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…
The Arthritis Society supports Louis Gendron’s work
Louis Gendron is a professor at the Université de Sherbrooke, director of the pharmacology-physiology department…
Carmen-Édith Belleï-Rodriguez guest on Beau dans ma tête
Carmen-Édith Belleï-Rodriguez, psycho-educator and doctor of health sciences at the Université de Sherbrooke, was a…
A podcast about pain by Serge Marchand
Serge Marchand is a professor and researcher at the Université de Sherbrooke and a member…
The Manage My Pain portail in Le Devoir
In this article in Le Devoir, Dr Anne Marie Pinard, Professor at Université Laval, holder…
Michel Perreault honoured by the CECTC
Michel Perreault, associate professor at McGill University, head of the cross-training programme and member of…
How effective are opioids for acute pain after an ED visit?
Goal Opioids (e.g.: morphine, oxycodone, hydromorphone, codeine) are often prescribed for acute pain to the…
Quebec company brings virtual reality to distract patients during painful procedures
Paperplane Therapeutics, a leading Quebec-based start-up in the development of highly interactive and immersive virtual…
Adapting virtual psychological care for low back pain
Junie Carrière and Guillaume Léonard are professors at the Université de Sherbrooke and members of…
The effects of music on pain
Mathieu Roy, professor at McGill University and member of QPRN, looks at the effects of…
Manon Choinière funded by CIHR to evaluate implementation of the pain action plan
Congratulations to the team led by Manon Choinière, in close collaboration with several members of…
The transmission of biological memory
Marco Battaglia, from the University of Toronto, and Yves De Koninck, from Laval University’s Faculty…
Estelle Carde receives FRQS award for publications in French
The place of French in the world of scientific publications is very important in ensuring…
The voice of student researchers
These webinars will take place every Monday from 12 noon to 1 p.m., and will…
Does physical activity always decrease pain?
Goal Our sensitivity to physical activity (SPA), or the pain that we feel after a…
Does waiting for pain management services have an impact on the final outcome?
Goal Rheumatic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia affect 1 in 5 people…
Pain: patients, Research and care
Québec Science publishes a fascinating article about pain, pain research, the patient experience and healthcare,…
Let’s Talk About Pain podcast
The Quebec Pain Research Netowrk (QPRN), in collaboration with the Quebec Network of Junior Pain…
Publications of the month 2023
Find the monthly publications of QPRN members by selecting the different months of the year.
Modulation of SK channels via calcium buffering
This video describes the modulation of SK Channels via calcium buffering that tunes intrinsic excitability…
Exercise and pain
This video presents a review of the evidence for the impact of therapeutic exercise in…
