About

BIOGRAPHY
Maureen Thompson BSN, RN, COHN-S, RBP – Retired from Emory University in 2025.  Maureen was the Assistant Director of Environmental Health and Safety at Emory University and Environmental Health and Safety Officer (EHSO) at the Emory National Primate Research Center (NPRC) for 26 years. Her responsibilities included: guidance and oversight for regulatory compliance, environmental health and safety training, BSL/ABSL-3 containment oversight, safety inspections, hazard identification, hazard monitoring and risk assessments. She was also responsible for the follow-up and investigations related to student, volunteer and employee injuries and exposures as well, as the workers compensation program. Prior to working in research Maureen worked as a Neonatal Nurse at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Early career experiences include work in clinical laboratories and pediatric phlebotomy. Maureen has worked in the field of Environmental Health and Safety for more than 35 years, first as the Safety Officer at Children’s Health Care of Atlanta and then as the EHSO at the Emory NPRC. She  worked with numerous agencies, organizations and research facilities to address research related health and safety concerns and development of comprehensive safety programs. She was a voting member of the Emory University Institutional Biosafety and Research Safety Committees and the EHSO representative on the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee.