Professor David R. Thompson
BSc MA PhD MBA RN FRCN FESC
RCN Cardiovascular Network Steering Committee Member
David Thompson is Professor of Cardiovascular Nursing at the University of Leicester. Prior to this he was Professor and Director of the Nethersole School of Nursing at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Director of the Hong Kong Centre for Evidence-Based Nursing, from 2002-2007. From 1998-2002 he was Foundation Professor of Nursing at the University of York. From 1994-1998 he was Professor of Nursing at the University of Hull and from 1998-2001 he was also the first Professor of Nursing Research at the Department of Health in the UK, a new post established on a part-time basis to advise the Director of Research and Development. He is Visiting Professor at the University of London, the University of Queensland and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Professor Thompson has extensive clinical and research experience in the field of cardiac care and rehabilitation. He has published 350 papers, 40 chapters and 15 books, been awarded research grants in excess of £3 million and served as a member of numerous expert committees and prestigious bodies, including the Department of Health, the Medical Research Council, the British Heart Foundation and the European Society of Cardiology. He is editor of the European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing.
Professor Thompson has received a number of honours in recognition of his contributions to the art and science of nursing and cardiology, including being elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing, in 1992, and a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology, in 1998.