Dr. Kristina Thompson is an assistant professor in the Health & Society group of Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands. She completed her Ph.D. at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in February 2022, in the Health Sciences department. She quantitatively examines the social determinants of health. Current research projects include: the socio-economic determinants of COVID-19 case rates, the intergenerational transmission of longevity, and height's relationship to later-life outcomes.