Belgian Pain Society
Young Researchers Day 2027
The next generation in pain research
Wanneer: zaterdag 20/03/2027
Locatie: Universiteit van Luik
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Keynote presentation 1
Keynote presentation 2
Vincent Bonhomme
Vincent Bonhomme is head of Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at the Liege University Hospital, Liege, which includes the Interdisciplinary Center of Algology, and Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Liege, Belgium. He is also the Principal Investigator of the Anesthesia and Perioperative Neuroscience Laboratory, GIGA-Consciousness Thematic Unit, GIGA Research, Liege University, Belgium. He is board member and Past President of the Belgian Society of Anesthesiology, Perioperative medicine and Pain management, an Effective Member of the Belgian Royal Academy of Medicine, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Acta Anaesthesiologica Belgica, and has hold several poisitons at the European Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care. His main clinical activity englobes neurosurgical anesthesiology and algology. He has long been involved in clinical and fundamental research, with main topics of interest including, among others, the brain mechanisms of the alteration of consciousness during general anesthesia and nociception monitoring, as well as several clinical studies about the management of chronic pain patients. He is the author or co-author of more than 200 publications.
Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse
Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse is a neuropsychologist, Associate Professor, and PhD in Medical Sciences. Her research focuses on modified states of consciousness such as hypnosis, virtual reality hypnosis, and trance states derived from traditional practices. As a researcher within the Algology Interdisciplinary Centre of the University Hospital of Liège, she also leads the Conscious Care Lab, a research unit of GIGA Consciousness at the University of Liège. Her work aims to develop research paradigms to evaluate the clinical value of techniques involving hypnosis, virtual reality, and various trance-based practices for improving patients’ overall well-being—in contexts such as chronic pain, oncology, and intensive care. She also investigates the neural correlates of these states in order to better understand the underlying mechanisms of consciousness modulation.
Lorris Ardizonne
Anesthesiologist, intensivist and pain physician at the University Hospital of Liège (CHU de Liège), Belgium
My clinical and research interests focus on perioperative medicine, acute and chronic pain management, regional anaesthesia, and critical care. I am particularly interested in improving multimodal and opioid-sparing analgesic strategies, the prevention and treatment of persistent postsurgical pain, as well as the translation of evidence-based pain management approaches into daily clinical practice. My work also includes emergency medicine and the optimisation of clinical pathways for patients with acute pain and complex perioperative needs.
Cécile Staquet
MD, PhD - Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, CHU Liège, University of Liège, Belgium
Neuropathic pain, low back pain, neuromodulation for chronic pain, and the clinical management of chronic pain
Lisa Bernaers
Postdoctoral researcher at Spine, Head and Pain Research Unit, Ghent University
Musculoskeletal pain, with a particular focus on low back pain, return to work, multidisciplinary rehabilitation, and telehealth in working populations.
Jade Mosselmans
PhD candidate at the University of Leuven; University of Antwerp (MOVANT research group); Pain in Motion International Research Consortium; CarEdOn Research Group, University Hospital of Antwerp (UZA) and Leuven (UZLeuven)
Biomarker research on pain following cancer treatment, including persistent pain after surgery and chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (blood-based biomarkers, bioelectrical impedance analysis, and brain MRI)
Julie Van Eetvelde
PhD student at the university of Hasselt and the university of Antwerp, Faculty of medicine and health sciences.
Investigating high intensity training in the chronic low back pain population, specifically on psychosocial factors and work ability.
Iris Meuwissen
Physiotherapist, PhD researcher and teaching assistant at the University of Antwerp and Hasselt University Department of Rehabilitation Medicine.
Chronic non-specific low back pain, high intensity training, and pain neuroscience education.
Alireza Teymouri
Urogenital, Abdominal and Plastic Surgery Unit, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Groin hernia repair; chronic postoperative inguinal pain (CPIP); patient satisfaction; prediction modeling
Arthur Courtin
-Postodoctoral Researcher (FNRS CR), Institute of Neuroscience, UCLouvain, Belgium.
-Scientific Collaborator, Center for Functionally Integrative Neuroscience, Aarhus University, Denmark.
My research investigates how the brain makes perceptual decisions about temperature and pain, in both physiological and pathological conditions. In this context, I am interested in the factors influencing the strength and precision of thermonociceptive signals; the computations used by the brain to interpret these signals; how the brain learns from prior experiences and uses the resulting expectations to shape its interpretation of these signals (placebo/nocebo effects); and how the brain leverages cues from other sensory modalities to optimize the treatment of these signals. To do so, I combine psychophysics, EEG, fMRI, and hierarchical Bayesian computational modeling to probe the computations underlying these processes and relate them to neural markers of thermosensory and nociceptive processing.
Alexandru Berki-Stir
PhD researcher at the Pain in Motion Research Group (PAIN), Department of Physiotherapy, Human Physiology and Anatomy (KIMA), Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium, and physiotherapist at the multidisciplinary MAZI clinic in Brussels.
Bridging clinical practice and research, focusing on the interaction between chronic musculoskeletal pain and psychological factors, particularly anxiety. Exploring how these factors can be better identified and addressed by integrating psychologically informed approaches into evidence-based physiotherapy, with the aim of developing more personalized, effective, and clinically relevant rehabilitation.
Delphine Lejeune
PhD student in neurophysiology laboratory at GIGA-Neurosciences.
Anesthesiologist in visceral surgery and in pain clinic at CHU Liege.
My research focuses on the role of lidocaine in chronic pain, with particular interest in its potential modulation of NMDA receptor–mediated signalling. I investigate how lidocaine may influence glutamatergic neurotransmission, central sensitization, and pain processing beyond its established voltage-gated sodium-channel blockade. Through experimental and translational approaches, my work aims to clarify the mechanisms underlying lidocaine’s analgesic effects and to identify clinically relevant strategies for improving the prevention and treatment of chronic pain.
Huanyu Xiong
PhD researcher in the Pain in Motion research group, Department of Physiotherapy, Human Physiology and Anatomy (KIMA), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium
Exercise-induced hypoalgesia and hyperalgesia in patients with chronic pain; neuromodulation and non-invasive brain stimulation for chronic pain; pain biology; and epigenetic mechanisms underlying pain.
Yanis Mouheb
Neurobiologist and PhD researcher in cognitive neuroscience and consciousness science at the Conscious Care Lab, GIGA Consciousness, University of Liège
My research investigates the use of non-pharmacological approaches, particularly virtual reality hypnosis, to modulate pain, anxiety, and subjective experience in oncology settings. My broader interests include altered states of consciousness, the experiential mechanisms underlying analgesia, and contemplative neuroscience.
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