Awards

  • Pain Fellowships

    Pain Fellowships

    Deadline to apply: November 15, 2022
    Funding available: up to 3 awards of $60,000 per year

    These fellowships aim to encourage and support pain research training and provide salary support to individuals with an exceptional background and an interest in a career path related to pain. Successful candidates of these awards will have the opportunity to work with faculty who are conducting innovative research and are considered among the best in their field.  For more details, click here.

  • Graduate Studentships

    Graduate Studentships

    Deadline to apply: November 15, 2022
    Funding available: up to 3 awards of $20,000 per year 

    The awards are designed for candidates who have an exemplary academic record and are interested in pain research within the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care (IPRC). This program is funded by an endowment through the generosity of Mr. Michael G. DeGroote. For more details, click here.

  • Seed Grants

    Seed Grants

    Deadline to apply: November 15, 2022
    Funding available:  up to 3 awards of $30,000 per year

    The Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care Seed Grants will provide principal investigators with an opportunity to apply for funds to pursue leading-edge research in pain, following the model of using persistent post-surgical pain to understand chronic pain. The objective is that it will lead to and support grant applications for other major external funding competitions.  For more details, click here.

  • Catalyst Grant

    Catalyst Grant

    Deadline to apply: November 15, 2022
    Funding available: one grant funded up to $60,000

    MIRA and the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care (IPRC) will co-fund a catalyst grant supporting a project that stimulates new collaborations and allows the collection of preliminary data on research that considers pain and aging as central themes. Interdisciplinary teams, involving researchers from at least three different McMaster Faculties, are invited to submit proposals that have clear potential benefits for older adults. A matching contribution of at least $10,000 (at least $5,000 cash, up to $5,000 may be in-kind) is required. For more details, click here or to download the application, click here.

Past Recipients

Pain Fellowships

PLACEHOLDER TITLE

Malahat Khalili
PhD
Supervisors: Behnam Sadeghirad / Jason Busse
Project: A network meta-analysis to explore prophylactic treatment for chronic migraines

Shirin Modarresi
PhD
Supervisor: Lisa Carlesso
Project: Improving conservative management options for people with knee osteoarthritis (OA)

Graduate Studentships

PLACEHOLDER TITLE

Maram Khaled
PhD Candidate
Supervisor: Maura Marcucci 
Project: Persistent Post-surgical Pain, Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction and Resilience in older people undergoing elective knee surgery: a mixed method project to explore associations and underlying mechanisms

Seed Grants

PLACEHOLDER TITLE

Harsha Shanthanna
IPRC Member
Project: Opioid Reduction in Orthopedic Surgery (OREOS): A feasibility randomized controlled trial in total knee replacement patients

Gurmit Singh
IPRC Member
Co-Investigator: Yong Fang Zhu
Project: Artificial Intelligence to improve understanding of the biological mechanism(s) of chronic neuropathic pain

Catalyst Grant

PLACEHOLDER TITLE

Aimee Nelson
Science, Engineering, Health Science
Project: Corticomuscular coherence brain-computer interface to treat chronic neck pain

Graduate Studentships

PLACEHOLDER TITLE

Nora Bakaa
PhD Candidate
Supervisor: Luciana Macedo 
Project: Prehabilitation Program for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Seed Grants

PLACEHOLDER TITLE

Harsha Shanthanna
IPRC Member
Project: Pilot Study of Association of BIOmarkers and Neuropathic Pain with Intercostobrachial Nerves Sparing in breast surgery to improve Persistent post-surgical pain-an International RandomizEd controlled trial (BIO-INSPIRE)

 

Fei Geng
IPRC Member
Project: Who is susceptible to developing CPSP? A high-throughput clinical proteomics-based approach for the prediction of susceptibility

Catalyst Grants

PLACEHOLDER TITLE

Maura Marcucci
Departments of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI)
Project: Persistent Post-surgical Pain, Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction, and Resilience in older people undergoing elective knee surgery: a mixed method project to explore associations and underlying mechanisms.

Seed Grants

PLACEHOLDER TITLE

Jason Busse
IPRC Member
Co-Investigators: Norm Buckley, Ian Gilron and James Khan
Project: Persistent Post-Surgical Pain Survey

Gurmit Singh
IPRC Member
Project: A temporal evaluation of Cannabidiolic Acid-Methyl Ester administration: Can post surgically induced neuropathic pain be blunted by early intervention in a preclinical Rat model?

Catalyst Grants

PLACEHOLDER TITLE
Pasqualina Santaguida
Departments of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI)
Co-PI: Qiyin Fang (Engineering), Stuart Philips (Sciences)
Project: Feasibility study to assess the added value of Integrated Musculoskeletal BiofFeedback Device (IMBED) combined with neuromuscular exercise and education (GLA-Dtm) to decrease chronic pain in older adults with osteoarthritis

Pain Fellowships

PLACEHOLDER TITLE

Cheryl Chow
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Psychology
Supervisors: Drs. Norm Buckley and Louis Schmidt
Project: Predictors and Trajectories of Pediatric Post-Surgical Pain

Xiaoqin Wang
Postdoctoral Fellow
Supervisor: Dr. Jason Busse
Project: Interventional Pain Therapies for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain

Graduate Studentships

PLACEHOLDER TITLE

Chad Brown
PhD Candidate
Supervisor: Dr. Gurmit Singh
Project: A Human Neuronal Model of Pain to Identify Novel Drug Therapies

Carley Ouellette
MSc Candidate
Supervisor: Dr. Mike McGillion
Project: The SMArTVIEW Nurse: A Novel Nursing Approach to Pain Assessment and Postoperative Management Through Virtual Hospital-to-Home Recovery Support

Seed Grants

PLACEHOLDER TITLE

Harsha Shanthanna
IPRC Member
Project: Topicals for Osteoarthritis Pain In Knee Surgery (TOPIKS): A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Gurmit Singh
IPRC Member
Co-PI: Katja Lihner-Melville
Project: Analgesic Effects to Cannabinoids in an Animal Model of Post-Surgical Chronic Pain: An Examination of Mechanism(s) for Sex Differences

James Paul
IPRC Member
Co-PI: Victoria Borg Debono
Project: An Investigation into the Effectiveness of a New Transitional Pain Service (TPS) on Opioid Cessation After a Broad Range of Surgeries Done at Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) and its Affiliated Hospitals

Catalyst Grants

PLACEHOLDER TITLE
Luciana Macedo
IPRC Member
Co-PI: Lisa Carlesso
Project: A User-Centered Approach to Develop a Pre-Surgical Rehabilitation Program for Patients with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Pain Fellowships

PLACEHOLDER TITLE
Katja Linher-Melville
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Pathology
Supervisor: Gurmit Singh
Project: Evaluating the Efficacy of Cannabidiol and Pregabalin to Manage Surgically
Induced Neuropathic Pain in a Female Preclinical Rat Model: Do T Cells Play a Role?

Seed Grants

PLACEHOLDER TITLE

Jason Busse
IPRC Member
Project: Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Persistent use of Opioids After Surgery: A Meta-Analysis

Gurmit Singh
IPRC Member
Co-PI: Katja Lihner-Melville
Project: Evaluating the Efficacy of Cannabidiol and Pregabalin to Manage Surgically Induced
Neuropathic Pain in a Female Pre-Clinical Rat Model: Do T Cells Play a Role?

Pain Fellowships

PLACEHOLDER TITLE

Vahid Ashoorion
MD, MSc, PhD
Supervisor: Jason Busse
Project: Prevalence and Predictors of Chronic Pain Following Inguinal Herniorrhaphy

Tara Packham
PhD
Supervisor: Jason Busse
Project: Understanding the Evolution of Persistent Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery: A Mixed-Methods Study

Seed Grants

PLACEHOLDER TITLE

Gurmit Singh
IPRC Member
Project: Neuroprotective Mechanism(s) of Progesterone and Pregablin Treatment of Chronic Neuropathic Pain

Jason Busse
IPRC Member
Project: Feasibility of a Definitive Trial to Evaluate the Effect of Cannabinoid Oil, Versus Placebo, on PPSP and
Functional Outcomes in Patients Undergoing TKA

 

Health Sciences

Institute for Pain Research & Care
Location

MDCL-2101
McMaster University
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, ON
L8S 4K1

Office Hours

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Contact Information

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Fax: 905-523-1224
Email: npc@mcmaster.ca

 
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