Assistant Professor

Email: roy.thompson@hunter.cuny.edu

Office: Brookdale Campus, W806

Dr. Roy Anthony Thompson is an assistant professor and health services researcher who was born and raised in Jamaica. He earned a bachelor of science in nursing (summa cum laude) in 2009, and a master of science in advanced nursing education in 2013 from The UWI School of Nursing, University of the West Indies, Jamaica. He worked as a registered nurse (RN) in the post-anesthetic care units and intensive care units at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Jamaica from 2008-2013. Dr. Thompson was an assistant lecturer at The UWI School of Nursing, Mona, University of the West Indies from 2013-2016. He earned his PhD at the Duke University School of Nursing and the Global Health doctoral certificate from the Duke Global Health Institute. His doctoral research employed both quantitative and qualitative methods to examine employment-related outcomes between Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs) and US educated nurses, including an exploration of factors impacting IENs as they provide quality care in long-term care healthy systems. Dr. Thompson was a Teaching for Equity Fellow at Duke University.

Dr. Thompson completed his postdoctoral fellowship in 2024 at the Sinclair School of Nursing, University of Missouri, where he focused on nursing workforce in long term care, health disparities, care of residents with Alzheimer’s and related dementias, rural health and health policy. In 2023 he was selected a National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) Health Disparities Research Institute Fellow. He is currently a subject matter expert on the National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing and an Emerging Diversity Leader for AcademyHealth’s Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues (IRGNI).

Dr. Thompson’s current program of research focuses on the impact of internationally educated nurses on long term care in the United States, international nurse migration, nursing staff patterns and health disparities in nursing homes, care of older adults, health policy, and improving nursing workforce stability in long term care.

Education

Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Missouri, 2024

PhD, Duke University School of Nursing, 2022

Doctoral Certificate, Duke Global Health Institute, 2022

MSN, The UWI School of Nursing, Mona, University of the West Indies, 2013

Post-Bachelors Certificate, The University Hospital of the West Indies, 2011

BSN, The UWI School of Nursing, Mona, University of the West Indies, 2007

Honors and Awards

Health Disparities Research Institute Scholar, National Institute Minority Health and Health Disparities, 2023

PhD Dissertation Award, Gerontological Nursing Science Research & Implementation Interest Group, Midwestern Research Nursing Society, 2023

Research Areas

Grants and Publications