Hilaire Thompson, PhD, RN, BC, ACNP, CNRN, FAAN Assistant Professor Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems 357266 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 Email Address: hilairet@u.washington.edu

Research: Dr. Thompson’s program of research has focused on improving outcomes from traumatic brain injury. She has used translational approaches, including animal models in the process of developing evidence-based protocols for the care of the brain-injured patient. She is presently conducting several studies to examine factors influencing outcome following traumatic brain injury in older adults.

Teaching: Dr. Thompson teaches in both the undergraduate and doctoral nursing programs at the University of Washington. She also guest lectures in areas related to geriatric nursing, neuroscience, and methodology.

Service: Dr. Thompson serves as the Editor of the American Association of Neuroscience Nursing’s Clinical Reference Series. She is a member of the Neuroscience Nursing Foundation Grant Review Panel and reviews regularly for journals such as: Critical Care Medicine, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Research in Gerontological Nursing, and American Journal of Critical Care.

Current Projects

• Center for Research on the Management of Sleep Disturbances (Co-Investigator)
• Establishing Reliability and Validity of an Experimental Model of Brain Injury (Principal Investigator)
• The Inflammatory Response to Traumatic Brain Injury in Older Adults: Establishment of a Multiplex Cytokine Assay (Principal Investigator)
• Undergraduate Infectious Disease Curriculum Enhancements (Key Personnel)

Easy to Print Version