Kirsten Thompson
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Curriculum vitae

Education

2008
Masters in Public Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. Thesis research published in Women’s Health Issues.
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1999
BA magna cum laude in Biology with a concentration in Earth System Science, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA. Thesis research on insect communities at organic versus conventional farms in Pennsylvania.
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Ongoing learning
2015
Creating an Effective Fundraising Plan training at CompassPoint
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2015
Facilitative Leadership for Social Change training at the Interaction Institute for Social Change
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2013
Design Thinking for Business Innovation with University of Virginia’s Jeanne Liedtke on Coursera
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2012
Smart Chart for Communicators training at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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2010
Sex educator professional development training with San Francisco Sex Information
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2006
Spokesperson training intensive workshop at Media Alliance
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2005
Grantwriting and newsletter workshops with Writing for Community Success
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2004
HTML, CSS, java scripting and Adobe Design Suite software courses at LearnIT
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2003
Entrepreneurship and Bookkeeping courses at College of the Redwoods
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1998
Year of studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC
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1994
Summer Institutes at Barnard College


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Experience

University of California, San Francisco, Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health

Project coordinator, August 2008 - October 2011; Project director, November 2011 - 2015; Program director December 2015 - Present.

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Oversaw online and print communications portfolio, supervised communications manager.
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Developed and implemented fundraising plan, including 14 successful grant proposals, launch of an annual giving campaign, and event coordination.
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Coordinated governance for the Bixby Center, liaised with leadership transition and strategic planning consultants.
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Built research and advocacy partnerships with Planned Parenthood, National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, American Congress of Ob-Gyns, and others.
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Collaboratively designed, implemented, and managed quantitative and qualitative research. Analyzed and published results with a focus on policy impact.
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Monitored peer-reviewed literature in sexual health and rights. Wrote and curated content for Bedsider and the Bixby Center website. Produced educational videos and counseling tools.
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Pilot tested technologies and systems for data collection, e-learning, and donor management.

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Skills: Organize multiple simultaneous projects, manage and improve available funding, train and supervise teams, assess organizational development options, translate research into public education and policy advocacy.

Male Contraception Coalition

Founder & director: Volunteer, December 1999 - March 2006; Grant funding, April 2006 - August 2010.

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Researched and evaluated the status of new male contraceptive methods under development.
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Designed and maintained public education website, translating biomedical research into lay terms.
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Produced monthly e-newsletters for the biomedical community, family planning service providers, and the public.
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Designed and conducted a survey of men interested in new contraceptives, analyzed and presented findings.
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Aided biomedical researchers with networking services and positioning documents.

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Skills: Evaluate scientific research and translate findings for popular and technical audiences, design and implement a database-driven website, build an international network of reproductive health researchers and advocates.

Additional experience

Tofu Shop Specialty Foods, Arcata, CA. Manager, September 2001 - April 2004. Managed production staff of 6. Coordinated inventory and bookkeeping. Developed new product line, including recipes, nutritional analysis and labels. Attained organic certification for facility.

World Resources Institute, Washington, DC. Geographic information systems (GIS) analyst, November 1999 - November 2000. Produced spatial analyses with diverse data, including the first published geographically distributed global population estimate for 2025. Estimated future freshwater scarcity in global river basins.

University of Washington, Seattle, WA. GIS analyst, June 1999 - September 1999. NASA grant to analyze land use change in the Puget Sound watershed for an integrated economic and environmental model. Modeled population distribution at high resolution Southeast Asian watersheds.

Selected professional activities

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Advisory Board Chair of the Sea Change Program, which uses storytelling to erase the stigma of abortion and other reproductive health experiences. Oakland, CA. September 2015 – present.
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Board Chair of the Tule Academy, a Bay Area high school that will integrate environmental education and empower graduates to start a small business. Richmond, CA. March 2015 – present.
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Association of Reproductive Health Professionals’ Sexual and Reproductive Health Quality and Performance Measures Working Group advisory committee member. Proposing quality measures for contraceptive care under health care reform. San Francisco, CA. December 2013 - November 2014.
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Exploratory Committee member for a Y-Prize for Male Contraception. Research and strategic planning for a prize to motivate investment in developing new methods of contraception. San Francisco, CA. May - December 2013.
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Moderator for Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition Market Development Approaches Working Group “Priming the Future” meeting. Hosted by the Hewlett Foundation, Menlo Park, CA. June 2012.
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Moderator for the panel “Long-acting Reversible Contraceptives” at the American Public Health Association annual meeting. Philadelphia, PA. November 2009.
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Teaching assistant for the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s sixth annual summer course “Reproductive Health and Development” for Dr. Amy Tsui. Baltimore, MD. July 2008.
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Advisory review panel member for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development’s Contraception and Reproductive Health Branch. Bethesda, MD. February 2008.
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Male Contraceptive Coalition information booth at three Contraceptive Technology conferences (San Francisco, CA, March 2005 and April 2007; and Washington, DC, March 2007) and the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals Annual meeting (La Jolla, CA, September 2006).
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Awards & honors

2016
Award for Outstanding Continuing Education Outcomes Assessment, Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions
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2007
Sommer Scholarship, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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Computer platforms & software

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Quantitative and qualitative analyses with STATA, StatTransfer, and ATLAS.ti
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Web and graphic design using the Adobe design suite, HTML/CSS and multiple content management systems
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Online training production using Articulate and multiple learning management systems
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Projections and cost analyses using Spectrum modules
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GIS analysis using ESRI ArcInfo, ArcView and Erdas Imagine
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Multiple word processing and bookkeeping software packages
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Proficiency in multiple operating systems
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Languages

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Fluent Spanish
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Functional German
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Publications

Peer-reviewed publications

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Funding policies and postabortion long-acting reversible contraception: results from a cluster randomized trial.
Rocca CH, Thompson KM, Goodman S, et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2016; e-pub ahead of print.
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Public funding, provider training, and use of highly effective contraceptives: A cluster randomized trial.
Thompson KM, Rocca CH, Kohn JE, et al. Am J Pub Health 2016; 106(3): 541-6.
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Reduced pregnancy in the U.S. from long-acting reversible contraception: a cluster randomized trial.
Harper CC, Rocca CH, Thompson KM, et al. Lancet 2015; 386(9993): 562-8.
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IUDs & implants: A guide to reimbursement.
Armstrong A, Gandal-Powers M, Kelinson AK, Levin S, Luchowski A, Thompson KM. NHeLP, NWLC, NFPRHA, ACOG & UCSF: 2015.
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Counseling for emergency contraception: time for a tiered approach
Thompson KM, Belden P. Contraception 2014; 90(6): 559-61.
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Counseling for IUDs & implants: Are health educators & clinicians on the same page?
Thompson KM, Stern L, Gelt M, Speidel JJ, Harper CC. Perspect Sex Reprod Health 2013; 45(4): 191-5.
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Counseling and provision of LARC in the US: National survey of nurse practitioners
Harper CC, Stratton L, Raine T, Thompson KM, Henderson JT, Blum M, Postlethwaite D, Speidel JJ. Prev Med 2013; 57(6): 883-8.
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Pregnancy: not a disease but still a health risk
Speidel JJ, Rocca C, Harper C, Thompson KM. Contraception 2013; 88(4): 481-4.
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Access to levonorgestrel emergency contraception: science versus federal politics
Thompson KM, Raine TR, Foster DG, et al. Womens Health 2013; 9(2): 139-43.
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Post-abortion contraception: Qualitative interviews on counseling and provision of LARC
Morse J, Freedman L, Speidel JJ, Thompson KM, Stratton L, Harper CC. Perspect Sex Reprod Health 2012; 44(2): 100-6.
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Evidence-based IUD practice: family physicians and obstetrician-gynecologists
Harper CC, Henderson JT, Raine TR, Goodman S, Darney PD, Thompson KM, Dehlendorf C, Speidel JJ. Fam Med 2012; 44(9): 637-45.
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Birth Control chapter
Thompson KM, Westhoff C, Blanchard K, et al. In: Zeldes K, Cupaiuolo C, et al. (Eds.) Our Bodies, Ourselves. 40th Anniversary Edition. New York, New York: Simon and Schuster; 2011.
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Increased use of intrauterine contraception in California, 1997-2007
Thompson KM, Foster DG, Harper CC. Womens Health Issues 2011; 21(6): 425-30.
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Contraceptive policies affect post-abortion provision of long-acting reversible contraception
Thompson KM, Speidel JJ, Saporta V, Waxman NJ, Harper CC. Contraception 2011; 83(1): 41-7.
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Case studies: Population and Climate section
Vörösmarty C, Brunner J, Revenga C, Fekete B, Green P, Kura Y, Thompson KM. In: Kabat P, Claussen M, et al. (Eds.) Vegetation, Water, Humans and the Climate. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer Verlag; 2004.

Patient education tools

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What’s the risk?
Poster comparing risks of using contraception to the risks of pregnancy. Designed in collaboration with Dr. Joe Speidel, Dr. Corinne Rocca, Bedsider, and Visual.ly.
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How well does birth control work?
A tiers of effectiveness chart with an infographic showing the risk of a method failing. Designed in collaboration with Dr. Cynthia Harper, the UCSF Bixby Center LARC Project team, and Bedsider.
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Birth control that works after sex
A tiers of effectiveness chart for emergency contraception, including information on getting the methods. Designed in collaboration with Dr. Cynthia Harper, the UCSF Bixby Center LARC team, and Bedsider.
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Birth control that really works
A short video featuring real young women’s experiences with using IUDs and implants, and an animation of the methods’ cost-effectiveness. Produced with Click to Play Media and supported by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy.

Public education publications

Feature articles for Bedsider, edited by Elizabeth Sabatiuk (2012 - Present)
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All about hormones!
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Hello, Skyla! Getting to know the newest IUD.
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IUDs on the horizon.
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What’s in a birth control label?
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Should the Pill be accessible without a prescription?
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And 4 others
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Shoptalk series for Bedsider, ghostwritten with clinicians (2014 - Present)
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No more fainting in your practice.
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Sex, gender and orientation 101.
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What do YOU use for birth control?
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And over 10 others
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Provider Perspective series for Bedsider, ghostwritten with clinicians (2011 - Present)
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5 myths about pulling out, busted.
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Those Mirena lawsuit ads: Fact and fiction.
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Umm, can I get pregnant if...?
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And over 50 others
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Male Contraception Update e-newsletter, written in collaboration with Elaine Lissner (2006 - 2008)
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From Volume 1, Issue 1 through Volume 3, Issue 11
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Spatial data for the World Resources Insitute, prepared with Ken Kassem, Siobhan Murray, and Yumiko Kura (2000)
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Pilot Analysis of Global Ecosystems - Forest ecosystems
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Pilot Analysis of Global Ecosystems - Freshwater systems
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Peer-reviewed abstracts

2015
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Rocca C, Kohn J, Thompson KM, et al. Pregnancy intention and pregnancy risk: the role of highly effective contraception. North American Forum on Family Planning (NAFFP) conference. Chicago, IL. October 2015.
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Harper C, Rocca C, Kohn J, et al. Pregnancy & STI prevention in a cluster randomized trial: Where does LARC for teens and young women leave us? American Public Health Association (APHA) conference. Chicago, IL. November 2015.
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Harper C, Blum M, Grand J, et al. Implementation science research: Provider training for LARC. International Federation of Ob/Gyns (FIGO) conference. Vancouver, BC. October 2015.
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Gandal-Powers M, Luchowski A, Thompson KM. Best practices for LARC reimbursement. National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA) conference. Alexandria, VA. April 2015.
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Rocca C, Goodman S, Thompson KM, et al. Do clinic and state policies affect post-abortion LARC use? National Abortion Federation (NAF) conference. Baltimore, MD. April 2015.
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2014
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Gibbs S, Rocca C, Thompson KM, et al. Increasing LARC access for adolsecents and nulliparous women: Results from a cluster randomized trial. APHA conference. New Orleans, LA. November 2014.
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Rocca C, Thompson KM, Stern L, et al. Racial and ethnic disparities in LARC: results from a cluster randomized trial. NAFFP conference. Miami, FL. October 2014.
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Harper CC, Rocca C, Thompson KM, et al. IUD provision and STIs: Results from a cluster randomized trial. NAFFP conference. Miami, FL. October 2014.
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Rocca CH, Gould H, Thompson KM, et al. Same-day LARC placement and use post-abortion: Results from the Turnaway Study. NAFFP conference. Miami, FL. October 2014.
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Thompson KM, Rocca C, Kohn J, et al. State Medicaid family planning expansion programs & use of highly effective contraception: Results from a cluster randomized trial. Academy Health Annual Research Meeting (ARM). San Diego, CA. June 2014.
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Rocca C, Thompson KM, Speidel JJ, et al. Access to LARC after abortion: Results from a cluster randomized trial. NAF conference. San Francisco, CA. April 2014.
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Harper CC, Rocca C, Darney PD, et al. Long-acting reversible contraceptive training intervention: results from a cluster randomized trial on pregnancy outcomes. American College of Obstetrician Gynecologists (ACOG) national conference. Chicago, IL. April 2014.
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2013
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Harper CC, Rocca C, Blum M, et al. Trust in provider and racial/ethnic disparities in contraceptive method choice among young, low-income women. APHA conference. Boston, MA. November 2013.
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Harper CC, Rocca CH, Thompson KM, et al. LARC training intervention: Results from a cluster randomized trial. NAFFP conference. Seattle, WA. October 2013.
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Thompson KM, Stern L, Gelt M, et al. The clinician-health educator team and counseling for long-acting, reversible contraception. Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP) conference. Denver, CO. September 2013.
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Steinberg J, Speidel JJ, Blum M, et al. Examining the association between psychological health and contraceptive choice. American Psychological Assocaition (APA) conference. Honolulu, HI. August 2013.
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Thompson KM, Gelt M, Stern L, et al. Impact of evidence-based training on provider LARC knowledge and practices. Title X Grantee meeting. Seattle, WA. July 2013.
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Thompson KM, Speidel JJ, Patel A, et al. Health insurance and state contraceptive policies support LARC access. NAF conference. New York, NY. April 2013.
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Stern L, Patel A, Thompson KM, et al. Investing in your research brand to build reputation, relationships, and revenue. Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) conference. Washington, DC. April 2013.
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2012
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Harper CC, Thompson KM, Rocca C, et al. The copper IUD for EC: Have young women at risk of unintended pregnancy heard of the most effective form of emergency contraception? APHA conference. San Francisco, CA. October 2012.
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Thompson KM, Goodman S, Dickson A, et al. Young women’s knowledge of contraceptive effectiveness is associated with LARC use. NAFFP conference. Denver, CO. October 2012.
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Thompson KM, Stern L, Speidel JJ, Harper C. Counseling for IUDs & implants: are health educators and clinicians on the same page? Title X Clinical meeting. New Orleans, LA. August 2012.
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Thompson KM, Speidel JJ, Stratton L, et al. Contraceptive choice at abortion versus family planning visits. NAF conference. Vancouver, BC. April 2012.
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2011
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Harper CC, Raine T, Thompson KM, et al. Counseling and provision of long-acting reversible contraceptives in the US: National survey of advance practice nurses. NAFFP conference. Washington, DC. October 2011.
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2010
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Freedman LR, Harper CC, Thompson KM, et al. Cost is a major barrier to post-abortion provision of long-acting reversible contraception: Qualitative findings. NAF conference. Philadelphia, PA. April 2010.
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2009
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Harper CC, Raine T, Henderson JT, et al. Long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) in the US: Are contraceptive providers adequately trained? APHA conference. Philadelphia, PA. October 2009.
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Harper CC, Thompson KM, Waxman NJ, Speidel JJ. Provision of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) at US abortion facilities and barriers to immediate post-abortion insertion. ARHP conference. Los Angeles, CA. October 2009.
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Harper CC, Thompson KM, Waxman NJ, et al. Long-acting reversible contraceptives: Preliminary survey findings of NAF member practices with immediate post-abortion placement. NAF conference. Portland, OR. April 2009.
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2008
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Thompson KM. Why new contraceptives? Why contraceptives for men? Funder’s Network meeting. Santa Cruz, CA. November 2008.
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Speidel JJ, Thompson KM, Harper CC. Long-acting reversible contraception can decrease unintended pregnancy and repeat abortion. FIAPAC Congress. Berlin, Germany. October 2008.
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Thompson, KM. Men's preferences for novel male birth control methods. ARHP conference. Washington, DC. September 2008.
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2007
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Thompson, KM. Public Interest in new male contraceptives. Future of Male Contraception Conference. Seattle, WA. September 2007.
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Thompson KM. New contraceptives for men: Birth control options finally catch up with public sentiment. Family Planning Male Training Center conference. Memphis, TN. May 2007.
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2000
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Brunner J, Kura Y, Thompson KM, et al. Water scarcity, water resources management, and hydrological monitoring. World Water Forum. The Hague, Netherlands. March 2000.
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