Shannon Gilstrap specializes in behavioral neuroscience and health psychology. She has research experience in utilizing social neuroscience frameworks to better understand the mechanism that drives pain intensity, sensitivity, and disparities, particularly in people with HIV. The overall aim of her research involvement is to determine the clinical relevance of the effects of insomnia on fatigue and laboratory measures of pain sensitivity and endogenous pain processing.

Degrees and Certifications

• BS, Samford University
• CIRTL Practitioner, University of Alabama at Birmingham
• PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Research

• Behavioral Neuroscience
• Health Psychology
• Chronic Pain
• Sleep Disorders
• Mitochondrial Damage/Dysfunction

Recent Publications

• Gilstrap, S. R., Hobson, J. M., Owens, M. A., White, D. M., Sammy, M. J., Ballinger, S., Sorge, R. E., & Goodin, B. R. (2023). Mitochondrial reactivity following acute exposure to experimental pain testing in people with HIV and chronic pain. Molecular pain, 19, 17448069231195975. https://doi.org/10.1177/17448069231195975
• Cody, S. L., Hobson, J. M., Gilstrap, S. R., Gloston, G. F., Riggs, K. R., Justin Thomas, S., & Goodin, B. R. (2022). Insomnia severity and depressive symptoms in people living with HIV and chronic pain: associations with opioid use. AIDS care, 34(6), 679–688. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2021.1889953
• Hobson, J. M., Gilstrap, S. R., Owens, M. A., Gloston, G. F., Ho, M. D., Gathright, J. M., Dotson, H. F., White, D. M., Cody, S. L., Justin Thomas, S., & Goodin, B. R. (2022). Intersectional HIV and Chronic Pain Stigma: Implications for Mood, Sleep, and Pain Severity. Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 21, 23259582221077941. https://doi.org/10.1177/23259582221077941
• Gilstrap, S. R., Hobson, J. M., Dark, H. E., Gloston, G. F., Cody, S. L., Goodin, B. R., & Thomas, S. J. (2022). Disordered sleep and its association with academic performance and functioning. Sleep and biological rhythms, 21(1), 113–123. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41105-022-00423-3
• Cody, S. L., Hobson, J. M., Gilstrap, S. R., Thomas, S. J., Galinat, D., & Goodin, B. R. (2022). Sleep Disturbances and Chronic Pain in People with HIV: Implications for HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders. Current sleep medicine reports, 8(4), 124–131. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40675-022-00236-3