Beti Thompson

Member and Associate Program Head, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Professor, Department of Health Services, University of Washington

Beti Thompson, PhD, MA is a full member and Associate Program Head in the Cancer Prevention Program at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Fred Hutch) and a full professor in the Department of Health Services, School of Public Health at the University of Washington (UW). She earned her Masters and Doctorate at Western Michigan University. Over the past 33 years, she has been Principal Investigator (PI), Co-Principal Investigator (co-PI), or co-Investigator on more than 30 NIH funded grants at the Fred Hutch. Dr. Thompson has a national and international reputation in community and health disparities research. Her current research focus includes disease prevention through lifestyle change, such as dietary practices, physical activity and smoking behavior, as well as encouraging populations to participate in disease screening activities. She is committed to a community-based participatory research approach to interventions, working directly with community members and organizations, in order to provide the most effective solutions to address health issues. She utilizes that strategy whether dealing with an entire community or neighborhood, a worksite as community, or a subpopulation group as a community.