Kevin C. Thomas, PhD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Kevin “Kip” Thomas comes to Boston University from the greater Washington D.C. Metropolitan area, having earned his doctorate from George Mason University, School of Public Policy, in Fairfax Virginia.

Dr. Thomas is developing the Master’s of Science in Biomedical Crisis Management Program for BUMC. Currently, he is teaching a statistics course for graduate students this semester.

Dr. Thomas’s experience includes over 20 years of military service, both in the field as a submariner, and in the Pentagon. He has broad teaching experience to diverse groups and was the founding Research Programs Director for the Critical Infrastructure Protection Program, a $20-plus million dollar research program for developing and analyzing methods of critical infrastructure protection and cyber security. Providing project oversight for more than 50 research activities into critical infrastructures conducted across a consortium of more than 14 universities, Dr. Thomas has personally led or participated as a researcher in a number of these projects.

His office is currently located in the Evans Biomedical Research Center at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine.

Publications

  • Published 11/20/2023

    Camerlingo N, Shaafi Kabiri N, Psaltos DJ, Kelly M, Wicker MK, Messina I, Auerbach SH, Zhang H, Messere A, Isik Karahanoglu F, Santamaria M, Demanuele C, Caouette D, Thomas KC. Monitoring Gait and Physical Activity of Elderly Frail Individuals in Free-Living Environment: A Feasibility Study. Gerontology. 2024; 70(4):439-454. PMID: 37984340.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 8/23/2023

    Maxwell SP, Brooks C, Kim D, McNeely CL, Cho S, Thomas KC. Improving Surveillance of Human Tick-Borne Disease Risks: Spatial Analysis Using Multimodal Databases. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2023 Aug 23; 9:e43790. PMID: 37610812.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 6/23/2022

    Maxwell SP, Brooks C, McNeely CL, Thomas KC. Neurological Pain, Psychological Symptoms, and Diagnostic Struggles among Patients with Tick-Borne Diseases. Healthcare (Basel). 2022 Jun 23; 10(7). PMID: 35885705.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 4/18/2022

    Brooks C, McNeely CL, Maxwell SP, Thomas KC. Assessing Tick-Borne Disease Risk and Surveillance: Toward a Multi-Modal Approach to Diagnostic Positioning and Prediction. Microorganisms. 2022 Apr 18; 10(4). PMID: 35456881.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 4/30/2020

    Abrami A, Heisig S, Ramos V, Thomas KC, Ho BK, Caggiano V. Using an unbiased symbolic movement representation to characterize Parkinson's disease states. Sci Rep. 2020 04 30; 10(1):7377. PMID: 32355166.

    Read at: PubMed

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Other Positions

  • Graduate Faculty (Primary Mentor of Grad Students)
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences

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Education

  • George Mason University, PhD
  • George Mason University, MBA

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