UW-Madison Department of Kinesiology - Dane Cook

Research Interests

My primary research interests are to determine the psychobiological mechanisms of pain and fatigue and to learn how exercise can be used to better understand and treat these phenomena in healthy adults and those suffering from chronic pain and fatigue.

The following is a representative sample of contracts, grants and sponsored research.

2011-2016 - Amount: $1,300,000.00, "Impact Of Exercise Training On Pain And Brain Function In Gulf War Veterans," Awarded By: Department of Veterans Affairs, Grant Institution: William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI, Sponsor Type: Federal, Dane B. Cook, Principal.

2010-2012 - Amount: $250,000.00, "Attenuation Of Pain In Men And Women: Mechanisms Of Exercise-Induced Analgesia," Awarded By: Department of Health and Human Services, Grant Institution: University of Wisconsin - Madison, Sponsor Type: Federal, Dane B. Cook, Co-Principal.

2010-2012 - Amount: $480,000.00, "Homeostatic And Circadian Abnormalities In Sleep And Arousal In Gulf War Syndrome," Awarded By: Department of Defense, Grant Institution: William S. Middleton Memeorial Veerans Hospital, Sponsor Type: Federal, Dane B. Cook, Co-Principal.

2008-2012 - Amount: $942,000.00, "Imaging Pain Modulation In Gulf War Veterans With Chronic Muscle Pain," Awarded By: Department of Veterans Affairs, Grant Institution: Department of Veterans Affairs Merit Review grant submission to the Mental Health and Behavior Science section, Sponsor Type: Federal, Dane B. Cook, Principal.

2009-2011 - Amount: $125,000.00, "Metagenomics Approach To Study Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients," Awarded By: The Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) Association of America, Grant Institution: Marshfield Clinics, Sponsor Type: Private, Dane B. Cook, Co-Principal.

6/30/2011 - Amount: $931,724.00, "Imaging The Cognitive Modulation Of Pain In Fibromyalgia," Awarded By: Department of Health and Human Services, Grant Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Sponsor Type: Federal, Dane B. Cook, Principal.

The following is a representative sample of publications.

Ellingson, L.D., Colbert, L.H., & Cook, D.B. (2012). Physical activity is related to pain sensitivity in healthy women. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise.

Ellingson, L.D., Shields, M.R., Stegner, A.J., & Cook, D.B. (2012). Physical activity, sustained sedentary behavior and pain modulation in women with fibromyalgia. Journal of Pain.

Cook, D.B., Stegner, A.J., Nagelkirk, P.R., Meyer, J.D., Togo, F., & Natelson, B.H. (2012). Responses to Exercise Differ for chronic fatigue syndrome patients with fibromyalgia. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise.

McLoughlin, M.J., Colbert, L.H., & Cook, D.B. (2011). Are women with fibromyalgia less physically active than healthy women? Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 43(5), 905-912.

Wilbarger, J.L., & Cook, D.B. (2011). Multisensory hypersensitivity in women with fibromyalgia: Implications for well-being and intervention. Archives of PM&R, 92, 653-656.

Lange, G., Janal, M., Maniker, A., FitzGibbons, J., Fobler, M., Cook, D.B., & Natelson, B.H. (2011). Safety and efficacy of vagus nerve stimulation in Fibromyalgia: A Phase I/II proof of concept trial. Pain Medicine, 12, 1406-1413.

Newcomb, L., Koltyn, K.F., Morgan, W.P., & Cook, D.B. (2011). The influence of a preferred versus a prescribed exercise session on pain in women with fibromyalgia. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 43(6), 1106-1113.

McLoughlin, M.J., Stegner, A.J., & Cook, D.B. (2011). The relationship between physical activity and brain responses to pain in women with fibromyalgia. Journal of Pain, 12(6), 640-651.

Smith, J.C., Paulson, E.S., Cook, D.B., Verber, M.D., & Tian, Q. (2010). Detecting changes in human cerebral blood flow after acute exercise using arterial spin labeling: Implications for fMRI. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 191, 258-262.

Cook, D.B., Stegner, A.J., & Ellingson, L.D. (2010). Exercise alters pain sensitivity in Gulf War Veterans with chronic musculoskeletal pain. Journal of Pain, 11(8), 764-772.

The following is a representative sample of presentations.

Ellingson, L.D., Presenter & Author, Colbert, L.H., Author Only, & Cook, D.B., Author Only (2012). Physical Activity is Related to Pain Sensitivity in Healthy Women, Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, ACSM, San Francisco, California.

Meyer, J.D., Presenter & Author, Light, A.R., Author Only, Stegner, A.J., Shukla, S., Author Only, & Cook, D.B., Author Only (2012). Gene Expression and Symptom Changes Following a Maximal Exercise Test in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Annual Meeting of the American Pain Society, APS, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Brellenthin, A.G., Presenter & Author, Cook, D.B., Author Only, Sehgal, N., Author Only, & Koltyn, K.F., Author Only (2012). The Influecne of Submaximal Isometric Exercise on Temporal Summation of Heat Pain, Annual Meeting of the American Pain Society, APS, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Ellingson, L.D., Kuffle, A., & Cook, D.B., Author Only (2011). Active and Sedentary Behavior Patterns Predict Mental Health and Quality of Life in Healthy Women, Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, ACSM, Denver.

Meyer, J.D., Presenter & Author, Stegner, A.J., Author Only, & Cook, D.B., Author Only (2011). Psychobiological Response To Exercise Differs Between Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) And CFS With Comorbid Fibromyalgia, Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, ACSM, Denver.

Ellingson, L.D., Presenter & Author, & Cook, D.B., Author Only (2011). Exercise Induces Hypoalgesia through Conditioned Pain Modulation, American Pain Society annual meeting, APS, San Antonio.

Shields, M., Presenter & Author, Ellingson, L.D., Author Only, Stegner, A.J., & Cook, D.B., Author Only (2011). How does physical activity relate to cognitive pain modulation in women?, Amreican Pain Society annual meeting, APS, San Antonio.

Cook, D.B., Presenter & Author (2011). Can Functional Neuroimaging Data Serve as a Biomarker ofr Myalgic Ecephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?, National Institutes of Health State of the Knowledge Workshop on Myalgic Ecephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland.

Cook, D.B., Presenter & Author (2010). Psychobiology of pain, fatigue and exercise in CFS/ME & FM, CFIDS Webinar, CFIDS Association of America, Internet presentation.

Cook, D.B., Presenter & Author (2010). Psychobiology of pain and exercise in Gulf War Veterans with chronic musculoskeletal pain, Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Illnesses, Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Illnesses, Boston, Massachusetts.

Chair, Psychobiology and Behavior Interest Group of the American College of Sports Medicine

Dates of Membership: 2010 - Pres.
Chairperson. Period of Service: 2010 - Pres.