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…
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 →
Pain after breast cancer: which strategies can help?
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Managing pain after a brain or spinal cord injury
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Stress and Low Back Pain
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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…
Opioid alternative medication for surgery
Goal The net benefits of dexmedetomidine on the quality of recovery and pain relief after…
The use of opioid alternatives for patients having surgery
Goal The primary goal of this study was to describe clinical trials evaluating the effect…
The stigma of pain and opioids
To counter the opioid crisis, there were changes in the pain treatment guidelines in 2017….
Pain in simple words
In this episode of Radio Canada’s Curium entitled “Is pain necessary?”, you’ll learn more about…
Understanding osteoarthritis in dogs
Éric Troncy is a veterinary surgeon, professor at the Université de Montréal and member of…
Does sleep deprivation has an impact on your pain?
Goal Although many people report in qualitative studies (i.e. studies describing a phenomenon, often through…
How effective are opioids for acute pain after an ED visit?
Goal Opioids (e.g.: morphine, oxycodone, hydromorphone, codeine) are often prescribed for acute pain to the…
Does physical activity always decrease pain?
Goal Our sensitivity to physical activity (SPA), or the pain that we feel after a…
Does waiting for pain management services have an impact on the final outcome?
Goal Rheumatic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia affect 1 in 5 people…
Insight on people seeking care for low back pain and osteoarthritis
Goal Osteoarthritis and low back pain have an important and similar economic burden on our…
Little known things about expectations
Goal Stéphanie Cormier and Alexandra Lévesque-Lacasse wanted to better understand what are some of the…
Assessing drug treatments for neuropathic pain in real-life clinical setting
Goal Neuropathic pain can have many direct and indirect healthcare costs and proper prevention, treatment…
Members of the Quebec Back Pain Consortium received the CIHR-IMHA Prize
Project summary Persistent low back pain (LBP) is the leading cause of years lived with…
Peer support groups, one step closer to feeling better
Goal To slow down the progression of scoliosis, a non-surgical approach of bracing is often…
Ji Zhang and Francis Beaudry funded by the CIHR to study chronic pain in...
Project summary A step back in time, is it possible?Chronic pain increases with age. Unfortunately,…
Carol Meloto and Audrey Grant funded by the CIHR to predict low back pain
project summary Low back pain (LBP) is the leading global cause of years lived with…
Facial pain: what are the clinical and psychological differences of people living with painful...
Goal The largest study about painful temporomandibular disorders (pTMDs) that assessed pain in the joint…
Care trajectories for people living with arthritis
Arthritis affects one in five Canadians, and places a heavy burden on those living with…
Cannabis for chronic pain management: a team effort!
This fact sheet presents the results of a study that looked at the frequency of…
