BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250804T170409EDT-7698Na6pVI@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250804T210409Z DESCRIPTION:Register Here\n\nWe are pleased to announce the upcoming CAnD3 Keynote Address\, the culminating event of our 2024-2025 Training Program. This hybrid event\, hosted annually at the ɬÀï·¬ Faculty Club\, featurin g Professor Anna Zajacova from the University of Western Ontario\, will br ing together Dragon's Den finalists\, CAnD3 alumni\, institutional partner s\, and current Fellows. It commemorates the achievements of our six conse cutive cohorts (2020-2025) and introduces the incoming 2025/2026 Fellows. \n\nThis year\, we are honoured to be having esteemed Professor Anna Zajac ova from the University of Western Ontario as a keynote speaker. With her research focus on chronic pain\, Prof. Zajacova will examine how chronic p ain affects millions but remains poorly understood both in the public imag ination and in population science. This talk will take a population perspe ctive on how pain is defined\, measured\, and distributed—revealing striki ng social inequalities\, surprising measurement challenges\, and emerging insights from new experimental data. The discussion will also touch on pol icy implications\, including the opioid crisis and health care responses. \n\n\nItinerary \n\nDoor opens at 10:00 AM.\n\n10:00 - 10:30 | Public Regi stration with Coffee\n\n10:30 - 11:50 | Keynote Lecture by Prof. Zajacova and Q&A\n\n11:50 - 12:00 | Rapid fire introduction of posters\n\n12:00 -13 :30 | Lunch & poster session 1\n\n13:30 - 14:30 | Dragons' Den Finals \n\n 14:30 - 14:50 | Coffee break\n\n14:50 - 15:50 | Dragons' Den Finals\n\n15: 50 - 16:20 | Coffee break with poster session 2 \n\n16:20 - 16:50 | Partne rs & Fellows Showcase & Q&A\n\n16:50 - 17:15 | Announcement of Dragons' De n Winners & Closing Remarks\n\n17:15 - 18:45 | Cocktail mixer\n\n\nLocatio n \n\nThis is a hybrid event (In-person registration closed). The online p ortion of the event will be held on Zoom\, and the in-person portion will be held at the Faculty Club (3450 McTavish Street) at ɬÀï·¬ in Montreal\, Canada. In-person capacity is limited. If you registered to at tend in-person and can no longer join us\, please notify us at cand3 [at] mcgill.ca.\n\n\nAbout the Speaker\n\nAnna Zajacova\n\n\n\nAnna Zajacova is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Western Ontario. Her resear ch examines chronic pain\, focusing on its social determinants and consequ ences\, and disparities among Canadian and U.S. adults. Since earning a Ph D in Demography and Sociology from Princeton University\, she has publishe d over 90 studies in leading journals such as PAIN\, The Journal of Pain\,  and Demography. Her work\, funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Heal th and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada\, exp lores how pain fits into broader population health patterns.\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250610 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250610 LOCATION:CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0E5\, Hybrid (In-person registration clos ed): Faculty Club\, ɬÀï·¬ & Online\, 3450 McTavish Street SUMMARY:2025 CAnD3 Keynote Address : The Hidden Epidemic: Chronic Pain in S ocial and Demographic Context URL:/cand3/channels/event/2025-cand3-keynote-address-h idden-epidemic-chronic-pain-social-and-demographic-context-362710 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR