Research Interests
- Biobehavioral mechanisms that influence pain
- Stress and Disease
- Psychoneuroimmunology
- Health Psychology
Affiliated Research Cluster
Neuroscience. Psychoneuroimmunology; pain; stress and disease in humans and animal models.
Affective Science. Interactions of pain, emotion, and stress; effects on motivation and decision making; affect regulation in clinical pain.
Awards & Honors
Recent Grants
- NIH/NICHD R01, Co-I with Joe Arosh (PI). Phytotherapy for Endometriosis,
9/1/22-5-30/27, $1,628,625.
- NIH/NICHD R01, Co-I with Joe Arosh (PI). Phytotherapy for Endometriosis,
Selected Publications
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*You, D.S., *Albu, S., *Linsenbardt, H.R., & Meagher, M.W. (2019). Cumulative childhood adversity as a risk factor for common chronic pain conditions in young adults. Pain Medicine, 20(3):486-494.
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*Sergiu A., Meagher, M.W. (2019). Divergent effects of conditioned pain modulation on subjective pain and nociceptive-related brain activity. Experimental Brain Research, 237, 1735–1744.
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*You, D.S., *Hunter, H., Welsh, T.H & Meagher, M.W. (2020). Hyperalgesia after a drinking episode in young adult binge drinkers: A cross-sectional study. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 55, 608–615. PMID: 32476005. (3.209)
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*Rassu FS, **Luedke JC, *Nanavaty N, Mathur VA, Meagher, M.W. (2020). Greater mechanical temporal summation of pain in Latinx-Americans and the role of adverse life experiences. Pain Reports. Sep 1;5(5):e842.
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Albu, S., Linsenbardt, H.R., & Meagher, M.W. (2022). Cognitive-affective modulation of pain: The Placebo and nocebo phenomena and their impact on pain treatment (pp 375-386). In Rajendra, Preedy, Patel, and Martin (Eds), The Neurobiology, Physiology, and Psychology of Pain, 375-386, Academic Press.
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*You, D. S., *Rassu, F.S., & Meagher MW (2023). Emotion regulation strategies moderate the impact of negative affect induction on alcohol craving in college drinkers: an experimental paradigm. Journal of American College Health, 71(5):1538-1546.
- *Nanavaty, N., Thompson, C.G., Meagher, M.W., McCord, C., & Mathur, V.A. (2023). Traumatic life experience and pain sensitization: Meta-analysis of laboratory findings. The Clinical Journal of Pain.Jan 1;39(1):15-28.
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National Service
- U.S. HHS Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force Member
Representing the American Psychological Association (2018-2019). - Contributor to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2019, May).
Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force Report: Updates,
Gaps, Inconsistencies, and Recommendations. Retrieved from U. S. Department
of Health and Human Services website:
https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/pmtf-final-report-2019-05-23.pdf - American Psychological Association Pain Initiative Advisory Group (2018-2022)
- American Psychological Association Opioid Initiative Advisory Group (2019-
2021)