Lisa Thompson, PhD, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, FAAN, is an Associate Professor at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University, with an additional appointment in the Emory University School of Public Health.

Dr. Thompson’s foundational research on environmental health disparities focuses on reducing household air pollutants that contribute to adverse perinatal outcomes, including low birth weight, preterm birth, child stunting, and impaired cognitive development. For nearly two decades, her research has focused on household air pollution. One of her most widely regarded contributions is her development/evaluation of interventions to reduce dependence on household cooking fires in low-resource countries. Because of her prominence in the field and strong publication record, Dr. Thompson has received extramural funding from USAID/TRAction Project, Global Alliance on Clean Cookstoves, Grand Challenges Canada, and National Institutes of Health to design behavioral change interventions to address this common source of toxicant exposure, particularly among women and children. She is a co-Investigator on the HAPIN trial—the largest multi-country study to date on household air pollution—which brings together over 50 environmental scientists, physicians, epidemiologists, and implementation scientists from several countries.

In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Dr. Thompson directs graduate studies for the PhD Program at Emory School of Nursing. She is co-Chair of the Research Working Group, for the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nurses (FAAN) and serves on the AAN's Expert Panel on Environmental and Public Health. She has mentored more than 90 masters, pre-doctoral students and post-doctoral fellows.

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