain
Goal The main objective of this study was to examine how the brain represents future…
Measurement grimace scales for pain assessment in nonhuman mammals
Goal Grimace scales need to undergo several steps of validation to ensure they measure what…
Exploring the interaction between sex hormones and the control of persistent osteoarthritis pain
Goal One of the primary symptoms and reasons for medical consultation in patients developing osteoarthritis…
Research in space
Montreal investor and philanthropist Mark Pathy decided to take a trip into space and share…
Stress, pain and play
Najmeh Khalili-Mahani, a QPRN member, is a professor at Concordia University and director of the…
Reza Sharif, recipient of the McGill Innovation Fund
The first ever McGill Innovation Fund competition was held on December 9, 2021. Nine winners…
A new approach to pain
Kadija Perreault is a member of the RQRD, a professor in the Department of Rehabilitation…
Manon Choinière, winner of Reseau1-Quebec’s call for research projects on innovations
Since 2013, Réseau 1-Quebec has launched an annual call for research projects on innovations to…
Anaïs Lacasse recognized for the exceptional quality of her teaching
In a desire to recognize the exceptional quality of the teaching offered by its faculty…
Data and algorithms against neurological diseases
Maxime Descoteaux is a member of the RQRD and a professor in the Department of…
