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 2026

June 28-July 3, 2026
Fairmont Le Château Montebello,
Montebello, QC, Canada

Guest Speakers

Andrew Rice

Andrew Rice

  • Professor of Pain Research, Imperial College London
  • President, International Association for the Study of Pain

Tonya Palermo

Tonya Palermo

  • Director, Center for Child Health, Behavious and Development, Seattle Children’s Research Institute
  • Professor and Vice Chair for Research | Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Adj. Pediatrics and Psychiatry, University of Washington School of Medicine

Victoria Abraira

Victoria Abraira

  • Associate Professor, Rutgers University
  • Principal Investigator, Abraira Lab

David Bennett

David Bennett

  • Professor of Neurology and Neurobiology, University of Oxford

Luis Queme Cobar

Luis Queme Cobar

  • Assistant Professor, University of New England
  • College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Center for Cell Signaling Research

Sarah Elizabeth Ross

Sarah Elizabeth Ross

  • Professor of Neurobiology
  • Director, Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research
  • University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Patient partners | People with lived experience

Jenna Swidrovich

Jenna Swidrovich

  • NAPS patient partner representative

Prachi Khanna

Prachi Khanna

  • London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
  • Vancouver Coastal Health
  • University of British Columbia