{"id":11843,"date":"2024-12-23T16:24:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T21:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shepherd.org\/?post_type=idfive-person&#038;p=11843"},"modified":"2025-02-09T17:38:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T22:38:13","slug":"nicole-thompson","status":"publish","type":"idfive-person","link":"https:\/\/shepherd.org\/staff-directory\/nicole-thompson\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicole Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--person\">\n\t<div class=\"person-block idf-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"person-block-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"person-block-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/shepherd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_person_placeholder_480.jpg\" alt=\"A gray silhouette of a person on a light gray background, typically used as a placeholder for a profile picture.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"person-block-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 id=\"article-h1\">Nicole Thompson<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"person-block-info__title\">MPH<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Research Program Manager<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"person-block-contact\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"address\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"41\" height=\"41\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#icon-ICON_Location\"><\/use>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<address>Shepherd Center Main Campus<\/address>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/shepherd.org\/research\/research-areas\/brain-injury\/\" class=\"wp-element-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Brain Injury Research<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\">\n\t<div class=\"idf-block text-content\">\n\t\t<h2>About<\/h2>\n<p>Nicole Thompson is a clinical researcher and public health professional with over 20 years of experience in rehabilitation research, primarily in traumatic brain injury (TBI). 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