QPRN presents:
The North American Pain School
An international educational
initiative since 2016
Fairmont Le Château Montebello
Montebello, QC, Canada

University of Toronto
“Chronic Pain and Depression in Mice”
Supervisor: Dr Loren Martin

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
“Parent-Child Interactions and Child Distress During Cancer Painful Procedures: A Caring Perspective”
Supervisor: Dr Sheila Santacroce

Dalhousie University
“Individual, Dyadic, and Family Factors in Children’s Pain”
Supervisor: Dr Christine Chambers

University of Toronto
“Brain and Behavioral Factors that Predict Treatment Efficacy in Chronic Pain”
Supervisor: Dr Karen Davis

University of Florida
“Pain with Movement”
Supervisor: Dr Steven George

Duke University
“Deconstructing the Neuropathic Spinal Cord Using Cell Type- Specific Transcriptional Profiling”
Supervisor: Dr Ru-Rong Ji

Université de Sherbrooke
“Figuring Out How CCL2 and CCR2 Contribute to Chronic Pain by Using RNAi Technology”
Supervisor: Dr Philippe Sarret

Rush University Medical Center
“Burrowing Behaviour in Preclinical Models of Arthritis”
Supervisor: Dr Anne-Marie Malfait

Seattle Children’s Hospital
“What Drives Disability in Adolescents with Chronic Pain?”
Supervisor: Dr Tonya Palermo

University of Pennsylvania
“The Central Circuits of Trigeminal Pain”
Supervisor: Dr Wenquin Luo

University of Florida
“Functional Connectivity Changes within the Pain Processing and Modulatory Networks following Exercise-Induced Muscular Injury and Manual Therapy”
Supervisor: Dr Mark Bishop

Drexel University
“Relationship Between Pain and Traumatic Stress Among Youth”
Supervisor: Dr Brian Daly

University of Pittsburgh
“An Evidence Based Approach to Chronic Pain and Co-Morbid Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders”
Supervisor: Dr Gerald Cochran

Washington State University
“Reinventing the Wheel:
Pain-Depressed Wheel Running
as a Method to Assess Clinically-Relevant Pain”
Supervisor: Dr Michael Morgan

Stanford University
“Refining Rehabilitation: Integrated Care
for People with Persistent Spinal Pain”
Supervisor: Dr Sean Mackey

Imperial College London
“The Impact of Neuropathic Pain on the Outcome of Carpal Tunnel Surgery”
Supervisor: Dr Andrew Rice

Université de Montréal
“Virtual Reality Distraction for Procedural Pain and Anxiety in Children with Burn Injuries”
Supervisor: Dr Sylvie Le May

McGill University
“Sound the ‘Alarmin’: Toll-like Receptors, Intervertebral Disc Degeneration and Low Back Pain”
Supervisor: Dr Lisbet Haglund

Virginia Commonwealth University
“Paclitaxel Effects on Behaviors in Rats”
Supervisor: Dr Stevens Negus

University of North Carolina
“Chronic Pain Development After Burn Injury”
Supervisor: Dr Samuel McLean

Indiana University – Purdue University
“Race, Coping, and Pain”
Supervisor: Dr Adam Hirsh

Medical College of Wisconsin
“Dissection of the Cellular Mechanism by which Keratinocytes Communicate with Sensory Nerve Terminals”
Supervisor: Dr Cheryl Stucky

Dalhousie University
“Proteinase-Activated Receptor-2 Contributes to the Development of Joint Pain in Experimental Osteoarthritis”
Supervisor: Dr Jason McDougall

University of Michigan
“Detecting Pain in Laboratory Rodents”
Supervisor: Dr Jennifer Lofgren

University of Maryland Baltimore
“Oral Capsaicin Model of Burning Mouth Syndrome”
Supervisor: Dr David Seminowicz

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
“Dual Modulation of Muscle Pain and Cardiovascular Reflexes”
Supervisor: Dr Michael Jankowski

McGill University
“Epigenetics, DNA Methylation and Chronic Pain”
Supervisor: Dr Laura Stone

University of Washington
“Role of Pain Extent and Pain Intensity on Sleep Quality in Adolescent and Young Adults”
Supervisor: Dr Mark Jensen

University of Calgary
“The Co-Occurrence and Impact of PTSD and Chronic Pain in Youth: Neural Activation Patterns as a Mutually Maintaining Mechanism”
Supervisor: Dr Melanie Noel

University of British Columbia
“Pain Among People who Use Illicit Drugs: Implications for Health, HIV Risk Behaviours and Clinical Care”
Supervisor: Dr Thomas Kerr