In addition to being a board-certified practicing Family Physician, Dr. Koopman has a master’s degree in Clinical Research from the Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Koopman is experienced in conducting quantitative and qualitative research, and has also undertaken additional training regarding human factors and human-computer interaction. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation have awarded her funding to investigate the EHR’s role in physician-patient interactions, including health information needs, information seeking by patients with chronic diseases and clinical decision support for care of patients with diabetes. She won the MU School of Medicine’s 2010 Dorsett L. Spurgeon MD Distinguished Medical Research Award.