{"id":21464,"date":"2026-05-05T10:28:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T14:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qprn.ca\/2026\/05\/05\/reunion-scientifique-annuelle-de-la-societe-canadienne-de-la-douleur\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T10:44:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T14:44:42","slug":"reunion-scientifique-annuelle-de-la-societe-canadienne-de-la-douleur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qprn.ca\/en\/2026\/05\/05\/reunion-scientifique-annuelle-de-la-societe-canadienne-de-la-douleur\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Scientific Meeting of the canadian Pain Society"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The QPRN team was in Quebec City to discuss pain research with the scientific community. We\u2019re leaving this event with renewed enthusiasm for the future!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between the conferences and networking sessions, we\u2019d like to thank you for stopping by our booth to discuss QPRN initiatives, the latest scientific advances in the field, and projects that are advancing research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our trainees&#8217; network, the Quebec Network of Junior Pain Investigators (QNJPI), also organized the student evening, another great success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The QPRN is proud to have awarded 15 travel grants through the Meeting Travel Award program to support the dissemination of research by emerging student researchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to our members <strong>Gabrielle Pag\u00e9<\/strong> and <strong>Carmen-\u00c9dith Belle\u00ef-Rodriguez<\/strong> for their involvement on the organizing committee for this edition. \ud83d\udc4f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We would also like to highlight the contributions of our members who presented their work at the meeting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Serge Marchand<\/strong> \u00ab Exploring targets for neuromodulation of chronic pain: Insights from neural oscillations, electrophysiology, and behavioural measures of pain sensitization and modulation \u00bb<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pierre Rainville and David Ogez<\/strong> \u00ab Hypnosis and pain: from basic research to multimodal integration to improve chronic pain management\u00a0\u00bb<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hugo Mass\u00e9-Alarie <strong>and <\/strong>Guillaume L\u00e9onard<\/strong> \u00ab Exploring Neuromodulation for the Management of Chronic Pain: From Mechanisms to Challenges for Clinical Use \u00bb<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Gabrielle Pag\u00e9 <strong>and <\/strong> Ana\u00efs Lacasse<\/strong> \u00ab Measuring the Quintuple Aim in Healthcare Systems in the Context of Chronic Pain: Advancing Patient Experience, Population Health, Costs Efficiency, Clinician Well-being, and Equity \u00bb<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rodrigo Deamo<\/strong> \u00ab Medico-Legal Conundrum of Chronic Pain: A Practical Guide for Clinicians \u00bb et \u00ab Navigating Pain and Justice: Advocacy, Ethics, and Fairness in Medico-Legal Processes \u00bb<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lynn Gauthier<\/strong> \u00ab Following POLARIS: Practical Guidance in Adjudicating Inclusively \u00bb<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Magali Millecamps <strong>and <\/strong>Guillaume L\u00e9onard<\/strong> \u00ab Geriatric Discomfort: Is Endogenous Modulation a Function in Decline? \u00bb<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nicole Alberts <strong>and <\/strong>Lynn Gauthier<\/strong> \u00ab Cancer pain management in Canada: Towards the development of a patient-centered competency-based curriculum for Canadian healthcare professionals \u00bb<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to <strong>Etienne Vachon-Presseau<\/strong>, winner of the Canadian Pain Society\u2019s Early Career Award. To mark this achievement, Prof. Vachon-Presseau also presented \u201cA Predictive Framework for Chronic Pain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to our student members on their awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Claudie Audet<\/strong>, Trainee Travel Award<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Assad Nassoma<\/strong>, Trainee Travel Award<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jos\u00e9anne Desrosiers<\/strong>, Trainee Travel Awards in the name of the Women Anesthesiologists of the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to all participants, researchers, healthcare professionnals, people with lived experience and partners who contribute to advancing research and improving pain care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"701\" height=\"934\" src=\"https:\/\/qprn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_2733-701x934.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21457\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qprn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_2733-701x934.jpg 701w, https:\/\/qprn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_2733-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/qprn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_2733-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/qprn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_2733-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/qprn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_2733-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">QPRN booth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"934\" src=\"https:\/\/qprn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777504202569-700x934.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21458\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qprn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777504202569-700x934.jpg 700w, https:\/\/qprn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777504202569-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/qprn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777504202569-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/qprn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777504202569.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Etienne Vachon-Presseau, Early Career Award<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"701\" height=\"934\" src=\"https:\/\/qprn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_2756-701x934.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21459\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qprn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_2756-701x934.jpg 701w, https:\/\/qprn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_2756-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/qprn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_2756-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/qprn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_2756-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/qprn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_2756-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Genevi\u00e8ve Ferland, Fran\u00e7ois Desmeules&#8217; student<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1245\" height=\"934\" src=\"https:\/\/qprn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_2753-1245x934.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21460\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qprn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_2753-1245x934.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/qprn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_2753-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/qprn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_2753-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/qprn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_2753-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1245px) 100vw, 1245px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ana\u00efs Lacasse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1245\" height=\"934\" src=\"https:\/\/qprn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_2754-1245x934.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21461\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qprn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_2754-1245x934.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/qprn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_2754-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/qprn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_2754-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/qprn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_2754-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1245px) 100vw, 1245px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alexandra Martel, Ana\u00efs Lacasse&#8217;s student<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1245\" height=\"934\" src=\"https:\/\/qprn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777665895511-1245x934.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21462\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qprn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777665895511-1245x934.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/qprn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777665895511-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/qprn.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777665895511.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1245px) 100vw, 1245px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">QPRN booth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The QPRN team was in Quebec City to discuss pain research with the scientific community&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21465,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-21464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-articles-en"],"acf":[],"views":8,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qprn.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qprn.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qprn.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qprn.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qprn.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21464"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/qprn.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21473,"href":"https:\/\/qprn.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21464\/revisions\/21473"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qprn.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qprn.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qprn.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qprn.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}