Manon Choinière

Manon Choinière is a Full Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the Université de Montréal Faculty of Medicine, with cross-accredited memberships in the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology and the School of Rehabilitation. She focuses on chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) assessment and treatment, opioid therapy effectiveness, and biopsychosocial-economic impacts of chronic pain.

• Education: Ph.D. in Psychology (McGill University)
• Research Interests
  • Development of a Canadian CNCP registry
  • Opioid misuse predictors and clinical practice impacts
  • Knee osteoarthritis diagnostics: clinical/economic implications
  • Knowledge translation in pain research

Her recent work analyzes CNCP trajectories in Quebec's healthcare system, opioid crisis effects on prescribing practices, and multidisciplinary approaches for trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis. She collaborates with institutions like CRCHUM and RQRD (Quebec Pain Research Network).

Key grants include funding from CIHR (Canadian Institutes of Health Research) and FRQS (Quebec Health Research Fund) for projects on pain management in intensive care units, opioid tapering outcomes, and statin-related pain incidence. Current students include Melodie Fanay Boko (M.Sc.) and Sarah Bouchard (M.Sc.), both researching CNCP self-management strategies.