Tim Salomons

Tim Salomons is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Queen's University, Canada. He holds a PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2009) and an M.Sc. from the same institution (2007). His research focuses on understanding the brain-body interactions underlying pain perception, chronic pain mechanisms, and the biological basis of cognitive/affective pain responses. Specific interests include pain resilience, neuroimaging of pain modulation, and translational strategies for pain management.

His work spans interdisciplinary collaborations, including studies on pain and mental health comorbidity (e.g., PTSD, depression), neural correlates of pain perception, and validation of clinical assessment tools. Key contributions include exploring pain's role in suicide risk, developing the Sensitivity to Pain Traumatization Scale, and investigating biomarkers for treatment response in chronic pain populations.

Salomons has published over 60 papers in journals like Nature Neuroscience, Pain, and Journal of Pain. His research emphasizes bridging basic neuroscience with clinical applications, often involving fMRI and functional connectivity analyses. He collaborates with military health researchers, psychologists, and neurologists to address pain-related disability and improve patient outcomes.

Lab activities focus on pain neurobiology, with a lab site dedicated to translational pain research. His work highlights the importance of psychological factors (e.g., helplessness, self-efficacy) in pain perception and treatment efficacy.