QPRN presents:

The North American Pain School,
the official pain school of the Canadian Pain Society and the United States Association for the Study of Pain

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

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