A Jay Holmgren Receives Prestigious AMIA New Investigator Award

The UCSF Division of Clinical Informatics and Digital Transformation (DoC-IT) is proud to announce that A Jay Holmgren, PhD, MHI, assistant professor and associate chief for research, has been named the 2025 recipient of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) New Investigator Award.

The AMIA New Investigator Award recognizes early-career researchers who have made significant scholarly contributions to the field of informatics based on scientific merit and research excellence. Dr. Holmgren was nominated by three leading figures in the field—Julia Adler-Milstein, PhD, David W. Bates, MD, and Christopher Longhurst, MD—in recognition of his groundbreaking research on the impact of information technology and digital health on patients, clinicians, and healthcare organizations.

"A Jay has led pioneering work in our field, and it is so gratifying to see him be recognized for it”, said Julia Adler-Milstein, PhD, professor and chief of DoC-IT. “What I particularly admire about A Jay, and what makes his work so impactful, is that he identifies timely research questions and then uses novel data and rigorous methods to answer them.”

The award honors individuals at the assistant or associate professor level who demonstrate significant scientific productivity in informatics, contribute meaningful publications to leading journals, and show dedication to AMIA and the broader informatics community. Recipients are recognized for their promising contributions to the field prior to becoming eligible for a fellowship in the American College of Medical Informatics. Dr. Holmgren will receive the award at the AMIA 2025 Annual Symposium in Atlanta, Georgia, during the State of the Association Meeting on November 18, 2025.

Dr. Holmgren's work has been particularly influential in advancing our understanding of how artificial intelligence (AI) can be safely and effectively deployed in clinical care delivery, evaluating the impact of payment and reimbursement on the use of technology in health care, and applying observational causal inference techniques to disentangle correlation from causation in medical research. His work has appeared in top-tier journals, including JAMA, Health Affairs, and the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, and his insights have reached broader audiences through coverage in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Politico, and NPR.

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Holmgren on this well-deserved recognition.

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About A Jay Holmgren, PhD, MHI

Dr. Holmgren is an expert on the use of information technology in health care delivery, with research focusing on the impact of digital health tools on patients, clinicians, and health care organizations. His work seeks to identify strategies to improve the quality and experience of care using digital tools.

Recently, much of Dr. Holmgren’s research has focused on the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) in clinical care delivery, such as the evaluation and monitoring of generative AI tools. He has authored over 75 influential, peer-reviewed articles in leading peer-reviewed journals, including JAMA, Health Affairs, The American Journal of Public Health, Health Services Research, and the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA). His work has also been cited over 2,500 times and featured in prominent media outlets like The New York Times, The Atlantic, Politico, and NPR.

Dr. Holmgren received his PhD in Health Policy (Management) from Harvard University and Harvard Business School in 2021.