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Kara Thompson

ResearcherPsychologySt. Francis Xavier University

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Kara Thompson

Researcher

Psychology

Health Sciences

St. Francis Xavier University

Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
18 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (3 SSHRC, 1 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Alcohol Ecological Momentary Assessment Gender Health Intersectionality Marketing Randomized Control Trial Sex

Latest papers

Provincial and territorial results and recommendations from the Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation project: Room for improvement.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2026
Exploring Associations Between Substance Use, Self-Regulated Learning Practices, and Academic Challenges at Five Canadian Universities.
Journal of college student retention : research, theory & practice · 2026
Online promotional practices and apparent violations from licensed cannabis retail stores in Canada.
The International journal on drug policy · 2026

All 45 publications

Latest funding

Gendered Alcohol Marketing and Its Effects on Women Across Social Groups
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$596,700
Carefully crafted: A partnership to design and test the effectiveness of alcohol warning labels in a real-world setting
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$123,991
Carefully crafted: A partnership to design and test the effectiveness of alcohol warning labels in a real-world setting
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$114,960

All 6 grants and awards

45 publications.

Provincial and territorial results and recommendations from the Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation project: Room for improvement.

Priore I, Vishnevsky N, Farkouh EK, Vallance K, Wettlaufer A, Price TR, Farrell-Low AM, Giesbrecht N, Asbridge M, Gagnon M, Shelley J, Sherk A, Shield KD, Solomon R, Stockwell TR, Thomas G, Thompson K, Naimi TS

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2026

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-025-01061-1 PMID: 40506630

Exploring Associations Between Substance Use, Self-Regulated Learning Practices, and Academic Challenges at Five Canadian Universities.

Cieslik VV, Sukhawathanakul P, Rostampour R, Wu MQ, Hadwin AF, Stewart SH, Thompson K, Keough MT, Krank M, Conrod PJ, Castellanos-Ryan N, Winne P

Journal of college student retention : research, theory & practice2026

DOI: 10.1177/15210251241299790 PMID: 42381896

Online promotional practices and apparent violations from licensed cannabis retail stores in Canada.

MacDonald-Spracklin R, Waqar A, Islam A, Fischer B, Crépault JF, Thompson K, Myran DT

The International journal on drug policy2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105350 PMID: 42259170

Testing Alcohol Container Warning Labels Among Alcohol Consumers in the Field Over a 4-Week Period: A Protocol for a Randomized Field Trial.

Hobin E, Bains A, Poon T, Forbes S, Hammond D, Naimi T, Smith B, Sherk A, Stockwell T, Vanderlee L, Thompson K, Li L, Meyer S

Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs2025

DOI: 10.15288/jsad.24-00209 PMID: 39520263

Relationship Between Personality Traits and Emotional Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Canadian Emerging Adults.

Moore M, Yunus FM, Thompson K, Keough M, Krank M, Conrod PJ, Stewart SH

Emerging adulthood (Print)2025

DOI: 10.1177/21676968241313068 PMID: 40051415

Mode Matters: Investigating the Associations Between Mode of Cannabis Use and Self-Reported Physical and Psychological Effects.

MacDonald-Spracklin R, DeWolf D, Thompson K

Substance use & misuse2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2025.2538733 PMID: 40750728

New perspectives on how to formulate alcohol drinking guidelines: Response to commentaries.

Shield KD, Paradis C, Butt PR, Naimi T, Sherk A, Asbridge M, Myran DT, Stockwell T, Wells S, Poole N, Heatley J, Hobin E, Thompson K, Young MM, Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines Scientific Expert Panel

Addiction (Abingdon, England)2024

DOI: 10.1111/add.16402 PMID: 38108200

Assessing the implementation of evidence-based alcohol policies on Atlantic Canadian post-secondary campuses: A comparative analysis.

Thompson K, Cooper S, Langille W, Webber B, MacDonald-Spracklin R, Asbridge M, Barker B, Kruisselbrink D, Olthuis J, Paradis C, Stewart S, Stockwell T, Strang R

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2024First author

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-024-00907-4 PMID: 39060713

An assessment of federal alcohol policies in Canada and priority recommendations: Results from the 3rd Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation Project.

Farkouh EK, Vallance K, Wettlaufer A, Giesbrecht N, Asbridge M, Farrell-Low AM, Gagnon M, Price TR, Priore I, Shelley J, Sherk A, Shield KD, Solomon R, Stockwell TR, Thompson K, Vishnevsky N, Naimi TS

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2024

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-024-00889-3 PMID: 38739320

High peak drinking levels mediate the relation between impulsive personality and injury risk in emerging adults.

Yunus FM, Standage C, Walsh C, Lockhart P, Thompson K, Keough M, Krank M, Hadwin A, Conrod PJ, Stewart SH

Injury epidemiology2024

DOI: 10.1186/s40621-024-00487-4 PMID: 38350989

Gendered Alcohol Marketing and Its Effects on Women Across Social Groups

Nominated PICIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Thompson, Kara D

Keywords: Alcohol; Ecological Momentary Assessment; Gender; Health; Intersectionality; Marketing; Randomized Control Trial; Sex; Women

$596,700

Carefully crafted: A partnership to design and test the effectiveness of alcohol warning labels in a real-world setting

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Thompson, Kara

Keywords: Alcohol; Policy; Health; Youth; Mental health; population health; cannabis; sex and gender

$123,991

Carefully crafted: A partnership to design and test the effectiveness of alcohol warning labels in a real-world setting

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Thompson, Kara

Keywords: Alcohol Policy Health Youth Mental health population health cannabis sex and gender

$114,960

How Sex and Gender Differences in Modes of Administration Alter the Effects of Cannabis

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Thompson, Kara

Keywords: (1) Cannabis use; (2) Young adults; (3) Modes of use; (4) Sex; (5) Gender; (6) ecological momentary assessment; (7) motives

$74,996

Univenture: A Partnership to Address Heavy Drinking and Other Substance Misuse on Canadian University Campuses

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Grants

Keywords: substance misuse; prevention; personality; knowledge mobilization; well being; academic retention; academic performance; binge drinking; emerging adulthood; life transitions; technology assisted programs; student services

$2,000,000

Univenture: A Partnership to Address Heavy Drinking and Other Substance Misuse on Canadian University Campuses

Co-investigatorSSHRC2018Partnership Grants

$500,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Kara Thompson

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Provincial and territorial results and recommendations from the Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation project: Room for improvement.

Exploring Associations Between Substance Use, Self-Regulated Learning Practices, and Academic Challenges at Five Canadian Universities.

Online promotional practices and apparent violations from licensed cannabis retail stores in Canada.

Testing Alcohol Container Warning Labels Among Alcohol Consumers in the Field Over a 4-Week Period: A Protocol for a Randomized Field Trial.

Relationship Between Personality Traits and Emotional Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Canadian Emerging Adults.

Mode Matters: Investigating the Associations Between Mode of Cannabis Use and Self-Reported Physical and Psychological Effects.

New perspectives on how to formulate alcohol drinking guidelines: Response to commentaries.

Assessing the implementation of evidence-based alcohol policies on Atlantic Canadian post-secondary campuses: A comparative analysis.

An assessment of federal alcohol policies in Canada and priority recommendations: Results from the 3rd Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation Project.

High peak drinking levels mediate the relation between impulsive personality and injury risk in emerging adults.

Gendered Alcohol Marketing and Its Effects on Women Across Social Groups

Carefully crafted: A partnership to design and test the effectiveness of alcohol warning labels in a real-world setting

Carefully crafted: A partnership to design and test the effectiveness of alcohol warning labels in a real-world setting

How Sex and Gender Differences in Modes of Administration Alter the Effects of Cannabis

Univenture: A Partnership to Address Heavy Drinking and Other Substance Misuse on Canadian University Campuses

Univenture: A Partnership to Address Heavy Drinking and Other Substance Misuse on Canadian University Campuses

Frequent collaborators

Mark Asbridge

Norman Giesbrecht

Bonnie Leadbeater

Gerald Thomas

Erin Hobin

Sherry Stewart

Samantha Wells

Shu-Ping Chen

Marilou Gagnon

Patricia Conrod

Russell Callaghan

Samantha Wells

Jacob Shelley

Lennon Li

Keith Dobson

Abby Goldstein

Kara Thompson

Samantha Meyer

Megan Ames

Amanda Hudson

Robert Mann

Christine Wekerle

Daniel Myran

David Hammond