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Hilaire J Thompson
PhD, RN, ARNP, AGACNP-BC, FAAN

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hilairet@uw.edu

Accepting PhD Students

Professor
Dean, School of Nursing

Biobehavioral Nursing & Health Informatics

Centers for Research Excellence

  • Center for Innovation in Sleep Self-Management
  • de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging
Awards, Honors, & Badges
  • NIH/Johns Hopkins University Mixed Method Training Program , 2022/09, NIH/Johns Hopkins University

  • Nominee, Marsha Landolt Graduate Mentor Award, 2022/09, University of Washington

  • Nominee, Distinguished Teaching Award, 2021/09, University of Washington

  • Inducted, Western Academy of Nursing , 2019/09, Western Academy of Nursing

  • Lillian Sholtis Brunner Alumni Award for Innovation, 2019/09, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

  • Distinguished Educator in Gerontological Nursing, 2019/09, National Hartford Center for Gerontological Nursing Excellence

  • Regional Geriatric Nursing Education Award , 2019/09, Western Institute of Nursing

  • Inducted as Member of the Washington State Academy of Sciences , 2018/09, Washington State Academy of Sciences

  • Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Researcher Hall of Fame Inductee , 2018/09, Sigma Theta Tau International

  • Excellence in Neuroscience Education, 2018/09, American Association of Neuroscience Nursing

  • Selected for Leadership Excellence Program, 2018/09, University of Washington

  • Visiting Professor, 2018/09, School of Nursing, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei Taiwan

  • Visiting Professor, 2017/09, School of Nursing, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei Taiwan

  • Named Joanne Montgomery Endowed Professor (2017-2022) , 2017/09,

  • Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award, 2016/09, University of Washington School of Nursing

  • Sandy Eyres Faculty Appreciation Award, 2015/09, UW School of Nursing Staff Advisory Council

  • Protégée Award , 2014/09, Friends of the National Institute for Nursing Research

  • Elected as Fellow , 2014/09, Gerontological Society of America

  • Visiting Research Scholar, 2014/09, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing Center for Biobehavioral Research

  • Selected as “Visionary Leader”, 2013/09, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing 

  • “In Search of Excellence” Award , 2013/09, Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems

  • William and Evelyn Griffin Visiting Scholar, 2012/09, The University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston School of Nursing

  • Abstract selected for Presidential Session, 2012/09, American Geriatrics Society

  • Recipient, 2012/09, Celebrating UW Women Recognition

  • IOM Committee on Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy for Traumatic Brain Injury, 2011/09, Institute of Medicine (IOM)

  • Writing Award for Research , 2010/09, Journal of Trauma Nursing

  • Policy Leadership Fellow, 2009/09, Gerontological Society of America

  • Inducted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing , 2008/09, American Academy of Nursing 

  • Abstract of Distinction, 2008/09, CANS State of the Science Congress

  • Writing Excellence Award, 2007/09, Journal of Neuroscience Nursing

  • Invited Co-chair, Aging and Neurotrauma Panel, 2007/09, National Neurotrauma Symposium, St. Louis, MO

  • Health Sciences Section Research Award Honorable Mention, 2007/09, Geriatric Society of America

  • Biological Nursing Research Award, 2006/09, Western Institute of Nursing

  • Recertification Grant Recipient , 2006/09, Neuroscience Nursing Foundation

  • Dean’s Award, 2004/09, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania 

  • Travel Grant Recipient, 2003/09, Graduate Student Activities Council, University of Pennsylvania

  • Travel Grant Recipient, 2003/09, Neuroscience Nursing Foundation

  • Teaching Assistant Award, 2002/09, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania

  • Sigma Theta Tau Leadership Award, 2001/09, University of Pennsylvania

  • Neuroscience Nursing Foundation Scholarship Recipient , 2000/09, Neuroscience Nursing Foundation

  • RN Excellence in Practice, 1998/09, Neuroscience Nursing Department, MCV Hospitals

  • RN Excellence in Education, 1996/09, Neuroscience Nursing Department, MCV Hospitals

  • Magna Cum Laude Graduate, 1992/09, The Catholic University of America

  • Sigma Theta Tau, inducted Kappa Chapter, 1992/09, Sigma Theta Tau

  • Chi Beta Phi Honor Society, 1990/09, Mary Washington College.

  • Alpha Phi Sigma Honor Society, 1990/09, Mary Washington College

Publications
  • Jung, Wonkyung, Vogel, Mia, Figuracion, Karl, Byun, Eeeseung, Thompson, Hilaire. "The Perceived Meaning of Traumatic Brain Injury for Older Adults: A Longitudinal-Multiple Case Study." Rehabilitation Nursing 49 (2024): 14-23.
    https://openalex.org/W4390398104
  • Thompson, Hilaire, Moore, Megan. "Race and Ethnicity Are Social Constructs and Do Not Underpin Pathophysiologic Processes." Journal of Neurotrauma 41 (2024): 1005-1006.
    https://openalex.org/W4390016209
  • Byun, Eeeseung, McCurry, Susan, Kwon, Suyoung, Tsai, Chi-Sha, Jun, Jeehye, Bammler, Theo, Becker, Kyra, Thompson, Hilaire. "Fatigue, Toll-Like Receptor 4, and Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines in Adults With Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A 6-Month Longitudinal Study." Biological research for nursing 26 (2024): 192-201.
    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37788710/
  • McGough, Ellen , Thompson, Hilaire . "Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice in Long-Term Care: A Scoping Review." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 25 (2024): 105026.
  • Su, Han, Thompson, Hilaire , Figuracion, Karl Cristi, Patel, Mayur Bipi, Needham, Dale . "Comparative analysis of financial toxicity between SARS-CoV-2 infection and common comorbidities." PloS one 19 (2024): e0309116.
  • Vasbinder, Alexi, Cheng, Richard , Heckbert, Susan , Thompson, Hilaire, Zaslavksy, Oleg, Chlebowski, Rowan , Shadyab, Aladdin , Johnson, Lisa, Wactawski-Wende, Jean, Wells, Gretchen, Yung, Rachel, Martin, Lisa Warsinge, Paskett, Electra , Reding, Kerryn. "Chronic Oxidative Stress as a Marker of Long-term Radiation-Induced Cardiovascular Outcomes in Breast Cancer." Journal of cardiovascular translational research 16 (2023): 403-413.
  • Su, Han, Thompson, Hilaire , Pike, Kenneth, Kamdar, Biren , Bridges, Elizabeth, Hosey, Megan , Hough, Catherine , Needham, Dale , Hopkins, Ramona . "Interrelationships among workload, illness severity, and function on return to work following acute respiratory distress syndrome." Australian critical care : official journal of the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses 36 (2023): 247-253.
  • Snavely, Josh, Thompson, Hilaire . "Nursing and Institutional Responsibilities for In-Hospital Stroke." Stroke 54 (2023): 2926-2934.
  • Figuracion, Karl Cristie F, Thompson, Hilaire, Mac Donald, Christine . "Integrating Neuroimaging Measures in Nursing Research." Biological research for nursing 25 (2023): 341-352.
  • Dreesmann, Nathan , Buchanan, Diana, Tang, Hsin-Yi Jea, Furness Iii, Thomas, Thompson, Hilaire. "Virtual Reality Meditation for Fatigue in Persons With Rheumatoid Arthritis: Mixed Methods Pilot Study." JMIR formative research 7 (2023): e46209.
  • Dreesmann, Nathan , Jung, Wonkyung, Shebaili, Makiah, Thompson, Hilaire . "Kidney Donor Perspectives on Acute Postoperative Pain Management." Clinical nursing research 32 (2023): 1124-1133.
  • Martha, Sarah , Tolentino, Ernesto , Bugajski, Andrew , Thompson, Hilaire . "Telomere Length Associates With Symptom Severity After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Older Adults." Neurotrauma reports 4 (2023): 350-358.
  • Vasbinder, Alexi, Thompson, Hilaire, Zaslavksy, Oleg, Heckbert, Susan , Saquib, Nazmus, Shadyab, Aladdin , Chlebowski, Rowan , Warsinger Martin, Lisa, Paskett, Electra , Reding, Kerryn . "Inflammatory, Oxidative Stress, and Cardiac Damage Biomarkers and Radiation-Induced Fatigue in Breast Cancer Survivors." Biological research for nursing 24 (2022): 472-483.
  • Byun, Eeeseung, McCurry, Susan , Kim, Boeun, Kwon, Suyoung, Thompson, Hilaire . "Sleep Disturbance and Self-management in Adults With Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Qualitative Study." Clinical nursing research 31 (2022): 632-638.
  • Oh, Esther, Kearns, William, Laine, Megan, Demiris, George, Thompson, Hilaire . "Perceptions of and Experiences with Consumer Sleep Technologies That Use Artificial Intelligence." Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) 22 (2022): .
  • Su, Han, Hopkins, Ramona , Kamdar, Biren , May, Susanne, Dinglas, Victor , Johnson, Kurt , Hosey, Megan, Hough, Catherine , Needham, Dale , Thompson, Hilaire . "Association of imbalance between job workload and functional ability with return to work in ARDS survivors." Thorax 77 (2022): 123-128.
  • Roopsawang, Inthira, Zaslavsky, Oleg, Thompson, Hilaire, Aree-Ue, Suparb, Kwan, Rick Yiu Cho, Belza, Basia. "Frailty measurements in hospitalised orthopaedic populations age 65 and older: A scoping review." Journal of clinical nursing 31 (2022): 1149-1163.
  • Sonney, Jennifer, Ward, Teresa, Thompson, Hilaire , Kientz, Julie , Segrin, Chris. "Improving Asthma Care Together (IMPACT) mobile health intervention for school-age children with asthma and their parents: a pilot randomised controlled trial study protocol." BMJ open 12 (2022): e059791.
  • Dreesmann, Nathan , Su, Han, Thompson, Hilaire . "A Systematic Review of Virtual Reality Therapeutics for Acute Pain Management." Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses 23 (2022): 672-681.
  • Jung, Wonkyung, Thompson, Hilaire , Byun, Eeeseung. "Social integration: A concept analysis." Nursing forum 57 (2022): 1551-1558.
  • Sonney, Jennifer, Ward, Teresa, Thompson, Hilaire, Kientz, Julie, Segrin, Chris. "Improving Asthma Care Together (IMPACT) mobile health intervention for school-age children with asthma and their parents: A pilot randomised controlled trial study protocol." BMJ Open 12 (2022): e059791.
    https://openalex.org/W4211146752
  • Su, Han, Thompson, Hilaire , May, Susanne, Dinglas, Victor , Hough, Catherine , Hosey, Megan , Hopkins, Ramona , Kamdar, Biren , Needham, Dale . "Association of Job Characteristics and Functional Impairments on Return to Work After ARDS." Chest 160 (2021): 509-518.
  • Portanova, Jaclyn, Buchanan, Diana, Moore, Megan, Thompson, Hilaire. "Factors Associated with the Development of Persistent Pain after mTBI." Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses 22 (2021): 592-598.
  • Choi, Yong , Thompson, Hilaire , Demiris, George. "Internet-of-Things Smart Home Technology to Support Aging-in-Place: Older Adults' Perceptions and Attitudes." Journal of gerontological nursing 47 (2021): 15-21.
  • Cordoza, Makayla, Thompson, Hilaire, Bridges, Elizabeth, Burr, Robert, Carlbom, David. "Association Between Target Temperature Variability and Neurologic Outcomes for Patients Receiving Targeted Temperature Management at 36°C After Cardiac Arrest: A Retrospective Cohort Study." Therapeutic hypothermia and temperature management 11 (2021): 103-109.
  • Broome, Marion , Villarruel, Antonia , Thompson, Hilaire . "Innovations in Ph.D. education to prepare nurse scientists for the future." Journal of professional nursing : official journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing 37 (2021): 212-215.
  • Lin, Shih-Yi, Thompson, Hilaire , Hart, Laura , Fu, Musetta C C, Demiris, George. "Evaluation of pharmaceutical pictograms by older "turkers": A cross-sectional crowdsourced study." Research in social & administrative pharmacy : RSAP 17 (2021): 1079-1090.
  • Thompson, Hilaire , McGough, Ellen, Demiris, George. "Falls and Cognitive Training 2 (FaCT2) study protocol: a randomised controlled trial exploring cognitive training to reduce risk of falls in at-risk older adults." Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention 26 (2020): 370-377.
  • Thompson, Hilaire , Santacroce, Sheila Judg, Pickler, Rita , Allen, Jerilyn , Armer, Jane , Bakken, Suzanne, Bowles, Kathryn , Conley, Yvette , Dunbar, Sandra , Ellington, Lee, Grey, Margaret, Heitkemper, Margaret , Herr, Keela , Lake, Eileen, McCarthy, Ann Mari, Melnyk, Bernadette, Miaskowski, Christine , Moore, Shirley , Naylor, Mary , Stone, Patricia , Titler, Marita , Weiss, Sandra . "Use of individual development plans for nurse scientist training." Nursing outlook 68 (2020): 284-292.
  • Hickey, K , Bakken, S, Byrne, M , Bailey, D C E, Demiris, G, Docherty, S , Dorsey, S , Guthrie, B , Heitkemper, M , Jacelon, C , Kelechi, T , Moore, S , Redeker, N , Renn, C , Resnick, B, Starkweather, A, Thompson, H, Ward, T , McCloskey, D , Austin, J , Grady, P . "Corrigendum to Precision health: Advancing symptom and self-management science." Nursing outlook 68 (2020): 139-140.
  • Cordoza, Makayla, Chan, Lingtak-Neande, Bridges, Elizabeth, Thompson, Hilaire. "Methods for Estimating Energy Expenditure in Critically Ill Adults." AACN advanced critical care 31 (2020): 254-264.
  • Cordoza, Makayla, Chan, Lingtak-Neande, Bridges, Elizabeth, Carlbom, David , Thompson, Hilaire. "Energy Expenditure and Shivering Severity During Targeted Temperature Management at 36°C After Cardiac Arrest: A Case Series." Critical care nursing quarterly 43 (2020): 286-293.
  • Choi, Yong , Thompson, Hilaire , Demiris, George. "Use of an Internet-of-Things Smart Home System for Healthy Aging in Older Adults in Residential Settings: Pilot Feasibility Study." JMIR aging 3 (2020): e21964.
  • Sonney, Jennifer, Thompson, Hilaire, Landis, Clark, Pike, Kenneth, Chen, Maida, Garrison, Michelle, Ward, Teresa. "Sleep intervention for children with asthma and their parents (SKIP Study): A novel web-based shared management pilot study." Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine 16 (2020): 925-936.
    https://openalex.org/W3006453144
  • Hickey, Kathleen , Bakken, Suzanne, Byrne, Mary , Bailey, Donald Chip E, Demiris, George, Docherty, Sharron , Dorsey, Susan , Guthrie, Barbara , Heitkemper, Margaret , Jacelon, Cynthia , Kelechi, Teresa , Moore, Shirley , Redeker, Nancy , Renn, Cynthia , Resnick, Barbara, Starkweather, Angela, Thompson, Hilaire, Ward, Teresa , McCloskey, Donna J, Austin, Joan , Grady, Patricia . "Precision health: Advancing symptom and self-management science." Nursing outlook 67 (2019): 462-475.
  • Kearns, William , Chi, Nai-Chin, Choi, Yong , Lin, Shih-Yi, Thompson, Hilaire, Demiris, George. "A Systematic Review of Health Dialog Systems." Methods of information in medicine 58 (2019): 179-193.
  • Backonja, Uba, Hall, Amanda , Painter, Ian, Kneale, Laura, Lazar, Amanda, Cakmak, Maya, Thompson, Hilaire , Demiris, George. "Comfort and Attitudes Towards Robots Among Young, Middle-Aged, and Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study." Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing 50 (2018): 623-633.
  • Choi, Yong , Demiris, George, Lin, Shih-Yi, Iribarren, Sarah , Landis, Carol , Thompson, Hilaire , McCurry, Susan , Heitkemper, Margaret , Ward, Teresa . "Smartphone Applications to Support Sleep Self-Management: Review and Evaluation." Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine 14 (2018): 1783-1790.
  • Keck, Carrie , Thompson, Hilaire , Pitkänen, Asla, LeBold, David , Morales, Diego , Plevy, Jamie , Puri, Rishi, Zhao, Boyu, Dichter, Marc, McIntosh, Tracy . "The novel antiepileptic agent RWJ-333369-A, but not its analog RWJ-333369, reduces regional cerebral edema without affecting neurobehavioral outcome or cell death following experimental traumatic brain injury." Restorative neurology and neuroscience 25 (2007): 77-90.
  • Marklund, Niklas, Bareyre, Florence , Royo, Nicolas , Thompson, Hilaire , Mir, Anis , Grady, M Sea, Schwab, Martin , McIntosh, Tracy . "Cognitive outcome following brain injury and treatment with an inhibitor of Nogo-A in association with an attenuated downregulation of hippocampal growth-associated protein-43 expression." Journal of neurosurgery 107 (2007): 844-53.
  • Schütz, Christian, Stover, John , Thompson, Hilaire , Hoover, Rachel , Morales, Diego , Schouten, Joost , McMillan, Asenia, Soltesz, Kristie, Motta, Melissa, Spangler, Zachery, Neugebauer, Edmund, McIntosh, Tracy . "Acute, transient hemorrhagic hypotension does not aggravate structural damage or neurologic motor deficits but delays the long-term cognitive recovery following mild to moderate traumatic brain injury." Critical care medicine 34 (2006): 492-501.
  • Thompson, Hilaire , LeBold, David , Marklund, Niklas, Morales, Diego , Hagner, Andrew , McIntosh, Tracy . "Cognitive evaluation of traumatically brain-injured rats using serial testing in the Morris water maze." Restorative neurology and neuroscience 24 (2006): 109-14.
  • Thompson, Hilaire , Marklund, Niklas, LeBold, David , Morales, Diego , Keck, Carrie , Vinson, Mary, Royo, Nicolas , Grundy, Robert, McIntosh, Tracy . "Tissue sparing and functional recovery following experimental traumatic brain injury is provided by treatment with an anti-myelin-associated glycoprotein antibody." The European journal of neuroscience 24 (2006): 3063-72.
  • Tkacs, Nancy , Thompson, Hilaire . "From bedside to bench and back again: research issues in animal models of human disease." Biological research for nursing 8 (2006): 78-88.
  • Richmond, Therese , Thompson, Hilaire , Kauder, Donald, Robinson, Keith , Strumpf, Neville . "A feasibility study of methodological issues and short-term outcomes in seriously injured older adults." American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses 15 (2006): 158-65.
  • Thompson, Hilaire , Lifshitz, Jonathan, Marklund, Niklas, Grady, M Sea, Graham, David , Hovda, David , McIntosh, Tracy . "Lateral fluid percussion brain injury: a 15-year review and evaluation." Journal of neurotrauma 22 (2005): 42-75.
  • Thompson, Hilaire , Hoover, Rachel , Tkacs, Nancy , Saatman, Kathryn , McIntosh, Tracy . "Development of posttraumatic hyperthermia after traumatic brain injury in rats is associated with increased periventricular inflammation." Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 25 (2005): 163-76.
  • Hoover, Rachel , Motta, Melissa, Davis, Jason, Saatman, Kathryn , Fujimoto, Scott , Thompson, Hilaire , Stover, John , Dichter, Marc , Twyman, Roy, White, H Stev, McIntosh, Tracy . "Differential effects of the anticonvulsant topiramate on neurobehavioral and histological outcomes following traumatic brain injury in rats." Journal of neurotrauma 21 (2004): 501-12.
  • Thompson, Hilaire , Tkacs, Nancy , Saatman, Kathryn , Raghupathi, Ramesh, McIntosh, Tracy . "Hyperthermia following traumatic brain injury: a critical evaluation." Neurobiology of disease 12 (2003): 163-73.
  • Vasbinder, Alexi, Zaslavsky, Oleg, Heckbert, Susan , Thompson, Hilaire, Cheng, Richard , Saquib, Nazmus, Wallace, Robert, Haque, Reina, Paskett, Electra , Reding, Kerryn . "Associations of Health-Related Quality of Life and Sleep Disturbance With Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Survivors." Cancer nursing 46 (0): E355-E364.
  • Martha, Sarah , Pen, Alice , McGuire, Laura Ston, Alaraj, Ali, Maienschein-Cline, Mark, Basu, Sanjib, Loeb, Jeffrey , Thompson, Hilaire . "Lipidomics, Acute Ischemic Stroke, Symptoms, and Outcomes: Observational Study Protocol." Nursing research 72 (0): 326-333.
  • Jung, Wonkyung, Vogel, Mia, Figuracion, Karl Cristie F, Byun, Eeeseung, Thompson, Hilaire. "The Perceived Meaning of Traumatic Brain Injury for Older Adults: A Longitudinal-Multiple Case Study." Rehabilitation nursing : the official journal of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses 49 (0): 14-23.
Classes
  • NMETH 499: Undergraduate Research
  • NMETH 610: Research Practicum
  • NMETH 801: Practice Doctorate Project/Capstone
  • NURS 540: SPECIAL TOPICS IN PHYSIOLOGICAL NURSING
  • NURS 610: Teaching Practicum
  • UCONJ 599: Selected Readings in Interdisciplinary Clinical Research
Grants
  • , Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
  • Institute of Translational Health Sciences, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
  • , National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
  • EVALUATION OF CYSTIC FIBROSIS MOUSE STOOL FOR SUSCEPTIBILITY TO CLOSTRIDIOIDES DIFFICILE INFECTION, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation