Ambassador

Catherine Thomsen

Zero Breast Cancer – Staff Member
Kaiser Permanente, Northern California, Department of Research – Advisor
SF Cancer Action Network - Breast Cancer Task Force – Member, Advisor

Years Involved in Patient Centered Research: 10+ years
State: California

Catherine Thomsen has worked in public health for 25 years and has had an interest in nutrition and environmental and occupational exposures since before her Peace Corps service in Central America. She received a Master of Public Health while caring for family and friends with Alzheimer’s and cancer; she then worked as an epidemiologist, cancer grant program officer, and nonprofit program director. Thomsen’s passion is facilitating the participation of diverse people in community-based or patient-engaged research, in developing effective cancer risk-reduction education campaigns, and in empowering communities to improve health and wellness. As a PCORI Ambassador, she hopes to continue to (1) motivate researchers so that they truly value input from those impacted by the disease of study, (2) provide a bridge between communities and researchers, and (3) help translate research to benefit at-risk populations.

Involvement with PCORI

Pipeline to Proposal: Exploring Survivorship Care Plan Options – Principal Investigator

Ambassador Interests

Health Conditions Health Conditions These are the broad terms we use to categorize our funded research studies; specific diseases or conditions are included within the appropriate larger category. Note: not all of our funded projects focus on a single disease or condition; some touch on multiple diseases or conditions, research methods, or broader health system interventions. Such projects won’t be listed by a primary disease/condition and so won’t appear if you use this filter tool to find them. View Glossary
Populations Populations PCORI is interested in research that seeks to better understand how different clinical and health system options work for different people. These populations are frequently studied in our portfolio or identified as being of interest by our stakeholders. View Glossary
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