Affiliations: University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ

Areas of specialization: diet and cancer prevention, cancer survivorship, obesity-related cancers

Dr. Thomson is a professor in the College of Public Health and holds joint appointments in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Medicine at the University of Arizona. She serves as the director of the Canyon Ranch Center of Prevention and Health Promotion at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, a center whose mission is to support a healthier Tucson community. She is also the director of the Arizona Smokers’ Helpline, a direct service program for the public, funded by the Arizona Department of Health Services, to support smoking cessation and chronic disease risk reduction. As a cancer prevention scientist and co-lead of the University of Arizona Cancer Center Cancer Prevention and Control, her research emphases include lifestyle interventions in cancer survivors, as well as behavioral interventions for weight control and metabolic regulation.