Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research

Diana Burgess

Diana Burgess, PhD is a social psychologist. Much of her research focuses on racial/ethnic disparities in health and healthcare. One line of research focuses on understanding how providers may unintentionally contribute to healthcare disparities (including the conditions that may make this more likely), and developing strategies to address this provider contribution. Another line of research is aimed at addressing racial disparities in pain treatment and outcomes, through the development of innovative patient-level interventions, which address patient-level, provider-level and system-level contributors. She is also pursuing research aimed at developing communication strategies to improve equity and quality of chronic pain care and to reduce the stigma of pain. She has also begun to conduct research on mindfulness-based interventions for healthcare providers, to reduce provider burnout and improve patient care.

CURRENT POSITIONS Core Investigator, Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Co-Director VA Advanced Fellowship Program in Health Services Research RESEARCH INTERESTS • Disparities in health and healthcare • Pain management • Stigma • Health and Health Care Communication • Mindfulness EDUCATION BA, Rice University, Houston, TX PhD, University of Minnesota, Department of Psychology, Minneapolis, MN Post-Doctoral Fellow in Organizational Behavior, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business, Stanford, CA Post-Doctoral Fellow, VA Advanced Fellowship Program in Health Services Research Minneapolis VA Medical Center, Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research, Minneapolis, MN CONTACT INFO 612.467.1591 Email: diana.burgess@va.gov Check out a full publication list on Google Scholar.

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