Editor’s note: This is the latest in a series of weekly PRF seminars designed to help keep the pain research community connected during the COVID-19 pandemic and to provide all members of our community with virtual educational opportunities. The seminar series is supported by the Center for Advanced Pain Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas, US.
The IASP Pain Research Forum hosted an Ask Me Anything seminar with Christine Chambers, PhD, RPsych, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, on Thursday, January 21, 2021, from noon-1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (US)/5-6 p.m. GMT/6-7 p.m. CET. Melanie Noel, PhD, RPsych, University of Calgary, Canada, moderated the seminar.
A recording of the seminar is available on IASP's Pain Education Resource Center (PERC) here.
About this event
Here is your chance to ask Dr. Christine Chambers ANYTHING you want!
Maybe you’d like to ask Christine about the latest research in pediatric pain, including developmental, psychological, and social influences on children’s pain. Perhaps you’re interested in Christine’s knowledge translation and dissemination work such as her It Doesn’t Have to Hurt project and how investigators can use the power of social media to spread their research findings. And what about the power of partnership in knowledge dissemination? Here you could ask Christine about Solution for Kids in Pain, whose mission is to improve children's pain management by mobilizing evidence-based solutions through coordination and collaboration. You might also like to ask Christine about her new role as scientific director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)’s Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health. Questions about career development, women in science, juggling family and career during the pandemic, and more – anything and everything is fair game! Join us on January 21 for what promises to be a stimulating and enlightening event – and a lot of fun, too!
About Christine
Christine Chambers, PhD, RPsych, is a clinical psychologist, Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Children’s Pain and Killam Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience and Pediatrics at Dalhousie University. She is the scientific director of Solutions for Kids in Pain (SKIP), a national knowledge mobilization network, and scientific director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health. Her research is aimed at improving the assessment and management of children’s pain. She was identified by the Women’s Executive Network as one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women, and is a leader and innovator in patient engagement, partnerships, and the mobilization of health research.
About the moderator
Melanie Noel, PhD, RPsych, is an associate professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Calgary and a full member of the Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute and the Hotchkiss Brain Institute. She directs the Alberta Children’s Pain Research Lab within the Vi Riddell Pain & Rehabilitation Centre at the Alberta Children’s Hospital in Canada. Dr. Noel’s expertise is on children’s memories for pain, and co-occurring mental health issues and pediatric chronic pain. She published guiding conceptual models of children’s pain memory development, co-occurring PTSD and chronic pain, and fear-avoidance (113 peer-reviewed papers, H index = 31). In recognition of her contributions to advancing knowledge of the psychological aspects of children’s pain, Dr. Noel received early career awards from the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), the Canadian Pain Society, the American Pain Society, the Canadian Psychological Association, and the Society of Pediatric Psychology. She was named Avenue Magazine Calgary’s Top 40 Under 40 (Class of 2017) and a Killam Emerging Research Leader (2020).
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We thank the Center for Advanced Pain Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas, US, for its support of the PRF seminar series.
