Rate My Professor Alex Terrill

Terrill's research centers on developing and testing positive psychology-based dyadic interventions to foster resilience and improve quality of life post-stroke for survivors and caregivers. Notable projects include the NIH-funded ReStoreD study (Resilience in Stroke Survivor-Caregiver Dyads), which delivers an eight-week program of home-based activities like gratitude expression, acts of kindness, and goal-setting; SupportGroove for caregiver support; and a recent Tier 4 Pilot Award-funded initiative on resilience-based aphasia research with Jaime Lee. In 2019, she was honored as one of two top researchers in the College of Health. Her scholarly contributions include over 1,963 citations, with key publications such as 'Overview of Persistent Pain in Older Adults' (American Psychologist, 2014), 'Effects of a Tailored Positive Psychology Intervention on Well-Being and Pain in Individuals with Chronic Pain and a Physical Disability' (Clinical Journal of Pain, 2016), 'Resilience, Age, and Perceived Symptoms in Persons with Long-Term Physical Disabilities' (Journal of Health Psychology, 2016), 'Development of a Novel Positive Psychology-Based Intervention for Couples Post-Stroke' (Rehabilitation Psychology, 2018), and 'Promoting Resilience After Stroke in Dyads (ReStoreD)' (Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2023). Terrill's work advances rehabilitation psychology by addressing mental health in medical populations through accessible, family-inclusive strategies.