College of Nursing
Ellen Terry Research Group
Led by Ellen L Terry · Biobehavioral Nursing Science
What we study
The Terry Lab studies how emotions, pain catastrophizing, and psychosocial factors affect pain processing in older adults, using techniques like electrocardiography and skin conductance. Their goal is to improve pain management for racial and ethnic minorities.
What working here is like
- Clinical
- Human participants
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
The impact of interpersonal stressors and residential stressors on chronic pain in older adults: neurobiological and…
Investigating how stress affects chronic pain in older adults using neurobiological and psychological methods.
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Recent papers, explained
- Community-driven, culturally tailored interventions for MSK pain in Black/African Americans: A scoping review
2026 · Journal of Pain
- “God Will Ease My Pain”: Pain Self-Management Experiences of African American Adults
2026 · Pain Management Nursing
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- Cannabis Use for Chronic Pain in Sickle Cell Disease: A Scoping Review
2025 · Pain Management Nursing
- Do Depression and Anxiety Mediate the Relationship between Multi-dimensional Chronic Pain and Subjective Cognitive Decline?
2025 · Journal of Applied Gerontology
Tests whether depression and anxiety explain how chronic pain affects cognitive decline in older adults.
- Association of neighborhood-level disadvantage beyond individual sociodemographic factors in patients with or at risk of knee osteoarthritis
2024 · BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Checks if neighborhood disadvantage worsens knee pain beyond individual socioeconomic factors.
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How to reach out
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