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…
Yves De Koninck receives the Wilder Penfield Award
Congratulations to Yves De Koninck, founder of the QPRN, who wins the Wilder Penfield Award…
Efficacy of psychological interventions to prevent chronic pain
Goal Researchers therefore investigated the efficacy of psychological interventions to prevent chronic pain. The research…
Diverse pain modulatory profiles in a large sample of children, adolescents, and young adults...
Goal Studies have shown that chronic pain in children and adolescents may be associated with…
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,…
Combination of music intervention and hypnosis to improve well-being
Goal Music and hypnosis present fewer risks of side effects and can be self-administered at…
Impact of chronic pain on lifespan and pain behaviour
Goal Chronic pain can be a major cause of stress and it has been previously…
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…
Exploring the variations in pain intensity
Goal People recall a past experience mostly based on how they felt at the peak…
Patient partners in research
The Chronic Pain Network (CPN) is made up of people living with chronic pain. Their…
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…
NSERC funding 2022
Congratulations to our members for their success in the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council…
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…
2022 Recipients of the FRQSC AUDACE Competition
Congratulations to our members for their success in the FRQSC Audace competition ! – Nathaly…
David Ogez recipient of the Priority Patient 2022 competition
Oncopole is the cancer pole of the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS)….
