Linda Zittleman, MSPH

serves as a Researcher and Community Engagement Lead for the Minnesota Electronic Health Record Consortium in the HHCJ Lab. Linda co-leads the development of the Implementation Core, working with MNEHRC healthcare systems, public health, and others to identify health priorities and implement and evaluate evidence-based health intervention to improve community health in Minnesota. She also supports the MNEHRC’s Health Trends Across Communities project, working with healthcare systems and public health partners to ensure the relevance and utility of data and dashboard. Linda is also faculty in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Colorado and Director of the High Plains Research Network (HPRN), a practice- and community-based research network in rural eastern Colorado. She has extensive experience leading and directing a wide range of multi-method primary care and public health research projects and programs. Her work has engaged patients, practice teams, and public health professionals to address a range of topics, such as treatment for opioid use disorder; hypertension, diabetes, and asthma management; and community-based mental and emotional health promotion. Linda grew up in central Wisconsin. She obtained her master’s degree in public health at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.