Chronic Pain Network / Réseau de douleur chronique

The Chronic Pain Network (CPN) is one of five networks to receive funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) and represents an unprecedented level of collaboration in the field of chronic pain amongst national stakeholders.

Officially launched in 2016, the CPN is a pan-Canadian collaboration of patients, researchers, healthcare professionals, educators, industry, and government policy advisors to direct new research in chronic pain, train researchers and clinicians, and translate findings into knowledge and policy. The Network also provides direct funding to over twenty research projects, covering population studies, behavioural studies, basic science, and clinical trials.

Working with patients as partners, the Network supports, coordinates and synchronizes leading innovative and high-impact research with the ultimate goal of removing barriers to better chronic pain management.

The Chronic Pain Network aims to change the way pain is managed in Canada through improved assessment, prevention and provision of timely and optimal pain management.