During the 2024 North American Pain School (NAPS), five pain researchers participated in the PRF-NAPS 2024 Correspondents Program. In this episode of the IASP-PRF Podcast, PRF Correspondent Marimée Godbout-Parent spoke with Melanie Noel – a child health and wellness researcher specializing in psychological mechanisms involved in pediatric pain. During their wide-ranging conversation, Noel discussed the inspiration behind her pioneering pediatric pain research, the development of her mentorship style based on her own mentors, and leading the way for other women in pain research.

Podcast participants include:

• Melanie Noel, PhD, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
• Marimée Godbout-Parent, BS Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada