Check out the details for our upcoming seminar, and follow the link in our bio to sign up!

This posting closes Jan 19th. Please reach out if you have any questions.

Our lab, located at the University of Alberta (Canada), is hiring a postdoctoral scholar and/or PhD student to work on the contribution of genetic mutations to neurological disorder mechanisms and response to treatments. Please share widely! can-acn.org/postdoctoral...

Opioid receptor distribution in the claustrum-dorsal endopiriform complex https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.18.687877v1

Register for our November seminar now! Check out the link in our bio for more information.

#NAPainSchool News 📰 Check out our interview with Clifford Woolf, courtesy of NAPS Science Communicator Julia Nickols @j-nickols.bsky.social. painresearchforum.org/from-mechani...

Check out this insightful interview done by the University of Alberta's own Julia Nickols, PhD candidate. She interviews Clifford Woolf, PhD, MB, Bch and they discuss the arc of his career, the work he’s doing now, and much more! painresearchforum.org/from-mechani...

A fantastic journal on an upward trajectory with competitive publication fees. This journal punches above its weight - a must read for pain scientists.

Congratulations to Dr. Gabrielle Pagé, our 2025 Early Career Award Recipient.

IASP congratulates Jennifer Stinson, RN-EC, PhD, CPNP, FAAN, on receiving the 2025 Gairdner Momentum Award. Her work in digital health has advanced pain assessment and management for young people worldwide. bit.ly/4ivXJI0

Not shocking, but important: nociceptors fire → glutamate is released — with or without neuropeptides like SP or CGRP. This paper pushes the field past the idea that pain = peripheral neuropeptide release. Time to stop oversimplifying pain circuits and behaviors to single-molecule targets

As @bradleykerr.bsky.social says, ‘pain finds a way’

Dr. Jennifer Stinson is the first nurse to win a Gairdner Award. A nurse at Sick Kids and a professor at the U of T, she has "revolutionized pediatric pain management," using apps, VR and a human touch. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... @jenniferyang.bsky.social @gairdnerawards.bsky.social

📊 41% of #ChildhoodCancer survivors live with chronic pain, 2x more than the general population. A study by our member Nicole Alberts (@concordiau.bsky.social) highlights solutions. 🧘 🏃 🌿 🔎 Discover them 👉 zurl.co/Du4Pi

Opioid prescribing for cancer pain declined fivefold in recent years..... ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/... ... during same period opioid overdose deaths skyrocketed. & people claimed pain care for the dying was exempt from cuts...

Tenure track position in pharmacology or toxicology at McGill, in Montreal!!! www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Senior researchers in the US looking for a new job check this out with Canadian Universities. These are prestigious chairs with 7-10 year research support. Salary is not linked to grants in Canada.

Can whole-brain imaging of cellular c-Fos signals be used to classify #psychedelics? 🧠🔬💊 Our study by @aboharbf.bsky.social and @pashadavoudian.bsky.social, developing an imaging and machine learning pipeline to test a panel of psychoactive drugs. Paper here 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

USask College of Vet Medicine is hiring a physiologist, pharmacologist, or toxicologist. Assistant or Associate Professor level. Details here: wcvm.usask.ca/departments/...

It is accomplished www.cnn.com/2025/01/30/h...

Overdose deaths are declining, but not for everyone. To prevent future deaths & end current disparities we must expand on what works: treating addiction & overdose like public health issues, not criminal problems. Read @maiasz.bsky.social in @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/o...

I am thrilled to announce that @daspainbrain.bsky.social Dave Seminowicz has joined the editorial team at Neurobiology of Pain. Dave is going to handle human brain study (fMRI, DTI, EEG, etc) papers. Huge development! #painresearch #neuroscience

There's a potential problem lurking in #psychedelic #neuroscience - fMRI (one of the most popular imaging modalities) relies on measures of blood oxygenation, and a little-known side effect of psychedelics is massive changes to cerebral bloodflow. #Neuroskyence synergies.substack.com/p/the-potent...