Hayley S Thompson, PhD
About Me
Dr. Hayley Thompson is an assistant professor at Mount Sinai School of Medicine with joint appointments in the Program for Cancer Prevention and Control/Department of Oncological Sciences and the Department of Urology. Her primary research focus is understanding and addressing ethnic/racial disparities in cancer. Within this focus, Dr. Thompson has completed investigations of the role of medical mistrust in breast cancer screening among African Americans and Latinas and has developed and published a measure of medical mistrust. She is also currently investigating issues of patient-provider communication, language proficiency, and health outcomes in multiethnic patient and community samples.
Additionally, Dr. Thompson is the principal investigator of two funded research studies. The first is an Department of Defense (DoD) Breast Cancer Research Program Idea Award to develop an intervention to increase post-treatment breast cancer surveillance among African American breast cancer survivors and evaluate that intervention through a randomized controlled trial. The second is a DoD Prostate Cancer Research Program Health Disparity Research -Prostate Scholar Award to create culturally appropriate prostate cancer educational materials to increase early detection of prostate cancer among African American men. These materials will also be evaluated through a randomized trial.
Dr. Thompson is also co-investigator on two projects to develop and evaluate culturally sensitive genetic counseling and education for African American women at high risk for breast cancer, including an interactive decision aid (CD-ROM) for this population.
Language
English
Position
ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Urology
Education
B.A., Colgate University
M.S., University of Pittsburgh
, University of Medicine & Dentistry
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Derald H. Ruttenberg Cancer Center
Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.
Dr. Thompson has not yet completed reporting of industry relationships or has no industry relationships to report.
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