Every infant, child, and adolescent will experience pain at times throughout their life. Paediatric pain ranges from acute to chronic, and includes procedural, disease-related, breakthrough, and other types of pain. Despite its ubiquity, pain is often silenced and appropriate relief too infrequently given. Undertreated, unrecognised, or poorly managed pain in young people can have long-lasting negative consequences in later life, including continued chronic pain, disability, and distress. It is time for change. This Lancet Child & Adolescent Health Commission presents four transformative g ..read more

Congratulations to Dr. Margot Latimer who was awarded a CIHR Nursing Chair to Advance Indigenous Community Health Objectives! “As the first Indigenous Research Chair in Nursing in Nova Scotia I am thrilled to have a new infusion of resources to work with communities on their priorities and to deepen and create opportunities for Indigenous nurses to be ready to apply for the next Chair,” Dr. Latimer says. Click here to read more in the Dalhousie University News ..read more

Congratulations to Dr. Christine Chambers who was named the incoming Scientific Director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health (IHDCYH).  “I’m a passionate believer in the power of health research to improve the lives of children and their families. I look forward to engaging with stakeholders – researchers across all career stages and from different disciplines, trainees, health professionals, administrators, policy makers, partners and, importantly, children, youth, and families themselves – to build on IHDCYH’s stron ..read more

Dr. Christine Chambers was featured in a series of articles written by Dr. Perri Klass about children’s pain. Check out the articles featuring our work, which were published by The New York Times below: Managing Children’s Pain After Surgery (January 7, 2019) Taking the Pain Out of Children’s Shots (January 14, 2019) Helping Children Conquer Chronic Pain (January 21, 2019 ..read more

Parents with chronic pain and their children ages 11-17 years are needed for an online research study led by researchers at the IWK Health Centre. For this study, you and your child will be asked to complete a short daily diary once a day for 7 days taking only 5-10 minutes each day to answer the questions. Call us or email to learn more ..read more

We’re proud of our students, Perri Tutelman and Justine Dol, whose work is featured in the Mosaic from Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Health. Justine is working with mothers in Tanzania to help their newborns thrive. And Perri teamed up with Emily Drake to attend CancerCon where they connected with young adults with cancer about finding support. Click here to check it out here on Dalhousie’s Faculty of Health’s Mosaic ..read more

Congratulations to Dr. Marsha Campbell-Yeo and Dr. Christine Chambers who are being honoured with research awards at the Dalhousie Legacy Awards event. Click here to read more ..read more

Tips for navigating your social media presence in this new paper published in Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology written by Perri Tutelman, Justine Dol, Michelle Tougas, and Christine Chambers. FREE to download at: http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/features/cpp-cpp0000228.pdf ..read more

We’re excited to announce a new blog post written by Dr. Christine Chambers for the Canadian Association of Paediatric Health Centres (CAPHC) on pain management in children over the last 50 years, and how it’s time to bust out of our silos! Check it out by clicking here. You can also watch our latest video about the #ItDoesntHaveToHurt initiative with footage from our live event at Twitter Canada headquarters last year. This video shares experiences of patients, parents, researchers, and other stakeholders who were engaged in the #ItDoesntHaveToHurt initiative co-led ..read more

“Research shows that preparing kids decreases their anxiety and fear, and increases their cooperativeness. And just the act of preparing your child will help you feel more prepared, too.” Dr. Christine Chambers says the key preparing a child for a hospital visit is to come up with a plan that will make things easier for everyone involved, right from the start. Read the article in Today’s Parent to learn more ..read more