Jackie Thompson
Jackie Thompson is a Research Assistant at the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University. She received a BA in Cognitive Science, with distinction in the major, from Yale University in 2008. During her time at Yale, she conducted research in various areas of cognitive science, including music cognition, comparative cognition in non-human primates, and synesthesia. Her concurrent interests in nutrition, public health, and public policy led her to the Rudd Center, where she works with Dr. Jennifer Harris on the effects of food marketing and advertising aimed at children.
