Hale Thompson, Ph.D.

Research Interests:
Dr. Thompson’s research interests include learning health system science to integrate care for substance misuse and HIV risk. He is currently engaged in learning health systems research concerning an inpatient SBIRT intervention to address substance misuse such as opioid and alcohol dependence. He also recently evaluated a systems-level collaborative care model implementation to prevent and treat depression across the Rush primary care and specialty clinics. Another thread of his research includes transgender health disparities. Alongside working at Rush University Medical Center, Dr. Thompson is a K12 faculty scholar in the ACCLERAT program at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Medical Social Science. His training has been interdisciplinary, combining elements of community health sciences, social epidemiology, and electronic security and privacy.