Damning example of 🇨🇦 disillusionment with Mark Carney - and how many feel he misrepresented his agenda. @lindamcquaig.bsky.social says “Although Carney sold himself to Canadians last spring as a climate leader, his focus since becoming prime minister has been on pleasing business and investors.”

And of course she passed with FLYING COLOURS! Huge congrats Dr Hadjis

Georgia Hadjis defends her thesis! Georgia has worked so hard - and produced an outstanding body of work.

I really enjoyed working on this with @laurenatlas.bsky.social. The editor was also amazing to work with. I learned a lot along the way. Stay tuned for more work from @laurenatlas.bsky.social, David Finn and me.

Will be presenting on pain and negative affect during social interactions and social support following traumatic birth!

Really looking forward to this!

Major news! Exhaustive metaanalysis (N=2706) finding that endogenous opioids play a MINOR role in human pain regulation: Consistent with 0.3 on 11-point VAS By @isabellmeier.bsky.social @martintrostheim.bsky.social @marieeikemo.bsky.social @loseth.bsky.social et al Thread 👇 osf.io/preprints/os...

I’m so proud of this paper. Truly a labour of love that started when I was in my PhD program. It took ~10 years from inception to fruition. The question is: does pain compete with other tasks based on salience or pain? journals.lww.com/pain/fulltex...

Im very proud to say that @iasp.bsky.social has released a statement about access to pain care in Gaza. What’s happening is appalling. And we should all be against war crimes. www.iasp-pain.org/publications...

The thing about all these fucking statements now from world leaders calling for the food to be let in to Gaza: you have the ability to impose sanctions on Israel and every second you spend talking instead of imposing them is a collaborationist lie.

The horror

Our new paper led by Georgia Hadjis, with @laurenatlas.bsky.social shows that you can salience match based on self-report. Check it out. journals.lww.com/pain/fulltex...

I hate this “celebrity” scientist business.

“WE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DETERMINED to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, & to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity & worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men & women”

Today, I learned that my history of pain theories paper has hit 1000 citations. This was a genuine labour of love - and I'm so delighted (and grateful) to see that so many people read it, and then cited it! I know 1000 isn't a lot for many on here, but I am very proud of this achievement.

Thank you Germany for building an alternative to PubMed. In these scary times, I can use any good news for science! www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

CONCENTRATING them. Into CAMPS.

In our new study published in @imagingneurosci.bsky.social, Batu Kaya and others resolve a monosynaptic trigeminal-lateral parabrachial-central amygdalar circuit in humans. direct.mit.edu/imag/article... Now to see if it does in humans what was observed in rodents.

And that’s a wrap folks for #CAN2025. Thanks to everyone who came and participated in the science and conversations and we conclude with the past (me), now present ( @rcbagot.bsky.social ) and future ( @markcembrowski.bsky.social ) chairs of the @canacn.bsky.social meeting. See you in Montreal 2026!

It’s not making it into most newspapers but people in Gaza are not only being starved to death and denied essential medical care like cancer treatments but they are also still being slaughtered by missiles on a daily basis. Tens of people are dying every day.

Its a long weekend here in Canada, which seems appropriate to mourn our recent @npp-journal.bsky.social paper, in which we find that FAAH inhibition does NOT improve symptoms in PTSD🙁 A heroic effort w/ @cannabrain.bsky.social @connorhaggarty.bsky.social @ryanntansey.bsky.social & many more 🧵⬇️

🇨🇦 🧠 Are you a #Postdoc in #Canada or #Canadian abroad? We are selecting #speakers for the (second round of the) 2025 Canadian #Neuroscience #Seminars: Postdoctoral Series. Apply by July 6th, 2025 @ 23:59PT. Find more details here: tinyurl.com/56m946jh Apply through this form: tinyurl.com/42cwhae3

The vast majority of people in Gaza — 93 percent — are facing crisis levels of food insecurity, and Sen. Chris Van Hollen said that the United States is “complicit” in their hunger.

There’s still time! Join us 5/15 noon ET

This is how they win. Effectively losing the strength in unity, and acting based on individual interests. We need to stand up against fascism. Or else we all lose.

a society where "bad immigrants" are demonised is a society where no immigrant can truly feel welcome, because aren't we all just one wrong turn or accident away from being unemployed? on disability benefits? unable to care for our children without state help? just no such thing as a safe immigrant

Check out this amazing opportunity to hear kNOw-PAIN co-lead @daspainbrain.bsky.social talk about his latest work!

The Canadian Journal of Pain is accepting submissions for an article collection: "Improving Pain Research Through Knowledge Mobilization and Implementation Science." More information can be found here: think.taylorandfrancis.com/article_coll...

As a German I will forever be grateful to all who fought for the liberation of Europe. But as a historian I am looking at front pages today and must wonder: What is the point of remembering #VEDay 80 years on, what is the point of our thanks, when we are failing to protect the sacrifices made? 🧵

These are pretty important findings, and they should be followed up on. Do we need to give presurgical opioids?

@torwager.bsky.social presents data on 2 brain-based biomarkers of pain - one that tracks pain sensitivity (nocicpetion) and the other that captures evaluative/decision-making aspects of the pain experience at @canadianpain.bsky.social ASM 2025

@torwager.bsky.social argues that pain is an inference to mount a behavioural response (à la Ben Seymour). Reinforcing that chronic pain is a brain disease. This provides more impetus for brain-based biomarker @canadianpain.bsky.social ASK2025

@torwager shows that the same factors that predict multi-condition pain are associated internalizing and externalizing disorders. The underlying genes are most expressed in the brain.

@torwager.bsky.social shows work of genetic predispositions across various chronic pain conditions at the @canadianpain.bsky.social ASM 2025

He cites Canadian work by @evp82.bsky.social’s lab showing that pain symptoms/measures/effects are not localized - but are widespread in scope and location

@torwager.bsky.social proposes we need biomarkers to develop brain-based therapeutics for pain.

Here’s just the most recent of the many NCCIH studies of #pain (from colleague @alexchesler.bsky.social published last week in Nature). Nearly 50% of NCCIH funding goes to studying pain, with a focus on nonpharmacological treatments and mechanisms. The proposed budget eliminates NCCIH.

@peterstilwell.bsky.social argues that qualitative methods are needed to really understand how pain and suffering affects the person. He uses phenomenological approaches to explore the question. @canadianpain.bsky.social ASM 2025

Tim Wideman presents on suffering and pain at @canadianpain.bsky.social ASM 2025. He discusses his MAPP model of pain assessment.

@daspainbrain.bsky.social presents work on the claustrum in acute and chronic pain at @canadianpain.bsky.social ASM 2025 #pain #claustrum #fmri

Dr Anna Hood talks about DEI and pain research at @canadianpain.bsky.social ASM 2025 DEI basically capture true variability in society, and not being inclusive in recruitment for research samples suffers from not having applicability - and is effectively incomplete. #pain

New guidelines at JPain (@usasp.bsky.social journal) sample reporting requirements. This level of transparency will reveal who is served by research, and who is being left out

The ENTRUST-Pain Evidence (Entrust-PE) is an important initiative to ensure that pain science is of high quality. Framework published in J Pain. Endorsed by @iasp.bsky.social & @efic.bsky.social. More here: m.entrust-pe.org #pain

Anna Hood presents @iasp.bsky.social John J Bonica Trainee Fellow’s work on anti-immigration attitudes and pain in immigrants in European countries at @canadianpain.bsky.social ASM 2025 #pain #racism

Dr Anna Hood presents her restorative model of structural and racism based trauma and pain at the @canadianpain.bsky.social ASM 2025 #pain

New preprint! The current & past opioid epidemics show consequences of opioid overuse Did you know 'everyone' Western will receive opioids in their lifetime- AND get high from them? Our RCT compared subjective effects of morphine, fentanyl & oxycodone b4 surgery papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

🚨 LIVE NOW  Join the Landmark Gathering for Change livestream! — No matter where you are, you can be part of this powerful event. 🎥 Watch live here: www.canadianpainsociety.ca/live #CanadianPain25 #douleurcanadienne25 @andreafurlan.bsky.social