Darcy Thompson, MD, MPH/MSPH

Research Interests for Patients

Dr. Thompson is a board-certified pediatrician and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She also serves as Clinical Research Director for the Colorado Child Health Research Institute. Dr. Thompson’s research seeks to promote healthy growth and development in early childhood by understanding cultural and contextual contributors to early childhood lifestyle behaviors. Current work focuses on screen media use and sleep in the toddler age group. Current and past studies were funded by the National Institutes of Health (NICHD, NINR, NHLBI) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. She is experienced in mixed methods and community-based participatory research approaches. Mentoring: During my career, I have mentored junior faculty, fellows, residents, graduate students, medical students, and undergraduate students. I am a faculty mentor on the Nutrition T32 program.