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

PhD, Brown University
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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. Kenneth Lim, Demetri Goutos, Monica Aswani, Joseph Benitez, Kathryn Thompson, Paul R Shafer . Racial, ethnic, and rural disparities in access to Medicaid offices. Health Affairs Scholar. 2025; 3(5). View Publication
  2. 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;
     
  3. 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;
     
  4. 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;
     
  5. 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;
     
  6. 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;
     
  7. 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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