PCH: Faculty

Elaine Adams Thompson, PhD, RN Professor The Sandra and Peter Dyer Term Professor in Nursing Psychosocial & Community Health 358732 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-8732 Email Address: elainet@u.washington.edu

Dr. Thompson is the Sandra and Peter Dyer Term Professor in Nursing in the Department of Psychosocial and Community Health within the University of Washington's School of Nursing, and a Principal Investigator for the Reconnecting Youth Prevention Research Program. She obtained her Doctorate in Sociology from the University of Washington. She has also received funding from The National Institute of Nursing Research and The National Institute of Mental Health for suicide prevention and school dropout prevention research. Her research specializations are 1) intervention and evaluation research; 2) advanced multivariate analytic techniques; 3) measurement and instrument development; and 4) testing intervention theory. Her clinical specializations are 1) family, child, and adolescent psychosocial nursing; 2) suicide risk assessment; and 3) stress and self-management.

As a principal investigator, she participates actively in collaborative research on intervention programs in collaboration with Leona Eggert, Brooke Randell, Jerry Herting, the Field Staff, and Research Team.

Dr. Thompson's CV at the Community of Science Web site

Reconnecting Youth Prevention Research Program

Current Projects

• Advanced Practice Education: Collaborative Mental Health Care (Key Personnel)
• CAST Intervention for Reducing Adolescent Risk Behaviors (Principal Investigator)
• Institute for Translational Health Sciences (Co-Investigator)
• Maternal & Child Health Long Term Training (Mentor)
• Patient and Intimate Partner Intervention to Improve Outcome After an ICD   (Key Personnel)
• Youth Suicide Prevention: Maintaining Long Term Change (Key Personnel)