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…
Consortium’s publications
Quebec consortium on mapping of pain circuits Quebec consortium on adverse effects of pain medications…
Where does the difference in pain perception between men and women come from?
Why are men hypersensitive to pain experienced a second time? Why are women much more…
Low back pain and exercise
Exercise has several beneficial aspects on health but also on pain. Hugo Massé-Alarie is a…
Publications of the month 2022
Find the monthly publications of QPRN members by selecting the different months of the year….
The decision value of future pain
Goal The main objective of this study was to examine how the brain represents future…
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…
Personalized pain medication
Around 1.71 billion people live with a pain- or musculoskeletal-related condition globally. These include lower…
Treat anxiety with small doses of LSD
In 2015, Dr. Gabriella Gobbi, a research professor of psychopharmacology in the Department of Psychiatry…
Cannabis and impulsive behavior in psychotic patients
Gabriella Gobi in collaboration with Stefano Comai are interested in the link between substance abuse,…
A Nobel prize for research on pain
David Julius, 65, professor at the University of California, and Ardem Patapoutian, professor at the…
Brain, music and pain
Music seems to have beneficial effects on humans from an early age.Exposure to music has…
Taming chronic pain with ACT
On August 28, 2021, was published by Éditions Dunod, a book entitled “Taming chronic pain…
Publications of the month 2021
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Treatment of persistent symptoms of COVID-19
The Minister of Health and Social Services, Christian Dubé, as well as the Minister of…
Canadian pain task force recommendations
The Government of Canada recognizes the impacts and challenges faced by Canadians who live with…
Pain and palliative care
The QPRN is proud to have supported the Réseau québécois de recherche en soins palliatifs…
Epigenetics and persistent pain
Laura Stone was a guest of the National Institute of Health to present the interest…
The QPRN in brief
The mission of the Pain Network is to contribute through basic, clinical, evaluative and epidemiological…
The world’s first ointment for lionfish and jellyfish stings
StingMaster is the first product ever available to the public that can reduce the pain…
