EFIC Position Paper: Standards for the management of cancer‐related pain across Europe now open access
Why this paper? Pain is a common symptom in patients who survive cancer and in those who live with progressive advanced disease. Evidence from meta‐analyses suggests that pain remains poorly controlled for a large proportion of patients; barriers to good management...
EFIC-Grünenthal-Grant (E-G-G) Relaunching in 2020
In February 2020, the EFIC-Grünenthal Grant (E-G-G) will reopen applications for its pain research grant worth a total of €200,000. E-G-G is a research grant scheme awarded by the European Pain Federation EFIC and sponsored by the pharmaceutical company Grünenthal...
Meet E-G-G Symposium Speaker: Joukje Oosterman, PhD
“It’s easy for researchers to be confined by their research questions,” says E-G-G winner Joukje Oosterman, PhD. Joukje is a research psychologist with a specialty in the fields of ageing, pain and cognitive performance. However, in the development of the E-G-G...
Meet E-G-G Winner 2018: Jonas Zaman, PhD
“Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity.” – Louis Pasteur Like many researchers, E-G-G winner Jonas Zaman, PhD, moved around a lot for his studies – first completing his Psychology degree in Brussels, a Masters in Neuroscience in Maastricht,...