Pediatric speech language pathologist and researcher at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Kelsey Thompson, MS, PhD, CCC-SLP

Pediatric speech language pathologist and researcher at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Post-doctoral fellow with the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 
  • Nine years of clinical experience as a pediatric speech language pathologist in early intervention and private practice
  • PhD from the in the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences in the University of North Carolina School of Medicine Department of Allied Health Sciences 
  • Dissertation examined how to best support parents of preterm infants during the transition to solid foods 
  • My primary career goal is to partner with families and community providers to prevent long-term feeding problems in high-risk infants