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…
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…
Personalized pain medication
Around 1.71 billion people live with a pain- or musculoskeletal-related condition globally. These include lower…
Luc J. Hébert, new director of Research Partnerships at the CPCoE
The Chronic Pain Centre of Excellence for Canadian Veterans (CPCoE) has appointed Dr., Major (Retired)…
Insights into the development of pain neurons
goal Recently, the gene Phox2a has been shown to be necessary for the development of…
intersectoral research
The Quebec Pain Research Network (QPRN), in collaboration with the Quebec Population Health Research Network…
The Arthritis Society supports the work of Pascal tétreault
What if you could help eradicate the pain of arthritis once and for all? Pascal…
Living with persistent pain
Anne Marie Pinard, in an interview with L’actualité, talks about the persistent pain that affects…
Francis Beaudry, Canada Research Chair
The Government of Canada has announced the results of the April 2021 competition for its…
Are anti-inflammatory drugs allies against pain?
Marc Parisien and colleagues Jeffrey Mogil, Audrey Grant, Carol Meloto and Luda Diatchenko followed 98…
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…
Anne marie pinard invited To grand rendez-vous
Anne Marie Pinard talks about pain, its complexity and important notions related to pain on…
Gabrielle Pagé, Vice-Chair of the CPS Scientific Program Committee
Gabrielle Pagé is a researcher at the University of Montreal and a regular member of…
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…
