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Timothy J Meeker, PhD

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Faculty RankAssistant Professor, Biology
InstitutionMorgan State University
Address1700 E Cold Spring Ln
Baltimore MD 21251
ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0002-1833-6536 Additional info
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    University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OHBS06/2006Biological Sciences
    University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OHMS06/2011Biological Sciences
    University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MDPhD12/2017Neuroscience
    Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 06/2022PostDoc Neurosurgery

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    ASCEND@MSU Pilot     (Timothy J Meeker)Jun 1, 2024 - Jun 1, 2025
    National Institute of General Medical Sciences
    Sensory Testing and Non-invasive Neurophysiology to Diagnose Large and Small Fiber Neuropathy in Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
    Role Description: Patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) eventually lose their sense of touch, mediated by large Aß nerve fibers. Before this occurs, they lose the sense of warm, cold, and pain, mediated by Ad and C nerve fibers. To improve diagnosis of DPN, we will combine measurement of laser evoked potentials produced by an infrared laser with advanced statistical methods to discover patterns that distinguish patients with DPN from those without neuropathy. Because of potential racial differences and health disparities among Blacks and Whites with DPN, we plan to carry out our study in groups evenly divided between Blacks and Whites.
    Role: Principal Investigator
    U54MD013376     (Timothy J Meeker)Aug 26, 2024 - Feb 28, 2029
    National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities
    Neural and Immune Correlates of Painful Chemotherapy-Induced Neuropathy, Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of a Motor Cortex Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation Intervention
    Role Description: One primary objective (Specific Aim 1) of this study is to determine the feasibility and tolerability of anodal transcranial direct current stimulation of the motor cortex to ameliorate pain in painful chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). The second primary objective (Specific Aim 2) of this study is to determine brain structures in the DPMN whose volume are associated with painful CIPN in non-Hispanic Blacks (NHBs) and non-Hispanic Whites (NHWs). The third primary objective (Specific Aim 2) of this study is to determine functional MRI responses to mechanical and heat pain associated with CIPN in NHBs and NHWs.
    Role: Principal Investigator
    1OT2OD032581-02-827     (Fahmi Khalifa)Oct 1, 2024 - Sep 30, 2025
    National Institutes of Health
    PAIR Phase 2: Improving Personalized Breast Cancer Screening by Integrating Mammography with Demographic Risk Factors using Artificial Intelligence
    Role: Co-I

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    1. Quid? Y, Jahanshad N, Andoh J, Antoniou G, Apkarian AV, Ashar YK, Badran BW, Baird CL, Baxter L, Bell TR, Blanco-Hinojo L, Borckardt J, Cheung CL, Ciampi de Andrade D, Couto BA, Cox SR, Cruz-Almeida Y, Dannlowski U, De Martino E, de Tommaso M, Deus J, Domin M, Egorova-Brumley N, Elliott J, Fanton S, Fauchon C, Flor H, Franz CE, Gatt JM, Gerdhem P, Gilman JM, Gollub RL, Govind V, Graven-Nielsen T, H?kansson G, Hales T, Haswell C, Heukamp NJ, Hu L, Huang L, Hussain A, Jensen K, Kircher T, Kremen WS, Leehr EJ, Lindquist M, Loggia ML, Lotze M, Martucci KT, Meeker TJ, Meinert S, Millard SK, Morey RA, Murillo C, Nees F, Nenadic I, Park HRP, Peng X, Ploner M, Pujol J, Robayo LE, Salan T, Seminowicz DA, Serian A, Slater R, Stein F, Stevens J, Strauss S, Sun D, Vachon-Presseau E, Valdes-Hernandez PA, Vanneste S, Vernon M, Verriotis M, Wager TD, Widerstrom-Noga E, Woodbury A, Zeidan F, Bhatt RR, Ching CRK, Haddad E, Thomopoulos SI, Thompson PM, Gustin SM. ENIGMA-Chronic Pain: a worldwide initiative to identify brain correlates of chronic pain. Pain. 2024 Jul 26. PMID: 39058957.
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    2. Meeker TJ, Kim HJ, Tulloch IK, Keaser ML, Seminowicz DA, Dorsey SG. Secondary analysis: heat and self-report pain sensitivity associate with biological sex and racialized sociocultural group but may not be mediated by anxiety or pain catastrophizing. Pain Rep. 2024 Jan; 9(1):e1133. PMID: 38283650.
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    3. Meeker TJ, Saffer MI, Frost J, Chien JH, Mullins RJ, Cooper S, Bienvenu OJ, Lenz FA. Vigilance to Painful Laser Stimuli is Associated with Increased State Anxiety and Tense Arousal. J Pain Res. 2023; 16:4151-4164. PMID: 38058982.
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    4. Kim HJ, Meeker TJ, Jung JY, Kim JW, Kim HA. Biological sex influences psychological aspects of the biopsychosocial model related to chronic pain intensity and interference among South Korean patients with chronic secondary musculoskeletal pain in rheumatic diseases. Front Psychol. 2023; 14:1063164. PMID: 37138999.
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    5. Mullins RJ, Meeker TJ, Vinch PM, Tulloch IK, Saffer MI, Chien JH, Bienvenu OJ, Lenz FA. A Cross-Sectional Time Course of COVID-19 Related Worry, Perceived Stress, and General Anxiety in the Context of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder-like Symptomatology. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 06 11; 19(12). PMID: 35742432.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    6. Kim HJ, Meeker TJ, Tulloch IK, Mullins J, Park JH, Bae SH. Pandemic Fatigue and Anxiety Sensitivity as Associated Factors With Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms Among University Students in South Korea During the Prolonged COVID-19 Pandemic. Int J Public Health. 2022; 67:1604552. PMID: 35645697.
      Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    7. Meeker TJ, Schmid AC, Keaser ML, Khan SA, Gullapalli RP, Dorsey SG, Greenspan JD, Seminowicz DA. Tonic pain alters functional connectivity of the descending pain modulatory network involving amygdala, periaqueductal gray, parabrachial nucleus and anterior cingulate cortex. Neuroimage. 2022 08 01; 256:119278. PMID: 35523367.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    8. Veldhuijzen DS, Meeker TJ, Bauer D, Keaser ML, Gullapalli RP, Greenspan JD. Brain responses to painful electrical stimuli and cognitive tasks interact in the precuneus, posterior cingulate cortex, and inferior parietal cortex and do not vary across the menstrual cycle. Brain Behav. 2022 06; 12(6):e2593. PMID: 35510527.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    9. Ekhtiari H, Ghobadi-Azbari P, Thielscher A, Antal A, Li LM, Shereen AD, Cabral-Calderin Y, Keeser D, Bergmann TO, Jamil A, Violante IR, Almeida J, Meinzer M, Siebner HR, Woods AJ, Stagg CJ, Abend R, Antonenko D, Auer T, B?chinger M, Baeken C, Barron HC, Chase HW, Crinion J, Datta A, Davis MH, Ebrahimi M, Esmaeilpour Z, Falcone B, Fiori V, Ghodratitoostani I, Gilam G, Grabner RH, Greenspan JD, Groen G, Hartwigsen G, Hauser TU, Herrmann CS, Juan CH, Krekelberg B, Lefebvre S, Liew SL, Madsen KH, Mahdavifar-Khayati R, Malmir N, Marangolo P, Martin AK, Meeker TJ, Ardabili HM, Moisa M, Momi D, Mulyana B, Opitz A, Orlov N, Ragert P, Ruff CC, Ruffini G, Ruttorf M, Sangchooli A, Schellhorn K, Schlaug G, Sehm B, Soleimani G, Tavakoli H, Thompson B, Timmann D, Tsuchiyagaito A, Ulrich M, Vosskuhl J, Weinrich CA, Zare-Bidoky M, Zhang X, Zoefel B, Nitsche MA, Bikson M. A checklist for assessing the methodological quality of concurrent tES-fMRI studies (ContES checklist): a consensus study and statement. Nat Protoc. 2022 03; 17(3):596-617. PMID: 35121855.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    
    10. Meeker TJ, Quiton RL, Moulton EA. In memoriam: Joel D. Greenspan 1952 to 2021. Pain. 2021 Oct 01; 162(10):2459-2463. PMID: 37595319.
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    11. Kim HJ, Boo S, Meeker TJ. Pain Prevalence, Management and Interference Among University Students in South Korea: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Study. J Pain Res. 2021; 14:2423-2431. PMID: 34408487.
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    12. Meeker TJ, Schmid AC, Liu Y, Keaser ML, Dorsey SG, Seminowicz DA, Greenspan JD. During capsaicin-induced central sensitization, brush allodynia is associated with baseline warmth sensitivity, whereas mechanical hyperalgesia is associated with painful mechanical sensibility, anxiety and somatization. Eur J Pain. 2021 10; 25(9):1971-1993. PMID: 34051016.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    13. Meeker TJ, Veldhuijzen DS, Keaser ML, Gullapalli RP, Greenspan JD. Menstrual Cycle Variations in Gray Matter Volume, White Matter Volume and Functional Connectivity: Critical Impact on Parietal Lobe. Front Neurosci. 2020; 14:594588. PMID: 33414702.
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    14. Meeker TJ, Emerson NM, Chien JH, Saffer MI, Bienvenu OJ, Korzeniewska A, Greenspan JD, Lenz FA. During vigilance to painful stimuli: slower response rate is related to high trait anxiety, whereas faster response rate is related to high state anxiety. J Neurophysiol. 2021 01 01; 125(1):305-319. PMID: 33326361.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    15. Chien JH, Colloca L, Korzeniewska A, Meeker TJ, Bienvenu OJ, Saffer MI, Lenz FA. Behavioral, Physiological and EEG Activities Associated with Conditioned Fear as Sensors for Fear and Anxiety. Sensors (Basel). 2020 Nov 26; 20(23). PMID: 33255916.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    16. Burrowes SAB, Rhodes CS, Meeker TJ, Greenspan JD, Gullapalli RP, Seminowicz DA. Decreased grey matter volume in mTBI patients with post-traumatic headache compared to headache-free mTBI patients and healthy controls: a longitudinal MRI study. Brain Imaging Behav. 2020 Oct; 14(5):1651-1659. PMID: 30980274.
      Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    17. Meeker TJ, Jupudi R, Lenz FA, Greenspan JD. New Developments in Non-invasive Brain Stimulation in Chronic Pain. Curr Phys Med Rehabil Rep. 2020 Sep; 8(3):280-292. PMID: 33473332.
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    18. Emerson NM, Meeker TJ, Greenspan JD, Saffer MI, Campbell CM, Korzeniewska A, Lenz FA. Missed targets, reaction times, and arousal are related to trait anxiety and attention to pain during an experimental vigilance task with a painful target. J Neurophysiol. 2020 02 01; 123(2):462-472. PMID: 31596643.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    19. Meeker TJ, Keaser ML, Khan SA, Gullapalli RP, Seminowicz DA, Greenspan JD. Non-invasive Motor Cortex Neuromodulation Reduces Secondary Hyperalgesia and Enhances Activation of the Descending Pain Modulatory Network. Front Neurosci. 2019; 13:467. PMID: 31139047.
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    20. Furman AJ, Meeker TJ, Rietschel JC, Yoo S, Muthulingam J, Prokhorenko M, Keaser ML, Goodman RN, Mazaheri A, Seminowicz DA. Cerebral peak alpha frequency predicts individual differences in pain sensitivity. Neuroimage. 2018 02 15; 167:203-210. PMID: 29175204.
      Citations: 34     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    21. Clark JF, Doepke A, Filosa JA, Wardle RL, Lu A, Meeker TJ, Pyne-Geithman GJ. N-acetylaspartate as a reservoir for glutamate. Med Hypotheses. 2006; 67(3):506-12. PMID: 16730130.
      Citations: 48     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
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