Engelberta “Beti” Thompson, PhD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
1100 Fairview Ave. N. MP-702
Seattle, WA 98109
Tel: 206-667-4673
Fax: 206-667-5977
Email: bthompso@fhcrc.org
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Dr. Thompson is a Full Member of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and a Professor of Health Services at the University of Washington. Her major research focus is on cancer prevention through lifestyle change, such as dietary practices and smoking behavior, as well as encouraging populations to participate in cancer screening activities. Much of her work takes place at the community level. She is committed to a community organization approach to intervention and utilizes that strategy whether dealing with an entire community, a worksite as community, or a subpopulation group as a community. She leads three large community studies in the Lower Yakima Valley of Washington State. One study focuses on cancer awareness, prevention, and screening; one focuses on diabetes education and prevention; and the third aims to reduce the take-home pathway of pesticide exposure among children of farm workers. The Yakima Valley is largely Hispanic and she has a large staff of bilingual, bicultural people in the Valley and in Seattle. As part of her work with Hispanics, she has mentored a number of Hispanic students through high school, undergraduate, and graduate scientific studies. Dr. Thompson also heads a number of smoking cessation and prevention studies. She has published work on heavy smokers, differences in male and female smokers, and community-wide smoking cessation efforts. Dr. Thompson has authored more than 125 scholarly articles. |
