About

Our lab studies ways to improve the measurement and management of cancer pain and to identify biopsychosocial risk and protective factors—namely, biological factors (the effects of the disease itself), psychological factors (the meaning attributed to pain), and social factors (caregiving context). Our research aims to enhance understanding of these factors across the entire cancer trajectory, from diagnosis, through treatment and disease progression, to the post-treatment disease-free survivorship phase, and across the adult lifespan.

 

We use a diverse array of designs (survey; consensus-based decision-making; community-based participatory research; clinical studies using longitudinal, mixed-methods, and dyadic designs) and assessment methodologies (patient-reported outcomes, clinician-reported outcomes, and quantitative sensory testing) to better understand cancer pain.  

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We gratefully acknowledge support for our work from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Quebec Pain Research Network, the Quebec Research Network in Palliative and End-of-Life Care, the Canadian Pain Society, and the Fondation J.-Louis Lévesque. 

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We are especially grateful to the people who participate in our studies and the people with whom we collaborate, who make our work possible.