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…
Brain activity reveals facial expression of pain
A study conducted by the team of Pierre Rainville, Professor at the Université de Montréal…
Inappropriate medication in the elderly: a persistent challenge
Potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) are drugs whose disadvantages may outweigh their benefits, which may be…
Spotlight on the next generation
2024 Sam Zhou – Understanding chronic pain and systemic inflammation Xiang Ao – Unraveling the…
Isabelle Pagé receives the Research and Innovation Award from the Ordre des chiropraticiens du...
At the very first Colloque Perspective Chiropratique last November, Isabelle Pagé, Professor in the Department…
Customized foot orthotics: personalization, technology and research
Gabriel Moisan, Professor at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières and member of the QPRN…
Derek Speirs, story of a patient partner
Derek Speirs is a veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces and a patient partner at…
A feline arthritis pain scale that’s unique in the world!
The Groupe de recherche en pharmacologie animale du Québec (GREPAQ) has been working on the…
A new learning and coloring book
We are proud to partner Maria Zamfir and Marion Van Horn, creators of the “The…
Michael Sullivan, special guest at NAPS
The North American Pain School (NAPS) brings together leading experts in the fields of pain…
Psychology and pain
In a recent article, Pierre Rainville, Professor in the Faculty of Dentistry at the Université…
Opioid alternative medication for surgery
Goal The net benefits of dexmedetomidine on the quality of recovery and pain relief after…
Sylvie Le May’s team wins Hippocrate prize
The Hippocrates Prizes are awarded annually to interdisciplinary and even intersectoral teams, made up of…
The use of opioid alternatives for patients having surgery
Goal The primary goal of this study was to describe clinical trials evaluating the effect…
Michael Verret funded by the International Anesthesia Research Society for his OPUS project
In recent years, Quebec and Canada have been experiencing an opioid crisis, directly linked to…
A hope against bone pain
Philippe Sarret is Professor at the Université de Sherbrooke, Scientific Director of the Sherbrooke Pharmacology…
Quebec Pain Society Conference
The Quebec Pain Society (SQD) is a group of professionals from a wide range of…
International Association for the Study of Pain conference
The QPRN is proud to have been able to present its mission and activities at…
How can opioids be better prescribed?
Raoul Daoust is a full professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the Université de…
