Vetta Sanders Thompson

Vetta L. Sanders Thompson is the E. Desmond Lee Professor of Racial and Ethnic Studies at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. She is committed to research, interventions, and engagement to support community efforts to achieve equity in health and well-being. She is a noted researcher in the areas of racial identity, experiences of discrimination, psychosocial implications of race and ethnicity in health promotion and the social determinants of health, and mental health services utilization. Sanders Thompson serves as a co-director of the Institute for Public Health Center for Community Health, Partnership, and Research. An associate member of the Siteman Cancer Center, she also works closely with the Program for the Elimination of Cancer Disparities. At Washington University, Sanders Thompson is a faculty affiliate of the department of African and African-American studies and the interdisciplinary program in urban studies.