Gilles Lavigne, DMD (U de Montreal, Canada), PhD (U of Toronto, Canada), and FRCD (Oral medicine, Georgetown U, USA), completed his postdoctoral training on the neurobiology of pain at NIH, Bethesda, USA. He received a Doctor Honoris causa from the Faculty of Medicine and dentistry, Zenntrum für Zahnmedizin, University of Zurich, Switzerland. He holds a Canada Research Chair in Pain, Sleep & Trauma and has been Dean of the Faculty of Dental Medicine at the Université de Montréal, Canada (2008-2016). He was President of the Canadian Sleep Society and President of the Canadian Pain Society. ...