QPRN presents:
The North American Pain School

An international educational
initiative since 2016

Fairmont Le Château Montebello
Montebello, QC, Canada

NAPS 2025

June 22-27, 2025
Fairmont Le Château Montebello,
Montebello, QC, Canada

Confirmed Guest Speakers

Clifford Woolf, Ph.D., M.B., B.Ch.

Clifford Woolf, Ph.D., M.B., B.Ch.

  • Professor, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School

 

Jennifer Stinson, Ph.D., RN(EC), CPNP, FAAN

Jennifer Stinson, Ph.D., RN(EC), CPNP, FAAN

  • Scientist, Research Institute
  • Nurse Practitioner in Chronic Pain Program
  • The Hospital for Sick Children

Hadas Nahman-Averbuch, Ph.D.

Hadas Nahman-Averbuch, Ph.D.

  • Assistant Professor, Washington University Pain Center and Division of Clinical and Translational Research, Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine

Kirsty Bannister, Ph.D.

Kirsty Bannister, Ph.D.

  • Professor, Pain Neuroscience, Imperial College London, Department of Life Sciences

Tor D. Wager, Ph.D.

Tor D. Wager, Ph.D.

  • Diana L. Taylor Distinguished Professor in Neuroscience at Dartmouth College
  • Director of Dartmouth’s Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience laboratory
  • Director of the Dartmouth Brain Imaging Center
  • Director of the Dartmouth Center for Cognitive Neuroscience

Jaris Swidrovich Ph.D., B.SP, Pharm.D., AAHIVP, R.Ph.

Jaris Swidrovich Ph.D., B.SP, Pharm.D., AAHIVP, R.Ph.

  • Assistant Professor & Indigenous Engagement Lead
  • Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto
  • Co-Scientific Director, nātawihowin First Nations Research Network
  • Founder & Chair, Indigenous Pharmacy Professionals of Canada

Patient partners

Sandra Woods

Sandra Woods

  • Veteran (Royal Canadian Air Force; Reserve officer)
  • Canadian Pain Society (PWLE Committee; Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Committee; and Art Awards Sub-Committee)
  • Steering Committee, Chronic Pain Peer Mentorship Program (CPPMP), at the Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit (AEPMU)
  • Background in bioethics & research ethics
  • #ArtDespitePain; Sandra’s art & chronic pain awareness initiative

Quàna Madison

Quàna Madison

  • National Pain Advocacy Center (NPAC)
  • NPAC Community Leadership Council
  • National Institutes of Health HEAL Initiative Lived Experience Expert
  • National Institutes of Health HEAL Connections Ambassador/Disseminator