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Louise and Alan Edwards Grants in Pain Research
This Research Grants Program aims to stimulate clinical and clinically-relevant pain research amongst the ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ, MUHC, and Montreal communities in particular, and throughout Quebec in general.
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Year | PI Name | Name of the project |
2011-12 | Dr. Terrence J. Coderre | Role of Nuclear metabotropic glutamate receptors in persistent nociception |
Dr. Celine Gelinas | Adaptation of the critical-Care Pain Observation Tool for Brain Injured ICU Patients | |
Dr. Michael Sullivan | Psychological and Neuropsychological Determinants of Repettition-Induced Summation of Pain in Patients with Whiplash Injuries | |
Dr. Ji Zhang | Exploring Analgesic Effects of Statins in Experimental Chronic Pain Models | |
Dr. Fernando Cervero | Perupheral mechanisms of visceral hyperalgesia: sensitization of visceral nociceptors in the urinary bladder | |
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2012-13 | Dr. Juan Francisco Asenjo | Prevalence of neuropathic pain in thoracotomy patients using statins' |
Dr. Gary J. Bennett | A unifying hypothesis for the cause of chemotherapy-induced painful peripheral neuropathy | |
Dr. Jean Ouellet | Identification and validation of non-invasive biomarkers to optimize pediatric post-operative pain management | |
Dr. Alfredo Ribeiro-da-Silva | Inhibition of NGF maturation attenuates pain and inflammation associated with arthritis | |
Dr. Philippe Seguela | Optogenetic modulation of pain pathways in vivo light-induced analgesia | |
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2013-14 | Dr. Terrence Coderre | Translational study of the effects of topical treatment with clonidine + pentoxifylline in both a human experimental pain model and in patients with neuropathic pain |
Dr. Alfredo Ribeiro-da-Silva | Novel approach to the treatment of neuropathic pain | |
Dr. Reza Sharif-Naeini | Selective activation of inhibitory interneurons in vivo attenuates neuropathic pain | |
Dr. Laura Stone | Towards imporved understanding of MRI diagnostics for chronic low back pain: spinal MRI for the detection of intervertebral disc degeneration in live mice | |
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2014-15 | Dr. Petra Schweinhardt | Explaining medical unexplained symptoms: the role of neuroinlfammation in disfunctional somatic disorders |
Dr. Ji Zhang | Dissecting neuropathic pain in autoimmune neuropathy - Implications for Guillain Berre Syndrome | |
Dr. Celine Gelinas | Developing and testing innovative implementation strategies of an intefrated systematic pain assessment approach in the Adult Intensive Care Unit | |
Dr. Yoram Shir | Topical applicatin of soy for neuropathic pain: a pilot study | |
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2015-16 | Dr. Pablo Ingelmo | ‘Proof of concept trial to test the efficacy of treatment with Ketotifen on pain sensitivity and association between level of activity and reactivity of white blood cells and pain sensitivity in teenagers with chronic spread pain’ |
Dr. Weiya Ma | ‘Role of PGE2-induced EP4 up-regulation in dorsal root ganglion neurons in prolonged sensitization pain: a preclinical model for transition from acute to chronic pain’ | |
Dr. Jean Ouellet | ‘Sensorial and physiological assessments of perioperative management of children undergoing orthopaedic surgery’ | |
Dr. Philippe Segula | ‘Identification of novel targets for the relief of arthritic pain: a pharmacogenetic approach’ | |
Dr. Timothy Wideman | ‘Exercise-evoked pain as a novel predictor of recovery from work-related back pain’ | |
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2016-17 | Dr. Catherine Ferland | "Mechanism- based pain assesment in pediatric patients with chronic pain" |
Dr. Celine Gelinas | Exploring the validity of an innovative technology for the measurement of pain in the adult intensive care unit' | |
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2017-18 | Dr. Marc O. Martel | Psychological determinants of prescription opioid craving among patients with chronic pain |
Dr. Arkady Khoutorsky | Targeting Matrix Metalloproteinases for treatment of neuropathic pain using passive and active immunization strategies | |
Dr. Laura Stone | Investigating the acute and chronic pain experience during the development of Alzheimer’s disease; a behavioural approach in a triple-transgenic mouse model | |
Dr. Alfredo Ribeiro-da-Silva | The contribution of spinal cord synaptic circuitry plasticity to the maintenance of neuropathic pain | |
Dr. Yoram Shir | Comparison of gut microbial composition and function in fibromyalgia vs. healthy individuals | |
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2018-19 | Dr. Reza Rharif Naeini | TACAN is a mechanosensitive ion channel responsible for osteoarthritis pain’; |
Dr. Philippe Séguéla | Brain signature of distinct nociceptive pathways: an optogenetically driven fMRI study | |
Dr. Terence Coderre | Isolating the specific role of spinal nuclear mGluR5 in persistent pain | |
Dr. Yoram Shir | Metformin for the treatment of post-traumatic neuropathic pain – a double blinded randomized controlled study | |
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2019-2020 | Dr. Alfredo Ribeiro-da-Silva | Investigation of a neuropathic component in osteoarthritis and of possible disease modifying drugs in an animal model |
Dr. Jordi Perez | Composition of the gut microbiome in individuals with chronic low back pain vs. healthy controls | |
Dr. Céline Gélinas and Dr. Marc O. Martel | Incidence and determinants of chronic pain, opioid use and misuse in ICU survivors | |
Dr. Laura Stone | Investigating the molecular basis of discogenic low back pain | |
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2020-2021 | Dr. Terry Coderre | Novel salts and co-crystals for peripheral neuropathic pain |
Dr. Arkady Khoutorsky | The role of the microbiome in the pathophysiology of pain and other symptoms in fibromyalgia | |
Dr. Carolina Meloto | Identifying clusters of individuals that transition from acute to chronic low back pain (LBP): the Quebec Back Pain Study (QBPS) | |
Dr. Philippe Seguela | Is chronic pain linked to deficits in cortical dopaminergic signaling? | |
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2021-2022 | Dr. Etienne Vachon-Presseau | Determining the role of the dopaminergic system in opioid craving in chronic pain patients |
Dr. Audrey Grant | Pharmacogenomics of pain trajectories | |
Dr. Franco Carli | Multimodal prehabilitation and analgesia: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial on the effect of preoperative exercise with nutrition optimization on postsurgical pain intensity in vulnerable populations | |
Dr. Reza Sharif-Naeini | Role of Phox2A projection neurons in bladder pain | |
Dr. Philippe Séuéla | Discovery of Analgesic Drugs Targeting the Acid-Sensing Ion Channel Family. | |
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2022-2023 | Baglole, Carolyn J | Does vaporized cannabis alleviate pain in a mouse model |
Fiore, Julio Flavio, Jr | Opioid versus opioid-free analgesia after colorectal surgery: A pilot randomized controlled trial | |
Gobbi, Gabriella | Psilocybin for neuropathic pain and comorbid depression | |
Ribeiro-da-Silva, Alfredo | The contribution of structural synapse plasticity on dorsal horn projection neurons to the maintenance of neuropathic pain | |
Shir, Yoram | Laying the Foundations for a Biobank of Gut Microbiome and Metabolome of Chronic Pain Patients |
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RONALD MELZACK FELLOWSHIP IN PAIN RESEARCH
Year | Award |
2013-2014 | Dr. Francisney Pinto do Nacimento |
2014-2015 | Stephanie Gregoire |
2015-2016 | Dr. Arjun Muralidharan |
2016-2017 | Dr. Cecile de Vos |
Dr. Marine Karine Christin | |
2017-2018 | Dr. Borah Ham |
2019-2020 | Dr. Weihua Cai |
Dr. Lucas Lima | |
2020-2021 | Dr. Peter Stilwell |
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CATHERINE BUSHNELL FELLOWSHIP IN PAIN RESEARCH
Catherine Bushnell Fellowship in Chronic Pain Research
Year | Award |
2015-2016 | Dr. Mu Yang |
2016-2017 | Dr. Carolina Beraldo Meloto |
2017-2018 | Dr. Scott Thompson |
2017-2019 | Dr. Peter Lee |
2018-2019 | Dr. Dimitri Pavlov |
2020-2021 | Dr. Lise Rabilier |
2022-2023 | Dr. Ronrick Da-ano |
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THE EDWARDS PH.D. STUDENTSHIPS IN PAIN RESEARCH
The objective of these Studentships is to support the full-time chronic pain research of students at The Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain (AECRP) or any MUHC/ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ affiliate.
Start Year | Award |
2011-2012 | Mr. Alexander Tuttle |
Ms. Caroline Arbour | |
Ms. Claire Magnoussen | |
Mr. Tony K.Y. Lim | |
Maral Tajerian | |
2012-2013 | Ms. Anne-Julie Chabot-Dore |
Ms. Geraldine Longo | |
Mr. Scott Thompson | |
2013-2014 | Ms. Wiebke Gandhi |
Mr. Behrang Sharif | |
2014-2015 | Ms. Hibba Nasir |
Ms. Samantha Locke | |
Ms. Sarah Rosen | |
Ms. Rebecca Price | |
Ms. Carole Federico | |
2015-2016 | Mr. Oli Abate Fulas |
Mr. Lucas Topham | |
Ms. Maria Zamfir | |
2016-2017 | Mr. Luca Posa |
2017-2018 | Noosha Yousefpour |
Tarheen Fatima | |
Kevin Lancon | |
Nitasha Gill | |
Valérie Bourassa | |
2018-2019 | Quentin Davaux |
Thomas Deluc | |
2019-2020 | Justine Schweizer |
Don Daniel Ocay | |
Calvin Wong | |
2020-2021 | Erika Gentile |
Matthew Mannarino | |
2021-2022 | Shajenth Premachandran |
Minza Haque | |
Nathan Augeard | |
2022-2023 | Alikarami, Elnaz |
Brown, Nichole | |
Osagie, Rachael | |
Qiu, Haoyi | |
Woznowski-Vu, Arthur | |
Zhou, Wen Bo (Sam) Ìý |