#EFIC2025 for Early Career Researchers
The #EFIC2025 Congress features a number of sessions and activities dedicated to early career researchers.
ECR PLENARY PRESENTATIONS
At #EFIC2025, we are excited to provide Early Career Researchers with an opportunity to present and highlight their research. Be sure to attend these sessions on Thursday, 24 April:
Pain as a comorbidity of mental health disorders
- Speaker: Keira Johnston (United States)
Preclinical research on the neurobiology of depression and its comorbidity with chronic pain
- Speaker: Léa Becker (United States)
NEWCOMERS ORIENTATION SESSION
First time attending an EFIC Congress? Join us for the orientation session to go through key practical questions, understand the programme better and what are the highlights for early career researchers.
When – Thursday, 24 April 2024, 8:00 – 9:00 CET
Where – Pathways Lab – Rhône 1
Who – Open to all attendees
ECR ADVICE SESSIONS
With our ECR advice sessions, we provide discussions on topics relevant to the professional growth and wider skillset of pain researchers. These ‘softer’ sessions compliment the hard science of the workshops and plenaries and can provide some more practical advice and inspiration.
Pain & Pastries – After your PhD: perspectives in industry and academia
Friday, 25 April – 08:00-09:00 CET
Room: Pathways Lab – Rhône 1
Receive advice on how to look for post-docs, industry jobs, and other opportunities for the life after your PhD
Pain & Pastries – Integrating research into your clinical practice
Friday, 25 April – 08:00-09:00 CET
Room: Rhône 2
Find out more about how to remain active in research while doing clinical work
Pain & Pastries – Funding and publishing your research
Saturday, 26 April – 08:00-09:00 CET
Room: Pathways Lab – Rhône 1
Listen to presentations from editors on pain-specific grant schemes and receive general grant writing advice
Introducing the EFIC Rising Stars Programme
Saturday, 26 April – 16:00-17:45 CET
Room: Rhône 2
EFIC is excited to introduce a new project dedicated to supporting early career researchers in pain science. This initiative focuses on fostering professional growth through advice sessions, webinars, discussion groups and more. Join us as we unveil this at #EFIC2025 and use the opportunity to tell us what you think is most valuable for you.
ECR NETWORKING PARTY
Join other early career researchers (and anyone else who wants to get involved) to meet other people working in and excited by pain science. Make contacts and share experiences with others going down a similar career path. This was a huge hit in 2023 and is sure to sell out.
When – Friday evening
Where – F&K Bistro Club, 13 Place Jules Ferry, 69006 Lyon – https://www.f-and-k.fr/
Who – Open to all attendees but separate registration required (additional fee: 42 EUR incl. VAT)
POSTER NETWORKING
At #EFIC2025, all posters will have a dedicated area and time for presentation, whether it’s during the regular poster sessions, oral presentations, guided poster walks or the informal poster presentation during our welcome and networking reception.
When – Throughout the programme
Where – Poster area
Who – Open to all attendees
POSTER WALKS
EFIC offer the opportunity for poster presenters to take part in guided ‘poster walks’, capturing an audience and having a senior research leader moderate and initiate discussions. This year we are integrating the posters with the more high-level programme themes by grouping poster walks thematically and linking them to workshops.
When – Throughout the programme
Where – Exhibition area
Who – Open to all attendees
