Nadine Attal, MD, PhD, is a neurologist, Professor of Therapeutics and Pain Medicine at Paris Saclay University, head of The Pain Center at Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Boulogne-Billancourt, France and associate director of the U 987 INSERM research Unit. She has played a leading role in translational research in pain and has published in leading journals. She is section editor for BJA and PainReports and Councilmember of the International Association for the Study of Pain. She was appointed <"chevalier de la létion d'honneur>" in 2016, and received awards from the French Science Academy (2017) and the Rynd Award from the Irish Society of Anesthesiologists (2022).
Dr. Didier Bouhassira (MD, PhD) has been trained in neurology and neurophysiology in Paris. He has been involved in both basic and clinical research on pain and is currently Director of Research at the National Institut for Health and Medical Research (Inserm). He is associate attending neurologist in the Pain Clinic at Ambroise Par'e hospital in Boulogne-Billancourt and director of the laboratory of "Pathophysiology and Clinical Pharmacology of Pain" (Inserm U-987). Didier Bouhassira was president of the French Pain Society (2013-2016) and is an active member of several international associations or societies. He has been field editor for the European Journal of Pain (2008-2021) and associate editor for several scientific journals including Pain. He has co-authored over 220 articles in peer reviewed journals and has written a number of book chapters devoted to the pharmacology and pathophysiology of pain.
