Dr Kelly Thompson

Australia

Senior Research Fellow Global Women’s Health and Critical Care Division

BN RN MPH (Health Economic Evaluation) PhD

Dr Kelly Thompson is a National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, Emerging Leader with The George Institute for Global Health. Concurrently she is Director of Research Operations at Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District.  

She holds a Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Public Health from the School of Population Health within the Faculty of Medicine at UNSW, Sydney. She is a Registered Nurse, with a Bachelor of Nursing from the University of Newcastle, with clinical experience in intensive care. 

Kelly’s primary research interest is in health and gender equity in the clinical area of infection and sepsis. She uses population level data to understand and improve equity in health outcomes for survivors of sepsis and critical illness. 

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