i3 Innovus Biographies

Dr. Thompson is responsible for scientific leadership and global direction of health economics and outcomes research with a concentration in decision analytic modeling. He joined Innovus (now i3 Innovus) in 2000 to lead the U.S. expansion. Dr. Thompson began his career in health economic consulting in 1988 and has since conducted hundreds of pharmacoeconomic analyses and outcomes research studies on new pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device products. Although best known for his work in the economics of obesity, Dr. Thompson has experience in a wide range of therapeutic areas including diseases and disorders of the cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, and central nervous systems as well as pediatric infectious diseases, sexually transmitted diseases, traumatic injuries, and others. He has co-authored a number of studies that have appeared in medical literature including articles in Journal of the American Medical Association, Archives of Internal Medicine, American Journal of Public Health, American Journal of Psychiatry, American Journal of Managed Care, Obesity Research, and American Journal of Health Promotion, among others. Dr. Thompson received a bachelor of science degree in economics from the University of California, Riverside and a doctorate degree in economics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.