Jeannette Jackson-Thompson’s interests include cancer epidemiology, health-related quality of life and information technology issues such as maintaining the quality, integrity and security of electronic databases and the role of public health informatics infrastructure in cancer surveillance. Dr. Jackson-Thompson is the Operations Director of the Missouri Cancer Registry and a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Management and Informatics (HMI), University of Missouri-Columbia. Prior to joining the HMI faculty in August 2002, she served as Chief of the Office of Surveillance, Research and Evaluation, Division of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and directed the Missouri Cancer Registry Enhancement Project and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Project.

She is a member of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) Scientific Work Group (SWG) and the SWG High Quality Data Subcommittee; the Missouri Cancer Consortium’s Cancer Data and Planning Committee; and the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) Death Clearance Issues Work Group. She is also President-elect of the Fortnightly Club of the University of Missouri-Columbia.

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PhD- University of Missouri-Columbia

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