Teresa Damush, PhD, is a social and health psychologist with over 6 years experience specializing in behavioral interventions for clinical populations in primary care. Her research focuses on interventions to increase patient self-management and patient behavior changes using principles of goal-setting to increase patient confidence to self-manage their chronic medical problems.

Dr. Damush has experience revising standard patient materials to make them accessible to the urban, vulnerable clinic populations. In addition, Dr. Damush has experience educating patients individually and in group settings.

As the Implementation Research Coordinator for the Stroke QUERI, Dr. Damush's primary role will be to lead the Translation Implementation and Evaluation Core (TIEC). She will work with other TIEC members in identifying and implementing interventions that promote best practice. She will also work with the Administrative Coordinator to disseminate the results of Stroke QUERI findings.