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The AMIA New Investigator Award recognizes an individual for early informatics contributions and significant scholarly contributions on the basis of scientific merit and research excellence. This award is designed to be awarded to an assistant/associate professor level individual contributing promising findings to the field.

Criteria       

  • Significant scientific productivity in informatics prior to reaching eligibility for fellowship in the American College of Medical Informatics.
  • The nominator(s) should include the first publication in a journal including the full title and PubMed URL demonstrating eligibility with a date less than 10 years from the year of the nomination.
  • Significant scientific publications including contributions to journals including and other than JAMIA.
  • AMIA membership and ongoing commitment to the organization.
  • Presentations at AMIA conferences, and/or publications in JAMIA, other AMIA publications, and national and international forums.

Recipients

2023

Yifan Peng, PhD
Assistant Professor of Department of Population Health Sciences
Weill Cornell Medicine

2022

Licong Cui, PhD

2021

Maxim Topaz, PhD, RN

2020

Yuan Luo, PhD, FAMIA

2019

Joanna Abraham, PhD

2018

Jeremy Warner, MD

2017

Marina Sirota, PhD

2016

Nicholas Tatonetti, PhD

2015

Rong Xu, PhD

2014

Julia Adler-Milstein, PhD

2013

Nigam H. Shah, MBBS, PhD

2012

Joshua C. Denny, MD, MS

2011

Kai Zheng, PhD

2010

Adam Wright, PhD

2009

S. Trent Rosenbloom, MD, MPH

2008

Atul J. Butte, MD, PhD

2007

David A. Dorr, MD, MS

2006

Mia K. Markey, PhD

2005

Mor Peleg, PhD