Roger B. Fillingim, PhD is a Distinguished Professor and Associate Dean of Planning and Institutional Effectiveness at the University of Florida (UF) College of Dentistry, and Director of the UF Pain Research & Intervention Center of Excellence. His research investigates biological and psychosocial contributions to individual differences in pain, including the influences of sex/gender, race/ethnicity and aging on the experience of pain. For more than 12 years, Fillingim was a principal investigator for the OPPERA (Orofacial Pain: Prospective Evaluation and Risk Assessment) Study, a prospective cohort study designed to identify causal risk factors for the development of temporomandibular disorders and related chronic overlapping pain conditions. Dr. Fillingim also leads the multi-center UPLOAD (Understanding Pain and Limitations in Osteoarthritic Disease) study, which has investigated mechanisms underlying ethnic group differences in pain and disability among older adults with knee osteoarthritis (OA). The project’s current cycle is testing the independent and combined effects of transcranial direct current stimulation and mindfulness meditation on pain processing and brain function in adults with knee OA. Dr. Fillingim’s research has been continuously funded by the NIH since 1994, including a current MERIT award from the National Institute on Aging. He has published more than 500 peer-reviewed papers and has delivered plenary and keynote addresses at numerous international conferences. Dr. Fillingim also has served in national leadership positions, including a term as President of the American Pain Society (APS) from 2012-14, and he currently serves as Secretary/Treasurer for the International Mentoring Association.