This year, the 14th Congress of the European Pain Federation EFIC will be held in Lyon, France from 24-26 April 2025. As Europe’s most important multi-disciplinary and multi-professional organisation in the field of pain science, we represent 39 constituent national pain societies with over 20,000 scientists, doctors, physiotherapists, nurses, psychologists, and other healthcare professionals. Our core domains of activity focus on education, research and advocacy.
#EFIC2025 offers Early Career Researchers (ECRs) valuable opportunities to advance their careers, present research, and build connections. ECRs can showcase their work in dedicated sessions, join advice panels for practical career tips, and participate in networking events to engage with peers and industry experts. Additionally, first-timer and poster sessions help attendees navigate the congress and connect their research to high-level themes, making #EFIC2025 an ideal platform for learning, inspiration, and collaboration in pain science. Please find the full ECR Programme here: https://europeanpainfederation.eu/efic2025/early-career-researchers/
These sessions from the Scientific Programme are particularly interesting to Early Career Researchers at #EFIC2025:
| Type | Name | Speaker |
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| Plenary Session | ||
| Early-career plenary: Pain as a comorbidity of mental health disorders |
Chair: Sabrina Grundtner, Austria Chair: Madeleine Hau, Switzerland Keira Johnston, United States Léa Becker, United States |
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| Topical Workshops | ||
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Exploring the Intersection of Chronic Pain and Mood and Anxiety Disorders: Insights from a Multidisciplinary Consortium Featuring Early Career Researchers
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Ginevra Sperandio, Germany | |
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Interdisciplinary Approaches to Prevent and Treat the Impact(s) of Psychological , Racism-based, and Socio-political Trauma on Youth and Families with Pain
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Sarah Nelson, United States Richelle Mychasiuk, Australia Anna Hood, United Kingdom |
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| Investigating Brain Networks Relevant to Emotional Pain Processing: Emphasis on Research in Special Pediatric and Adult Populations |
Marina Lopez-Sola, Spain Sarah Nelson, United States Massieh Moayedi, Canada |
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| Cellular and Population-Level Coding of Temperature and Pain in the Rodent and Human Brain |
Alexandra G. Mitchell, Denmark Mikkel Vestergaard, Germany Thomas Nevian, |
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| French Research Network: Advances in Pain Mechanisms and Therapeutic Approaches | ||
| ECR “Pain and Pastries” Sessions | ||
| Pain and Pastries I – ECR Orientation Session | ||
| Pain and Pastries II – After your PhD: perspectives in industry and academia | ||
| Pain and Pastries IV – Publishing and Funding your Research | ||
| ECR “Rising Star” session | ||
| Clinical and Research Masterclasses | ||
| Research Masterclass: Use of routinely collected data and real-world experiments in pain research |
Jan Vollert, United Kingdom Dale Langford, United States David Hohenschurz-Schmidt, United Kingdom |
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| Clinical Masterclass: Self-report tools for psychological constructs |
