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QPRN presents: An Educational Initiative of IASP and ACTTION To Boldly Go... : The Future of Pain Treatment Program June 24 – June 29, 2018 Chateau Montebello Montebello, QC, Canada www.northamericanpainschool.com #NAPainSchool Executive Committee Prof. Anne-Louise Oaklander, M.D., Ph.D. Prof. Jeffrey S. Mogil, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Neurology (Director) Director, Nerve Unit Harvard Medical School E.P. Taylor Professor of Pain Studies / and Massachusetts General Hospital Canada Research Chair in the Genetics of Pain (Tier 1) / Dept. of Psychology / Director, Alan Edwards Centre for Prof. Petra Schweinhardt, Research on Pain, McGill University M.D., Ph.D. Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Dentistry and Prof. Christine T. Chambers, Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain, Ph.D. (Assistant Director) McGill University / Senior Scientist, Canada Research Chair in Children’s Pain Interdisciplinary Spinal Research, (Tier 1) / Prof., Depts. of Pediatrics and Department of Chiropractic Medicine, Psychology & Neuroscience University of Zurich Dalhousie University and IWK Health Centre Prof. Michael S. Gold, Ph.D. Professor, Dept. of Anesthesiology Prof. Roger B. Fillingim, Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Distinguished Professor, University of Florida College of Dentistry / Director, UF Pain Research and Intervention Center of Excellence Coordination Dr. Alexandre J. Parent, Ph.D. Prof. Nicolas Beaudet, Ph.D. Head coordinator of the North American Assistant Director, Quebec Pain Pain School / Head coordinator of the Research Network / Adjunct Professor, Quebec Pain Research Network Dept. of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke Dr. Erwan Leclair, Ph.D. Assistant coordinator of the North American Pain School / Assistant coordinator of the Quebec Pain Research Network Vision of NAPS The North American Pain School (NAPS) will bring together leading experts in the fields of pain research and management to provide a unique educational and networking experience for the next generation of basic science and clinical pain researchers. We offer opportunities for scientific education, professional development, and connections with peers in a setting far removed from the lab and steeped in the character and culture of Quebec. Led by an Executive Committee of permanent faculty, NAPS will take place in the first weeks of summer to take full advantage of all that Quebec has to offer—from the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal (June 28-July 7, 2018) to nearby wilderness activities. The venue for NAPS will facilitate lectures (by both faculty and students) as well as intimate breakout conversations and offer an array of recreational opportunities. Each year’s program will have a different theme, and will bring together approximately 30 trainees with six dynamic, internationally recognized pain investigators from around the world and NAPS permanent faculty for an intensive four-day workshop. Director’s Message: Overview of the 2018 North American Pain School Dear Colleagues, Welcome to NAPS! For our third installment, we have chosen the theme “To Boldly Go… : The Future of Pain Treatment”. Every NAPS is designed to be multidisciplinary, and to focus on career development as well as science, but we try to pick a theme that is topical and relevant to guide us in our faculty invitations. This year’s theme is all about predicting the future of pain research and treatment. Pain has been stuck in the “dark ages” for a little while now, amongst a large number of failed clinical trials. But there is a lot of reason for optimism, as powerful new techniques, concepts and initiatives are introduced. We’ve invited a very accomplished and exciting set of visiting faculty, who, in addition to participating in our workshops, have been asked to predict the future for us. New additions to NAPS this year include “Topic Lunches”, featuring focused conversations led by our faculty and chosen by the students, a new workshop on reproducibility and rigo(u)r in pain research, and an “Ask-A-Patient” session. Back from last year are student talks, workshops on presentation skills, mentoring, psychophysical testing and knowledge translation, and the student debates. And of course the times when the true learning occurs, over meals, bonfires, the sugar shack, and rafting. I and the rest of the Executive Committee are beyond excited to meet and learn with a new cohort of pain’s best-and-brightest. See you in June! Jeffrey S. Mogil, Ph.D. Director, North American Pain School Visiting Faculty Prof. Allan I. Basbaum, Ph.D. Prof. Stefan J. Friedrichsdorf, M.D., • Professor & Chair, Dept. Anatomy, FAAP School of Medicine / University of • Associate Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics / California San Francisco University of Minnesota • National Academy of Medicine / USA • Medical Director, Department of Pain Medicine, • Fellow Royal Society /United Kingdom Palliative Care & Integrative Medicine / Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota Prof. Ian Gilron, M.D., M.Sc., FRCPC Prof. Irene Tracey, M.A., D.Phil. • Professor, Dept. Of Anesthesiology • Professor and Chair, Nuffield Department of & Biomedical Sciences / Queen’s Clinical Neurosciences / University of Oxford University • Fellow Academy Medical Sciences / United • Director of clinical pain research / Kingdom Kingston Health Sciences Centre • Chair, Clinical research network / Chronic Pain Network CIHR SPOR Prof. Judy Watt-Watson, R.N., Prof. Michael Salter, M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D. Ph.D. • Professor Emeritus, Lawrence S. Bloomberg • Professor, Dept. of Physiology, Faculty Faculty of Nursing / University of Toronto of Medicine and Dept. of Medical • Senior Fellow, Massey College / University of Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry / Toronto University of Toronto • Chief of Research / The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) • Northbridge Chair in Paediatric Research Patient Representatives Mr. Jacques Laliberté Ms. Leslie M. Levine, Ph.D., V.M.D., J.D. • Founding Director / Association • Member of Board of Directors / Neuropathy québécoise de douleur chronique Support Network and Neuropathy Action Foundation (AQDC) • Patient Panel Member / American Academy of • Executive Committee Patient co-chair / Neurology Chronic Pain Network CIHR SPOR • Steering Committee Member / National Academy for State Health policy NAPSters Britney Benoit Staja Booker @britney_benoit The University of Florida, USA Dalhousie University, Canada Supervisor: Dr. Roger Fillingim Supervisor: Dr. Marsha Campbell-Yeo “#TheirJointsMatter: Equipping older Blacks “Does breastfeeding reduce pain to manage osteoarthritis pain before a heart activity in a babies brain when you attack of the joint.” poke them in the foot? We hope so, but doing neuroimaging research in newborns takes forever so stay tuned for when I finish my thesis!” Giovanni Berardi Anne Burke @gioberardi1 @anne_burke Marquette University, USA The University of Adelaide, Australia Supervisor: Dr. Marie Hoeger Bement Supervisor: Dr. Jane Mathias “The fine line between pleasure and “To waitlist or not to waitlist – that is the pain, the importance of exercise question.” specificity and exercise-induced hypo…or…err…algesia.” Katelynn Boerner* Michael Chiang @KatelynnBoerner @michaelchiang BC Children’s Hospital, Canada University of Pittsburgh, USA Supervisor: Dr. Amrit Dhariwal Supervisor: Dr. Sarah E. Ross “Pain in girls and boys is the same but “An understanding of the affective different.” brain effectively affects effective pain therapeutics.” *PRF-NAPS correspondents Chulmin Cho* Olivia Eller-Smith @Chulmin8693 @O_EllerSmith University of Toronto, Canada University of Kansas Medical Center, USA Supervisor: Dr. Loren Martin Supervisor: Dr. Julia A. Christianson “The Brain is a master trickster that “Stress hurts! Can lifestyle interventions can even trick you into pain relief.” help?” Janie Damien Michelle Failla @JanieDamien @faillaphd Université de Sherbrooke, Canada Vanderbilt University, USA Supervisor: Dr. Serge Marchand Supervisor: Dr. Carissa Cascio “What if analgesia induced by “Everyone thought that people with autism conditioned pain modulation, don’t feel pain, but actually, the truth hurts.” hypnosis or placebos rely on different mechanisms?” Annemarie Dedek David Ferreira @AnnemarieDedek @dwferreira1 Carleton University, Canada University of Pittsburgh, USA Supervisor: Dr. Mike Hildebrand Supervisor: Dr. Rebecca P. Seal “If you’ve ever wondered if pain “Combining old (but gold) drugs and cutting- processing is the same in human and edge techniques to prevent chronic pain and rat spinal cords, I can save you a lot improve morphine analgesia.” of time: yes, kind of. *PRF-NAPS correspondents Lauren Heathcote* Jiacheng Ma @LCHeatcote @jiacheng_ma Stanford University, USA MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA Supervisor: Dr. Laura Simons Supervisor: Dr. Annemieke Kavelaars “Pain is sh*it. Cancer is even more “Treating chemotherapy-induced peripheral sh*it. Kids who cope with both are neuropathy by targeting the histone badass.” deacetylase that does not deacetylate histone.” Samuel Krimmel Donald I. Macdonald* @KrimmelSam @dimacdonald University of Maryland Baltimore, USA University College London, UK Supervisor: Dr. David Seminowicz Supervisor: Dr. John N. Wood “Biomarkers for symptom “Why it hurts when winter comes.” improvement in mindfulness-based stress reduction treatment of episodic migraine.” Edward Lannon Hadas Nahman-Averbuch @LannonPerez @NahmanAverbuch The University of Tulsa, USA Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, USA Supervisor: