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…
Pediatric pain
Pain in children has historically been under-recognized and under-treated, and although progress has been made…
What is pain?
In this podcast, Jeffrey Mogil presents the mechanisms of chronic pain in a very accessible…
Pain intensity in women
Evaluating the intensity of pain in a person is difficult and open to interpretation. Through…
Smartphone apps for menstrual pain and symptom management
Goal The goal of this study was to take a closer look at the overall…
Yoram Shir and Amir Minerbi funded by the FRQS for a project in artificial...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a technological development that can accelerate progress. In healthcare, AI applications…
Lisbet Haglund in the Arthritis Society’s top 10 of major research advances in 2022
In its annual ranking, The Arthritis Society presents the research projects it has funded that…
Age and gender influence the amount of help received to relieve pain
Goal It is important to better understand how different biases affect the caregiver-patient relationship in…
Shoulder pain management through education and therapeutic exercises
Goal The objective of this randomized controlled trial was to compare three different ways of…
A glance at the diagnosis of headaches
Goal To determine whether or not the headache originates from the cervical spine, there is…
Treatments selectively targeting the neurotensin receptor subtype 2 (NTS2), a promising avenue for pain...
Goal Scientists have been interested in neurotensin for the past 50 years as an alternative…
2023 Relève étoile Jacques-Genest award
Marimée Godbout-Parent received the Relève étoile Jacques-Genest award from the Fonds de recherche en santé…
QPRN Members awarded by the Canadian Pain Society
Congratulations to our members for the recognition of their involvement and impact! Jacques Laliberté :…
Nancy Julien receives an award for teaching excellence
Professor at the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT), Nancy Julien is proud to have…
CIHR grants 2023
Congratulations to the recipients of the CIHR Project Grants 2023 : Caroline Arbour, Étude DORMAS…
Pain treatment at the cellular level, let’s take a look through the lens!
Goal Ortho-Vanillin (o-Vanillin) is a natural compound that we can find in essential oils of…
Network members honoured by La Presse
To close the year, the newspaper La Presse has selected the scientific articles published by…
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….
Endogenous inflammatory mediators contributing to nervous tissue loss
Goal Steve Lacroix’s research team found that endogenous inflammatory mediators called interleukin (IL)-1α is released…
