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HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES
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The week leading up to Remembrance Day is both Veterans’ Week and National Pain Awareness Week, and Canadian veterans continue to serve their country by supporting leading-edge research at Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) aimed at helping fellow veterans manage chronic pain.
The veterans are sharing their stories, including why they’re supporting research into chronic pain management.
“Connecting with the pain clinic was life changing for me, and taking part in research that could help other veterans is my way of giving back,” says retired soldier John Brown.
“Completing the pain program was the greatest experience I’ve had for treatment,” says retired RCMP officer Cameron Kowalski. “I joined the RCMP to serve. It’s instinctive in my DNA, and supporting research through my work at the centre allows me to continue to serve by helping veterans.”
Brown and Kowalski completed the intensive pain management program at the HHS Michael G. DeGroote Pain Clinic, where they learned about opportunities to support research aimed at improving the lives of veterans living with chronic pain.
Brown participates in studies while Kowalski took a leadership role as director of operations with the CPCoE, a Hamilton-based research centre established by Veterans Affairs Canada with HHS and McMaster University as stakeholders. It is Canada’s only research centre specializing in veterans’ chronic pain and its mission is to improve the well-being of veterans and their families.
To read these full stories, please visit https://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/share/veterans-supporting-research-studies/.
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