Centre for Pediatric Pain Research

05/19/2026

Join us at the in Bangkok and don’t miss the Hands-On Workshop “Making a Difference: Hands-On Approaches to Mobilizing Pain Research into Practice and Policy.” This half-day pre-congress session immerses you in real-world knowledge-mobilization strategies. Rotate through four stations—implementing health standards, co-creating with patients & communities, influencing policy, and engaging the media—guided by experts like Christine Chambers, Kathryn Birnie, Jaris Swidrovich, and more. Secure your spot at the world’s largest gathering of pain professionals and make a difference in how evidence becomes practice. https://bit.ly/4dICO5l

05/15/2026

05/15/2026

Kangaroo Care, Skin-to-Skin Contact, and Kangaroo Mother Care all refer to the holding of a diaper clad infant bare chest to bare chest in an upright position by a mother, father, parent, or others.

Kangaroo care helps baby’s brains grow and develop, especially in the areas of the brain that control mobility, balance, learning, talking, vision, and emotion. It also decreases the risk of a baby getting infection, helps control their pain, reduces their stress, and regulates sleep.

As if that isn’t enough, kangaroo care increases milk supply and helps to establish breastfeeding. Parent’s who do kangaroo care with their infant report improved mental wellbeing.

May 15 is International Kangaroo Care Awareness Day.

05/06/2026

Interested in The Mayday Fellowship? Apply now at www.maydayfellowship.org to attend the communications workshop, receive 1-on-1 coaching and join the Fellowship community.

05/01/2026

05/01/2026

Apply now for the Mayday Fellowship: www.maydayfellowship.org. Learn communications skills, work to lead the conversation on chronic pain and join a community of top experts, researchers and advocates in the pain field.

04/29/2026

Curious about the research being led by our graduate students? Read our Q&A with Bianca Matthews, a third-year Clinical Psychology PhD student. Bianca’s research examines how racism and systemic injustices shape pain management behaviours of racialized children and youth. Her work centres Black lived experience, pediatric sickle cell disease, and community-engaged research to advance equitable, evidence-based pain care.

Read the full interview here https://buff.ly/h1CtGKN

04/21/2026

A great Fellowship opportunity for pain experts to build communications and advocacy skills to improve pain care. Apply now for the 2026 Mayday Fellowship: www.maydayfellowship.org

04/16/2026

If you are a pain researcher, clinician or expert and are interested in building communications skills to assume a public leadership role in chronic pain, apply for the Mayday Pain & Society Fellowship.

The Mayday Pain & Society Fellowship: Communicating Science & Improving Care The 2024-2025 Mayday Pain…

04/13/2026

⭐Student Research Feature: Bianca Matthews⭐

Bianca is a Clinical Psychology PhD student whose research focuses on inequities in pediatric pain management. Her work examines how racism and systemic factors shape pain experiences and pain management behaviours among racialized children and youth.

Through community-engaged and equity-focused approaches, her research contributes to a stronger evidence base for improving pain care in pediatric health settings.

Thank you to the Dalhousie University - Department of Psychology and Neuroscience for featuring Bianca and her research.

https://www.dal.ca/faculty/science/psychology_neuroscience/news&events/2026/04/08/dalhousie_graduate_research_examines_inequity_in_children_s_pain_management.html

Under our current healthcare system, some children are set up to manage pain under far more difficult conditions than others. Bianca Matthews, a third‑year Clinical Psychology PhD student at Dalhousie University supervised by Dr. Christine Chambers and Dr. Alexandra Neville, studies how racism and...