Congratulations to Dr. Jeffrey S Mogil for his appointment as the new Director of the Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain at McGill University.  

Read the Press Release by the Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain 

Dr. Yves De Koninck, founder of the Québec Pain Research Network, has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the Université de Montréal.  This distinction is awarded in recognition of his ground-breaking contributions to the fields of neuroscience and pain research.  The multidisciplinary approach he has developed through collaboration between mental health researchers and physicists expert in optics, photonics and the use of lasers has brought him to make important discoveries that impact our understanding of pain and its mechanisms.

A team of researchers from the Sherbrooke Pharmacological Institute (Institut de pharmacologie de Sherbrooke - IPS), in collaboration with partners from the Université de Montréal and McGill University aim to develop the analgesics of the future.  The establishment received financial support of 6.8 Million dollars, through investments obtained from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation ($2.7 M), from the Government of Québec ($2.7 M) and private partners ($1.4 M). Professors Philippe Sarret, Éric Marsault and Robert Day are the leaders of this important project.

In order to help physicians better manage the use of cannabis and monitor patient safety, the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and the Canadian Consortium for the Investigation of Cannabinoids (CCIC) have launched a registry for users of medical cannabis in Quebec.  Dr. Mark Ware, Co-Director of the Quebec Pain Research Network, is at the head of this ambitious project.   

Dr Frederick Dionne, psychologist at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, receives a new investigator research grant from the Fonds de recherche Société et Culture du Québec amounting 50 292$ for his research program entitled: Manage your pain at home: evaluate the efficacy of auto administered interventions based on self acceptation and awareness in individuals suffering from chronic pain.

Isabelle Gaumond and Serge Marchand, both members of the Pain Research Network, have started writing a book about chronic pain for the general public.  To ensure that the content is adapted to the needs of their audience (patients, loved ones and other), they have elaborated a short survey (2-5 minutes to respond) to guide them in the writing of this book. 

To answer this survey, please follow this link (in French only) :
 
https://fr.surveymonkey.com/s/Z5NZF5Z