Key Researcher
Mark Linzer, MD
Mark Linzer, MD, is the Director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at HCMC [the flagship acute care and teaching hospital of the Hennepin Healthcare System], Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota, and the Director and Co-Founder of the Center for Patient and Provider Experience (CPPE). Dr. Linzer completed medical school at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and residency in Internal Medicine in the Social Medicine Residency Program at Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.
He has scholarly interests in the areas of syncope (blackout spells) and physician worklife. Dr. Linzer runs the Office of Professional Worklife at HCMC, which is responsible for the work lives and wellness of 600 HCMC providers.
Key Researcher
Elizabeth Rogers, MD
Elizabeth Rogers, MD, is a primary care physician, an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota, and is a research collaborator with CPPE at the Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation. Her clinical practice is in the Community University Health Care Center in Minneapolis. Dr. Rogers completed medical school at the University of Nebraska, residency at Harvard Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Boston Children’s Hospital Program, and completed the Primary Care Research Fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco.
Dr. Rogers’s research focus is on improving how safety-net primary care clinics support patients in self-management of diabetes made complex by concurrent social, behavioral, and medical issues. She is interested in peer coaching models, implementation science, and community-engaged research, and enjoys projects in which she is able to work with patient and community stakeholders.
Center for Patient and Provider Experience (CPPE)
Main Content:
Our Mission: To strengthen the health of patients and the providers who serve them.
Our Vision: An equitable healthcare system that addresses the multiple determinants of health of patients, providers, and communities.
Our Work: We work to generate evidence to support the development of equitable, learning health systems which meet the needs of patients, providers, and communities. Our work strives to make impact across multiple areas, including:
- Using evidence to support the development of learning health systems which meet the needs of patients and providers
- Creating an equitable health system especially for people who:
- Have co-morbid physical and behavioral health issues
- Are experiencing unstable housing
- Are refugees, immigrants or have limited English proficiency
The Center for Patient and Provider Experience (CPPE) conducts research about the health care experiences of both patients and providers, especially in safety net settings.
Our Team:
Sara Poplau, Co-Founder, Senior Research Project Manager
Mike Wambua, Research Coordinator
Crystal Audi, Wellness Assistant
Melissa Adkins, Research Assistant
Miamoua Vang, Research Assistant
Key Researcher
Mark Linzer, MD
Mark Linzer, MD, is the Director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at HCMC [the flagship acute care and teaching hospital of the Hennepin Healthcare System], Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota, and the Director and Co-Founder of the Center for Patient and Provider Experience (CPPE). Dr. Linzer completed medical school at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and residency in Internal Medicine in the Social Medicine Residency Program at Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.
He has scholarly interests in the areas of syncope (blackout spells) and physician worklife. Dr. Linzer runs the Office of Professional Worklife at HCMC, which is responsible for the work lives and wellness of 600 HCMC providers.
Key Researcher
Elizabeth Rogers, MD
Elizabeth Rogers, MD, is a primary care physician, an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota, and is a research collaborator with CPPE at the Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation. Her clinical practice is in the Community University Health Care Center in Minneapolis. Dr. Rogers completed medical school at the University of Nebraska, residency at Harvard Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Boston Children’s Hospital Program, and completed the Primary Care Research Fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco.
Dr. Rogers’s research focus is on improving how safety-net primary care clinics support patients in self-management of diabetes made complex by concurrent social, behavioral, and medical issues. She is interested in peer coaching models, implementation science, and community-engaged research, and enjoys projects in which she is able to work with patient and community stakeholders.