Roger Fillingim

Department of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, United States of America

Current Position: Professor, Tenured
University of Florida College of Dentistry
Department of Community Dentistry & Behavioral Science
Staff Psychologist
North Florida South Georgia VA Health System

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENTS
1984 B.A., Psychology, Mercer University, Summa Cum Laude
1987 M.A., Clinical Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
1988-1989 Merit Fellowship, University of Alabama at Birmingham
1989 Dean’s Award, Outstanding Graduate Student in the Social Sciences,
University of Alabama at Birmingham
1990 Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1989 - 1990 Predoctoral Internship: Duke University Medical Center. Durham, North
Carolina
1990 - 1992 Clinical Psychologist: Pain Management Center, Memorial Regional
Rehabilitation Center. Jacksonville, FL
1991 - 1992 Consulting Psychologist: Joslin Diabetes Clinic. Jacksonville, FL
1992-1993 Program Director, Functional Restoration Program, Treasure Coast
Rehabilitation Hospital. Vero Beach, FL
1993-1994 Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of North Carolina, School of
Dentistry. Chapel Hill, NC
1994-1996 Research Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina, School of
Dentistry. Chapel Hill, NC
1996-2000 Assistant Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of
Psychology. Birmingham, AL
2000-2006 Associate Professor, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Public Health.

Services and Research. Gainesville, FL
2001-present Staff Psychologist, North Florida South Georgia VA Health System,
Gainesville, FL
2006-present Professor, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Department of
Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science. Gainesville, FL

My research investigates biological, social, and psychological factors that may influence the experience of pain. Pain is perhaps the most widespread and expensive health problem in the United States. My research uses standard psychophysical, or sensory testing, procedures to assess people’s responses to pain. The major line of research in my laboratory focuses on how women and men experience pain differently. Women generally report more pain in daily life than men, and they also show lower pain thresholds. We are also interested in understanding the reasons for these differences, and his research examines psychosocial factors (e.g. mood, coping, sex roles) as well as physiological variables such as hormone levels and blood pressure. In addition, we are studying whether pain-relieving medications work differently for women and men and whether sex hormones can change the effectiveness of pain medicines. I have also investigated certain pain disorders, especially those that are more common in women than men, including TMJ pain. More recently, we have begun examining ethnic differences in the experience of pain, and we would like to expand this line of research in the future. My research is primarily funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Faculty Member: Anesthesiology & Pain Management > Pain Management: Chronic Clinical (since 14 August 2007)

All recent recommendations

• 6.0
  Cutaneous C-fiber pain abnormalities of fibromyalgia patients are specifically related to temporal summation.
  Recommended by Roger Fillingim
  
• 6.0
  Principle components analysis of pain thresholds to thermal, electrical, and mechanical stimuli suggests a predominant common source of variance.
  Recommended by Roger Fillingim
  
• 6.0
  Gender differences in brain activity evoked by muscle and cutaneous pain: A retrospective study of single-trial fMRI data.
  Recommended by Roger Fillingim
  
• 6.6
  Prediction of chronic post-operative pain: Pre-operative DNIC testing identifies patients at risk.
  Recommended by Ruth Landau, Roger Fillingim, Robert Edwards with Claudia Campbell , Audun Stubhaug
  
• 4.8
  Decreased central mu-opioid receptor availability in fibromyalgia.
  Recommended by Jianren Mao, Roger Fillingim
  
• 6.0
  Individual differences in pain sensitivity: Genetic and environmental contributions.
  Recommended by Roger Fillingim