Staff Directory

Nancy Julien, Ph. D.

Professeure titulaire

Unité d'enseignement et de recherche en sciences de la santé

Campus de Rouyn-Noranda

Room :: D-520
Phone :: 819 762-0971 ext 2591 (opens in a new tab)
Toll-free :: +1 877 870-8728 ext 2591 (opens in a new tab)

Email :: nancy.julien@uqat.ca (opens in a new tab)

Education

Ph. D., Université de Sherbrooke et UQAT, Sciences cliniques, 2008
Programme court de 2^e cycle, UQAT, Traitement de la lombalgie chronique, 2000
M. Sc., Université McGill, Nutritional Sciences, 1998
B. Sc., Université McGill, Nutritional Sciences, 1996

Areas of expertise

Formation des professionnels de la santé et douleur
Douleur chronique et peuples autochtones
Mécanismes de freinage de la douleur / pleine conscience (mindfulness) et gestion de la douleur

Publications

Source: ORCID (opens in a new tab)

2025

A sex- and gender-based analysis plus of frequent healthcare utilization among individuals living with chronic pain: a cohort study

Journal article
BMC Health Services Research

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-025-13374-5 (opens in a new tab)
Physicians’ and patients’ perceived risks of chronic pain medication and co-medications in Quebec, Canada: a cross-sectional study

Journal article
BMC Primary Care

DOI: 10.1186/s12875-025-02704-5 (opens in a new tab)

2024

Changing society, changing research: Integrating gender to better understand physical and psychological treatments use in chronic pain management

Journal article
Pain

DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003072 (opens in a new tab)
Where we live matters: a comparison of chronic pain treatment between remote and non-remote regions of Quebec, Canada

Journal article
Frontiers in Pain Research

DOI: 10.3389/fpain.2024.1291101 (opens in a new tab)

2022

Prevalence of cannabis use for pain management in Quebec: A post-legalization estimate among generations living with chronic pain

Journal article
Canadian Journal of Pain

DOI: 10.1080/24740527.2022.2051112 (opens in a new tab)

2019

The importance of chronic pain education and awareness amongst occupational safety and health professionals

Journal article
Journal of Pain Research

DOI: 10.2147/JPR.S202041 (opens in a new tab)

2018

Review of chronic non-cancer pain research among Aboriginal people in Canada

Journal article
International Journal for Quality in Health Care

DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzx195 (opens in a new tab)

2015

Prevalence and determinants of cannabinoid prescription for the management of chronic noncancer pain: a postal survey of physicians in the Abitibi-Temiscamingue region of Quebec

Journal article
CMAJ Open

DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20140095 (opens in a new tab)

2012

Traditional use of medicinal plants in the boreal forest of Canada: Review and perspectives

Journal article
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-8-7 (opens in a new tab)

2009

Fibromyalgia subgroups: Profiling distinct subgroups using the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire. A preliminary study

Journal article
Rheumatology International

DOI: 10.1007/s00296-008-0722-5 (opens in a new tab)

2007

Changes in pain perception and descending inhibitory controls start at middle age in healthy adults

Journal article
Clinical Journal of Pain

DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31806a23e8 (opens in a new tab)

2006

Endogenous pain inhibitory systems activated by spatial summation are opioid-mediated

Journal article
Neuroscience Letters

DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.03.032 (opens in a new tab)

2005

Widespread pain in fibromyalgia is related to a deficit of endogenous pain inhibition

Journal article
Pain

DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2004.12.032 (opens in a new tab)

2000

Temporal modulation of nephrotoxicity, feeding, and drinking in gentamicin-treated rats

Journal article
Physiology & Behavior

DOI: 10.1016/s0031-9384(99)00217-6 (opens in a new tab)