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 →
CIHR grants 2026
Congratulations to the recipients of the CIHR Project Grants 2026: Gabrielle Pagé, Anaïs Lacasse, Guillaume…
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…
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 →
Quebec Network of Junior Pain Investigators (QNJPI)
The Quebec Network of Junior Pain Investigators (QNJPI) was created to bring together student researchers…
‘I show off’ meeting travel award 2026-2027
The meeting travel award program allows trainees to attend conferences related to pain or related…
PAINtalks 2026
The 11th edition of the PAINtalks organized by the Quebec Network of Junior Pain Investigators…
Popularized publications →
Side effects of pain medications in children after surgery
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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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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…
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…
Lives Penciled In, A Metaphor to Explore Experiences of Pain
Goal Richard Hovey and his graduate students reflected on the metaphor of penciled-in lives to…
New biomarkers for low back pain
goal Biological markers or simply ‘biomarkers’ are important to help identify and diagnose a medical…
Can virtual reality be used to transform children’s pain and anxiety during medical procedures?
Goal Dr. Hoffman’s research team at the University of Washington was the first to use…
Insights into the development of pain neurons
goal Recently, the gene Phox2a has been shown to be necessary for the development of…
When thinking reduces pain
goal Zoha Deldar and her team aimed to test how the amount of information processed…
Mouse models used for the study of morphine receptors
goal Currently, clinically prescribed opioids primarily target the opioid receptor mu subtype (MOPr), which provides…
Receiving treatment is good, but being understood is better!
goal This recent study conducted by professor Stéphanie Cormier’s pain and health laboratory of Université…
Ultrasound, a good indicator of the muscle quality
goal Echo intensity is a novel ultrasound imaging measure that can be used as an…
Improving implants at the molecular level!
goal The foreign body response entails protein adsorption, rush of immune cells, and an extended…
Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic on people living with pain
goal Lise Dassieu and her team therefore aimed to understand the daily experience of people…
Active rehabilitation for older adults with persistent musculoskeletal pain
goal Musculoskeletal disorders are the most common cause of disability in older adults. Musculoskeletal pain…
Impact of back pain definitions used on clinical profile
goal Research studies may use different definitions of acute LBP, some considering or not a…
Prehabilitation : improving the postoperative experience
goal Prehabilitation, an approach based on the idea that the time before a surgery is…
The C. elegans worm used to study the mechanisms associated with pain
goal Jennifer Ben Salem, Francis Beaudry et al. hypothesized that RTX interacts with TRPV1 ortholog…
Prevention of concussion-related consequences in rats
Goal Right after a brain concussion, there is a massive release of glutamate from the…
Making a difference in helping researchers, patients, and healthcare workers through qualitative research
goal The role, intention, and purpose of qualitative research is to help complete a wholistic…
Low back pain management
goal There are multiple barriers to an optimal pain management which can be explained by…
Opioid Doctor Shopping
goal Doctor shopping can be defined as the behaviour of visiting different prescribers and/or pharmacies…
