Tim Salomons
Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior
1500 Highland Avenue, Rm. A-132
Madison, WI 53705
(608) 263-1968

Downloadable C.V. (pdf)

Education

Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology), 09/2002-Ongoing
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Graduate Advisor: Richard J. Davidson, Ph.D.

Bachelor of Science (Psychology), 01/1997-05/2002
University of Toronto/ McGill University

Bachelor of Arts (English Literature), 08/1988-05/1993
University of Toronto

Peer Reviewed Publications

  1. Salomons, T.V., Coan, J.A., Hunt, S.M., Backonja, M.M., & Davidson, R.J. (In Press) Voluntary Facial Displays of Pain Increase Suffering In Response to Nociceptive Stimulation. The Journal of Pain.
  2. Salomons TV, Johnstone T, Backonja MM, Shackman AS, Davidson RJ. (2007) Individual Differences in the Effects of Perceived Controllability on Pain Perception: Critical Role of the Prefrontal Cortex. The Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 19(6):993-2003.
  3. Salomons TV, Johnstone T, Backonja MM & Davidson RJ. (2004). Perceived controllability modulates the neural response to pain. The Journal of Neuroscience. 24(32):7199-203.
  4. Salomons TV, Osterman JE., Gagliese L. & Katz J. (2004). Pain flashback in posttraumatic stress disorder. The Clinical Journal of Pain. 20(2): 83-7.
  5. Salomons TV, Wowk A, Fanning A, Chan V. & Katz J. (2002). Factors associated with refusal to enter a clinical trial: Epidural anaesthesia is a deterrent to participation, Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia 49(6): 583-587.

Published Abstracts

  1. Salomons, T.V., Nusslock, R., Detloff, A., Johnstone, T., Backonja, M.M., Abramson, L.Y., & Davidson, R.J. (2007). Neural correlates of human helplessness. Psychophysiology, 44, S50.
  2. Salomons, T.V., Coan, J.A., Hunt, S.M., Backonja, M.M., & Davidson, R.J. (2005) Assessing the impact of the ‘pain face’: Modulation of the pain experience by a voluntary facial display. The Journal of Pain, 6(3), (Supp 1), S64.
  3. Salomons TV, Wowk A, Fanning A, & Katz J. (2001). Factors contributing to patient participation in a clinical trial involving epidural anesthesia. The Journal of Pain, 2 (Suppl. 1), A625, 7.

Conference Presentations

  1. Salomons TV, Nusslock R, Detloff A, Johnstone I, Backonja MM, Abramson LY, Davidson RJ: Neural Correlates of Human Helplessness. An fMRI Investigation. Annual Meeting, Society for Psychophysiological Research, Savannah, GA, October 17-21, 2007
  2. Salomons TV, Lapate RC, Greischar LL, Johnstone T, Backonja MM, Cho M, Detloff A, Davidson RJ: Is There a Common Neural Circuit For Voluntary Regulation of Pain and Negative Affect? An fMRI Study. Annual Meeting, Society for Research in Psychopathology, Iowa City, IA, October 4-7, 2007
  3. Johnstone T, Salomons TV, Backonja MM, Davidson RJ: When Does Pain Become Painful? Analyzing Graded Change in BOLD Response Using Non-linear Functions. 13th Annual meeting, Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Chicago, Illinois, June 10-14, 2007
  4. Salomons TV, Lapate RC, Johnstone T, Backonja MM, Davidson RJ: Coping with Uncontrollable Pain: Neural Response to Anticipation of Pain in Fibromyalgia. 12th Annual Meeting,Organization for Human Brain Mapping , Florence, Italy, June 13-17, 2006
  5. Lapate RC, Salomons TV, Johnstone T, Backonja MM, Davidson RJ: Elucidation of the Sensory, Cognitive and Affective Networks Involved in the Processing of Acute Pain in Fibromyalgia. 12th Annual Meeting,Organization for Human Brain Mapping , Florence, Italy, June 13-17, 2006
  6. Salomons TV, Johnstone T, Backonja MM, Davidson RJ, Examining the Relationship Between Temperature, Pain and Neural Activation Using a Parametric fMRI Design. 11th Annual Meeting,Organization for Human Brain Mapping , Toronto, ON, June 12-16, 2005
  7. Salomons TV, Coan JA, Hunt SM, Backonja MM, Davidson RJ, Assessing the Impact of the "Pain Face": Modulation of the Pain Experience by a Voluntary Facial Display. 24th Annual Meeting, American Pain Society, Boston, MA, March 30-April 2, 2005
  8. Salomons TV, Johnstone T, Backonja MM, Davidson RJ, Activation in the Rostral Ventral ACC is Associated With Individual Differences in the Response to Uncontrollable Pain. 34th Annual Meeting, Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, October 23-27, 2004
  9. Salomons TV, Johnstone T, Backonja MM, Davidson RJ, Imaging the effects of controllability on the neural response to painful stimulation. 10th Annual Meeting, Organization for Human Brain Mapping , Budapest, Hungary, June 13-17, 2004
  10. Salomons TV, Osterman JE, Gagliese L, & Katz, J. Somatic flashbacks: Pain memories in posttraumatic states. 63rd Annual Meeting, Canadian Psychological Association, Vancouver, BC, May 29 – June 1, 2002
  11. Salomons TV, Chan VS, Katz J, Gagliese L, No evidence that exogenous ovarian hormones results in increased postoperative pain in postmenopausal women: Results of a pilot study. Canadian Pain Society 2002 Annual Conference, Winnipeg, MB, May 23-25, 2002
  12. Salomons TV, Osterman JE, Gagliese L, & Katz J, Possible role of the limbic system in posttraumatic pain flashbacks. The Amygdala in Brain Function: Basic and Clinical Approaches, Galveston, TX, March 24-26, 2002
  13. Salomons TV, & Katz, J, No evidence of fear conditioning under halothane anesthesia using the startle paradigm The Amygdala in Brain Function: Basic and Clinical Approaches, Galveston, TX, March 24-26, 2002
  14. Salomons TV, Wowk A, Fanning A, & Katz J. Factors contributing to patient participation in a clinical trial involving epidural anesthesia. 20th Annual Meeting American Pain Society, Phoenix, Arizona, April 20, 2001

* Greater detail on research experience and ongoing research projects is provided as an addendum (Extended Research CV)

Peer Reviewer

Ad hoc reviewer for Neuroimage, Human Brain Mapping, Emotion, Behavior, Brain and Immunity.

Clinical Practica

William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital – (09/2007-present)
(Veteran Population) - Multi-Disciplinary Pain Management Team– David Wakely, Ph.D., Supervisor.
(Veteran Population) - Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Clinical Team – Tracey Smith, Ph.D., Supervisor.
• Consultation as part of a multi-disciplinary pain assessment group
• Group therapy (pain management)
• Individual (Cognitive Processing Therapy) and group therapy (Imagery Rehearsal Therapy) for posttraumatic stress disorder (beginning in November, 2007)

Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center, UW-Hospital - (11/2006-4/2007)
(Medical Population) - Teri Woods, Ph.D., Supervisor.
• Group therapy (CBT-based) for individuals with cancer.

Wisconsin Psychiatric Institute and Clinics (WisPIC) (09/2006-09/2007)
(General Psychiatry Population) - Al Gurman, Ph.D., Mark Heiland, Ph.D., Greg Kolden, Ph.D., Supervisors.
• Individual therapy
• Intake assessment
• Group therapy (Dialectical Behavior Therapy)

William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital – (09/2005-09/2006)
(Veteran Population) - Addictive Disorders Treatment Program - Jamie L. Adler, Ph.D., Supervisor.
• Group therapy (mood management, relapse prevention, motivational enhancement, psychology of recovery, spirituality, process) in an inpatient residential treatment program for substance abuse
• Intake assessments

Mendota Mental Health Institute – (03/2005-09/2005)
(Forensic Population) - Treatment, Rehabilitation Assessment and Cure (TRAC) Unit– Edward Musholt, Ph.D., Supervisor.
• Consultation as part of a multi-disciplinary treatment assessment group.
• Competency evaluation.
• Group therapy (pain management, anger management).
• Individual therapy in a maximum security mental health facility.

Psychology Research and Training Clinic – (09/2004-present)
(General Psychiatry Population, student emphasis) - Psychology Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison - Michael Sweetnam, Ph.D. and Lea Aschkenase, Ph.D., Supervisors.
• Learning disability and cognitive assessment in adults and children, individual and couples therapy, intake assessments.

* Greater detail on clinical experience is provided as an addendum (Extended Clinical Curriculum Vitae)

Awards

  1. NIMH Emotion Research Training Grant Fellowship, 2004-2005
  2. Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 2003
  3. University Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison. September 2002-May 2003
  4. Fellowship Award, 2002 New York Academy of Sciences conference “The Amygdala in Brain Function: Basic and Clinical Approaches”. Galveston, Texas March, 24-26, 2002
  5. Travel Award, 2002 Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion, University of Wisconsin-Madison, April 18-19, 2002
  6. Travel Award, 63rd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Vancouver, BC, May 29 – June 1, 2002
  7. Travel Award, 2001 Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion, University of Wisconsin-Madison, April 25- 26, 2001

Professional Association Memberships

Society for Psychophysiological Research

Organization for Human Brain Mapping

Society for Neuroscience

Additional Education

4th International FSL & FreeSurfer Course, June 2004, Wurzburg, Germany.

fMRI: An Introductory Course For Neuropsycholgists, October 2002, Medical College of Wisconsin.

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