Dr. Jessica Thompson
Executive Committee Member
Jessica is currently a postdoctoral scholar with the Markey Cancer Center’s Community Impact Office. Her interests include community-engaged approaches, chronic disease prevention, rural and Appalachian women's health, and systems science. She uses mixed method and participatory approaches to study contextual and social factors affecting disparate chronic diseases (e.g., lung cancer, CVD) among Appalachian women. Outside of work, Jessica is often walking her dog, baking, or reading a good mystery novel.