Department of PsychologyThe lab is presently looking for trainees at the undergraduate, post-graduate and post-doctoral levels. Have a look at my research and publications pages and if you're interested in what I do, e-mail me at ts119@queensu.ca so we can discuss how you might get involved.
Tim Salomons
Associate Professor, Lab Director
My work aims to understand how the brain and body interact to create the experience of pain, and why some people might be prone to develop pain while others are relatively resilient. I am especially interested in the biological mechanisms that underlie cognitive and affective responses to pain and how this knowledge might help us treat pain.
Queen's University Graduate Students
Maddie Gravelle
Graduate Student
Area of research: Maddie uses a biopsychosocial approach to capture the lived experiences of individuals with Lyme Disease. She is especially interested in working with patients to better understand their experiences with the healthcare system and health-related stressors more broadly, as well as the potential neurocognitive implications of chronic Lyme Disease.
Shokouh Abolhosseini
Graduate Student
Area of research: Shokouh is broadly interested in developing and testing interventions for pain severity and quality of life in people with chronic pain. She is also interested in the relationship between therapeutic alliance and the perceived effectiveness of pain treatments.
Aleiia Asmundson
Graduate Student
Area of research: Aleiia's research aims to understand the connection between chronic pain and mental health. She is really interested in how chronic pain affects the mental health of Canadian veterans and sexual abuse survivors.
Kayla Millar
Graduate Student
Area of research: Kayla is interested in understanding the neural mechanisms underlying chronic pain, and how they interact with cognitive and affective processes to influence the experience of pain. She is especially interested in applying this knowledge to improve interventions and quality of life for individuals living with chronic pain.
Gina Vaillancourt
Graduate Student
Area of research: Gina is examining connections between chronic pain and PTSD, two conditions that frequently co-occur. She is interested in the factors that mutually maintain both conditions and uses both qualitative and quantitative methods to better understand the experiences of Canadian veterans living with comorbid chronic pain and PTSD.
University of Reading Collaborators
Wiebke Gandhi
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Area of research: Wiebke is interested in coping with acute and chronic pain, including maladaptive strategies like learned helplessness. In her current project, she is investigating neural and behavioural correlates of the learning processes that take place when individuals get to realize that they can’t control pain.
Richard Harrison
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Area of research: Richard is interested in understanding the psychological & neural mechanisms that influence the experience of pain, and how these may be used to characterise individuals at risk of developing chronic pain in the clinic.