Superfund Research Program

Marcella R. Thompson

Brown University
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
70 Ship Street, Box G-E5
Providence, Rhode Island 02912
Phone: 401-863-3119
Fax: 401-863-9008
Email: marcella_thompson@brown.edu

Research Briefs

• 227 - Lead Discovered at Higher Levels Below the Soil Surface
• 217 - Majority of Women Exposed to Multiple Pollutants

Hazardous Waste Sites

Centredale Manor Restoration Project

• Brown University: Community Engagement Core

Narragansett Tribal Lands/Waters

• Brown University: Community Engagement Core

Peterson/Puritan Superfund Site

• Brown University: Community Engagement Core

Publications

2018

• Chen CY, Driscoll CT, Eagles-Smith CA, Eckley CS, Gay DA, Hsu-Kim H, Keane SE, Kirk JL, Mason RP, Obrist D, Selin H, Selin NE, Thompson MR. 2018. A critical time for mercury science to inform global policy. Environ Sci Technol 52(17):9556-9561. doi:10.1021/acs.est.8b02286 PMID:30067020
• Thompson MR, Barcott DS. 2018. The Role of the Nurse Scientist as a Knowledge Broker. J Nurs Scholarsh 51(1):26-39. doi:10.1111/jnu.12439 PMID:30354032 PMCID:PMC6329672

2017

• Thompson MR, Barcott DS. 2017. The concept of exposure in environmental health for nursing. J Adv Nurs 73(6):1315-1330. doi:10.1111/jan.13246 PMID:28000242 PMCID:PMC5423851

2014

• Thompson MR, Burdon A, Boekelheide K. 2014. Practice-based evidence informs environmental health policy and regulation: a case study of residential lead-soil contamination in Rhode Island. Sci Total Environ 468-469:514-522. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.07.094 PMID:24055667 PMCID:PMC3858391

2013

• Thompson MR, Boekelheide K. 2013. Multiple environmental chemical exposures to lead, mercury and polychlorinated biphenyls among childbearing-aged women (NHANES 1999–2004): Body burden and risk factors. Environ Res 121:23-30. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2012.10.005 PMID:23158727 PMCID:PMC3578119

2012

• Thompson MR. 2012. Mercury contamination: review of a residential response. Prof Saf 57:50-58. PMID:23436951 PMCID:PMC3576874