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Roger B. Fillingim

Roger B. Fillingim PhD

Psychiatry, Pain Medicine
Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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Roger B. Fillingim, Ph.D., a faculty member in the Department of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science, has been a member of the UFCD faculty since 2,000. He also recently joined the UFCD Research Committee. A Clinical Psychologist by training, he has had a longstanding interest in research to address the nation’s most expensive public health problem, chronic pain.

Fillingim directs the UF Pain Research & Intervention Center of Excellence (PRICE), which is supported by the College of Dentistry, the CTSI, the Institute on Aging, and the UF Health Cancer Center. PRICE provides resources in support of clinical and translational pain research and facilitates collaborations among UF pain researchers and other UF programs of research excellence. An important PRICE facility is the Pain Clinical Research Unit, directed by UFCD’s Dr. Joe Riley, which provides a venue for patient-oriented pain research and includes locations in the Clinical Research Center, Institute on Aging, and the Dental Tower.

Fillingim’s research program has focused on understanding the factors that contribute to individual differences in the experience of pain. He and his colleagues have shown consistent sex differences in pain responses, which may contribute to females’ increased risk for chronic pain. In addition, his work has identified several genetic factors that contribute to pain perception and analgesic responses. He also serves as the PI for the Florida site of the NIDCR-funded OPERA (Orofacial Pain: Prospective Evaluation and Risk Assessment) Study, which endeavors to identify risk factors for the development of temporomandibular disorders and related pain conditions.
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