About McGill Pain Day

McGill Pain Day is the flagship annual event of the Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain. It was first started in 1997, some 7 years before the Centre was formally inaugurated, by Catherine Bushnell as a way for the then growing number of pain researchers and trainees at McGill to come together and share their research in a relaxed social environment. It was an immediate hit, and has been very well attended by not only McGill staff and students, but those working in other universities in Quebec and by many healthcare professionals treating patients throughout the province.

While the event is centered on a public lecture given by a leading international pain researcher, it also includes trainee workshops and a poster session, prizes for which are provided by the Quebec Pain Research Network in recognition of the importance of this event to pain trainees throughout the province.

Pain Day Speakers

1997: Arthur D Craig

1998: Gary Bennett

1999: Ken Hargreaves

2000: Michael Salter

2001: Mitchell Max

2002: Fernando Cervero

2003: Michael Rowbotham

2004: Christian Stohler

2005: Emeran Mayer

2006: Allan Bausbaum

2007: Judith Paice

2008: Joyce DeLeo

2009: Eduardo Bruera

2010: Rami Burstein

2011: Tony Yaksh

2012: Frank Porecca

2013: Roger Fillingim

2014: Stephen McMahon

2015: Irene Tracey

2016: M. Catherine Bushnell

2017: Yves De Koninck

2018: Gary Bennett

2019: Anthony Dickenson

2020: David Bennett

2021: Robert Dworkin

2022: Mark Ware

2023: Claudia Sommer

2024 Theodore Price