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Name
Barbara P. Yawn, MD, MSc, FAAFP
Bio
Researcher
Adjunct Professor
Department of Family and Community Health
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Dr. Barbara Yawn is a family physician and researcher with experience in rural primary care and pragmatic research. Her research has resulted in over 400 peer-reviewed publications, several book chapters, and 3 edited books. She has served on the US Preventive Services Task Force and on 7 national and international guideline panels, and is the editor of Respiratory Medicine Case Reports and an associate editor for Respiratory Medicine in addition to serving on other editorial boards. Her main research foci include asthma, COPD, herpes zoster, and postpartum depression.

Dr. Yawn developed a research department in a large primary care–based medical group in Rochester and SE Minnesota, where she led studies funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Agency for HealthCare Quality and Research, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, investigator initiated pharmaceutical grants and private foundations. She has worked with Dr. Make on several research grants and with Dr. Sanford with work at the COPD Foundation. Presenting educational programs directed to primary care physicians and other clinicians and the collaboration between primary care and specialty lung care, she is a frequent speaker at continuing medical education conferences.

Dr. Yawn earned her medical degree from the University of Missouri at Columbia and completed a residency and master’s degree in family medicine and public health at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. She earned a second master’s degree in clinical research design and statistics at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.