Belgian Pain Society (BPS)
The Belgian Pain Society, Belgian chapter of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) and the European Pain Federation (EFIC), is a multidisciplinary scientific association which brings together medical and non-medical professionals involved in the management of chronic and acute pain. The goal of our association is to support education for the treatment of pain, stimulate pain research, improve patient care by creating a network optimized for the correct pain management, and participate in the public health care.
Annual BPS congress - 01/06/2024
Sex, gender and chronic pain
Persbericht/Communiqué de presse Zona
Belgische geriaters, pijnspecialisten en patiënten benadrukken de zware tol van
zona tijdens de week van de bewustwording van zona 2024/ Les gériatres belges, les spécialistes de la douleur et les patents mettent en évidence le lourd bilan du zona lors de la semaine de sensibilisation du zona 2024
BPS Young Researchers Day 22 April 2023
After a first successful edition of the BPS Young Researchers Day (YRD) in 2020, a second edition will be organised Saturday April 22nd 2023. The event, hosted at Ghent University, will bring together young researchers and clinicians having an interest in basic or clinical research in the field of pain in Belgium. The event provides a unique opportunity to get to know each other, to learn about the current novelties in pain research carried out by ‘the next generation in pain’, to interact and exchange ideas and foster “bench-to-bedside” collaborations.
13th Congress of the European Pain Federation EFIC 20-23 September 2023
The 13th Congress of the European Pain Federation EFIC® will be held in Budapest, Hungary from 20-22 September 2023. Under the theme of ‘Personalised Pain Management: The Future is Now’, EFIC is putting together an ambitious programme of lectures, workshops, refresher courses and networking initiatives on acute, chronic, cancer and non-cancer pain.
In addition to the latest developments in basic, translational and clinical science, we will also focus on pain management in primary care , as well as multimodal interdisciplinary care.
