Kathryn D. Thompson, PhD, MHA
Assistant Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Community Health Sciences

PhD, Brown University
MHA, University of Central Florida
BS, University of Central Florida
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Dr. Thompson finds dynamic and methodologically rigorous ways to collect, analyze, and convey her research and results as an interdisciplinary health services researcher. Dr. Thompson's research employs tools from health services research and population health science to demonstrate how macrolevel and microlevel health systems are determinants of health inequities. She leverages economic frameworks to quantitatively study how social, demographic, and policy contexts shape health and disparities for women, people of color, and Medicaid populations. Additionally, her research provides evidence that social identities—like race/ethnicity—and social positions—like socioeconomic status—combine in unique ways to structure health care access, health service utilization, and health outcomes.

Prior to joining BUSPH, she completed her PhD in Health Services Research at the Brown University School of Public Health in May of 2023. Dr. Thompson received her Bachelor of Science (2014) and Masters of Health Administration (2017) from the University of Central Florida (UCF).

Assistant Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Health Law, Policy & Management




Unraveling the Interplay of Sexual Partnerships and Healthcare Access: Understanding HIV Disparities Among High-Risk Black Women
06/01/2024 - 11/30/2025 (Subcontract PI)
Family Health International NIH NIAID


Impact of Prescription Caps on Health Outcomes in People Infected with HIV
09/01/2023 - 12/31/2024 (Subcontract PI)
Brown University NIH NIMH
5R01MH122301-05



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  1. Wilson IB, Gutman R, Lee Y, Dana BA, Hiris J, Zhang T, Thompson K, Gromadzki R, Shireman TI. Impact of a Pharmacy Copayment Increase on Medication Use in the Military Health System. Med Care. 2025 Oct 01; 63(10):731-739. PMID: 40730346; DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000002176;
     
  2. Lim K, Goutos D, Aswani M, Benitez J, Thompson K, Shafer PR. Racial, ethnic, and rural disparities in access to Medicaid offices. Health Aff Sch. 2025 May; 3(5):qxaf072.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40330277; PMCID: PMC12053252; DOI: 10.1093/haschl/qxaf072;
     
  3. Nguyen KH, Gordon SH, Lim K, Thompson KD, Ncube CN, Cole MB. Medicaid Accountable Care Organization Implementation and Perinatal Claims Documentation of Social Risk Factors. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Apr 01; 8(4):e255999.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40257795; PMCID: PMC12013353; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.5999;
     
  4. Gantenberg JR, Thompson KD, van Aalst R, Smith DM, Richards M, Nelson CB, La Via WV, Chaves SS, Bengtson AM, Savitz DA, Zullo AR. Inpatient service utilization amongst infants diagnosed with Respiratory Syncytial Virus infection (RSV) in the United States. PLoS One. 2025; 20(1):e0317367.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39804848; PMCID: PMC11730397; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0317367;
     
  5. Samet JH, El-Bassel N, Winhusen TJ, Jackson RD, Oga EA, Chandler RK, Villani J, Freisthler B, Adams J, Aldridge A, Angerame A, Babineau DC, Bagley SM, Baker TJ, Balvanz P, Barbosa C, Barocas J, Battaglia TA, Beard DD, Beers D, Blevins D, Bove N, Bridden C, Brown JL, Bush HM, Bush JL, Caldwell R, Calver K, Calvert D, Campbell ANC, Carpenter J, Caspar R, Chassler D, Chaya J, Cheng DM, Cunningham CO, Dasgupta A, David JL, Davis A, Dean T, Drainoni ML, Eggleston B, Fanucchi LC, Feaster DJ, Fernandez S, Figueroa W, Freedman DA, Freeman PR, Freiermuth CE, Friedlander E, Gelberg KH, Gibson EB, Gilbert L, Glasgow L, Goddard-Eckrich DA, Gomori S, Gruss DE, Gulley J, Gutnick D, Hall ME, Harger Dykes N, Hargrove SL, Harlow K, Harris A, Harris D, Helme DW, Holloway J, Hotchkiss J, Huang T, Huerta TR, Hunt T, Hyder A, Ingram VL, Ingram T, Kauffman E, Kimball JL, Kinnard EN, Knott C, Knudsen HK, Konstan MW, Kosakowski S, Larochelle MR, Leaver HM, LeBaron PA, Lefebvre RC, Levin FR, Lewis N, Lewis N, Lofwall MR, Lounsbury DW, Luster JE, Lyons MS, Mack A, Marks KR, Marquesano S, Mauk R, McAlearney AS, McConnell K, McGladrey ML, McMullan J, Miles J, Munoz Lopez R, Nelson A, Neufeld JL, Newman L, Nguyen TQ, Nunes EV, Oller DA, Oser CB, Oyler DR, Pagnano S, Parran TV, Powell J, Powers K, Ralston W, Ramsey K, Rapkin BD, Reynolds JG, Roberts MF, Robertson W, Rock P, Rodgers E, Rodriguez S, Rudorf M, Ryan S, Salsberry P, Salvage M, Sabounchi N, Saucier M, Savitzky C, Schackman B, Schady E, Seiber EE, Shadwick A, Shoben A, Slater MD, Slavova S, Speer D, Sprunger J, Starbird LE, Staton M, Stein MD, Stevens-Watkins DJ, Stopka TJ, Sullivan A, Surratt HL, Sword Cruz R, Talbert JC, Taylor JL, Thompson KL, Vandergrift N, Vickers-Smith RA, Vietze DJ, Walker DM, Walley AY, Walters ST, Weiss R, Westgate PM, Wu E, Young AM, Zarkin GA, Walsh SL. Community-Based Cluster-Randomized Trial to Reduce Opioid Overdose Deaths. N Engl J Med. 2024 Sep 19; 391(11):989-1001.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38884347; PMCID: PMC11761538; DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2401177;
     
  6. Glasgow L, Douglas C, Sprunger JG, Campbell ANC, Chandler R, Dasgupta A, Holloway J, Marks KR, Roberts SM, Martinez LS, Thompson K, Weiss RD, Aldridge A, Asman K, Barbosa C, Blevins D, Chassler D, Cogan L, Fanucchi L, Hall ME, Hunt T, Jadovich E, Levin FR, Lincourt P, Lofwall MR, Loukas V, McAlearney AS, Nunes E, Oga E, Oller D, Rudorf M, Sullivan AM, Talbert J, Taylor A, Teater J, Vandergrift N, Woodlock K, Zarkin GA, Freisthler B, Samet JH, Walsh SL, El-Bassel N. Effect of the Communities that HEAL intervention on receipt of behavioral therapies for opioid use disorder: A cluster randomized wait-list controlled trial. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2024 Jun 01; 259:111286.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38626553; PMCID: PMC11111326; DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.111286;
     
  7. Lee K, Pellowski JA, Brayboy LM, Thompson KD, Dunsiger S. The Association of Racism and Discrimination in Disparities of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy in the United States: An Analysis of PRAMS Data. Matern Child Health J. 2024 May; 28(5):969-978. PMID: 38308757; DOI: 10.1007/s10995-023-03885-0;
     
  8. Thompson KD, Meyers DJ, Lee Y, Cu-Uvin S, Bengtson AM, Wilson IB. Antiretroviral Therapy Use Was Not Associated with Stillbirth or Preterm Birth in an Analysis of U.S. Medicaid Pregnancies to Persons with HIV. Womens Health Rep (New Rochelle). 2023; 4(1):438-447. PMID: 37638332; PMCID: PMC10457643; DOI: 10.1089/whr.2023.0040;
     
  9. Bilinski A, Thompson K, Emanuel E. COVID-19 and Excess All-Cause Mortality in the US and 20 Comparison Countries, June 2021-March 2022. JAMA. 2023 Jan 03; 329(1):92-94. PMID: 36399335; PMCID: PMC9856868; DOI: 10.1001/jama.2022.21795;
     
  10. Thompson KD, Meyers DJ, Lee Y, Cu-Uvin S, Wilson IB. HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative Women with Medicaid Have Similar Rates of Stillbirth and Preterm Birth. Womens Health Rep (New Rochelle). 2022; 3(1):1-9. PMID: 35136871; PMCID: PMC8812497; DOI: 10.1089/whr.2021.0068;
     
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