Professional Service

• American Psychological Association's Division 22 (Rehabilitation Psychology). Role: Member. Editorial Board, Rehabilitation Psychology. 09/2017 - present
• Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation . Ad-hoc reviewer. 01/2017 - present

Honors & Awards

• Distinguished Mentoring Award. University of Utah College of Health , 05/2022
• VITAE; University of Utah Health’s Office of the Senior Vice President for Health Sciences Research highlights investigators and their pioneering research programs. University of Utah Health’s Office of the Senior Vice President for Health Sciences Research, 12/2018
• American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Stroke Interdisciplinary Stroke Interest Group Poster Award: “A couples-based intervention improves depressive symptoms in stroke survivors and care-partners.” Presented at the ACRM 94th Annual conference in Atlanta, GA. American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, 10/2017
• Utah StrokeNet traineeship. Utah StrokeNet, 07/2016
• University of Utah Health Sciences Vice President Clinical and Translational (VPCAT) Research Scholar. University of Utah, 01/01/2015
• The 2014 Women in Rehabilitation Psychology Poster Award, American Psychological Association Division 22 (Rehabilitation Psychology) Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX. American Psychological Association Division 22 (Rehabilitation Psychology) , 03/2014
• Walter C. & Anita C. Stolov Research Award, University of Washington, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Seattle, WA. University of Washington, 05/2013

In the Media

• 2022 University of Utah Health Sciences VITAE featured video highlight; Beyond Medicine: The Science of Resilience . 12/2022. https://youtu.be/kENcJBANKWQ
• University of Utah Magazine article, The Hidden Patient As more people are helping aging family, who’s looking out for the caregivers? 10/2021. https://magazine.utah.edu/issues/fall-2021/the-hid...
• KSLTV interview with Heather Simonsen: "UofU Program Helps Utah Couple Nurture Marriage After Brain Trauma". 04/2021. https://ksltv.com/461121/uofu-program-helps-utah-c...
• Terrill, A. L. & Salinas, P. (2020). “Just the Way You Are: Sex and Intimacy After Stroke.” Presented at the Virtual Happy Hour of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine’s Interdisciplinary Stroke Interest Group. 02/2020. https://acrm.org/resources/video-library/
• 2018 University of Utah Health Sciences VITAE talk . 12/2018. https://uofuhealth.utah.edu/newsroom/news/2018/12/...
• Interviewed on Mandy Chamberlain’s Occupational Therapy podcast about promoting resilience after stroke. 02/2018. http://www.seniorsflourish.com/resilienceafterstro...
• Uhland, V. (2016). “The resilience factor.” Momentum, magazine of The National MS Society. [Interview] . 12/2016. http://www.momentummagazineonline.com/the-resilien...
• The Scope - University of Utah Health Sciences Radio: "Overcoming the challenges that face the spouse of a stroke victim". 01/19/2016. http://healthcare.utah.edu/the-scope/shows.php?sho...