Julia Adler-Milstein, PhD

Dr. Julia Adler-Milstein is a Professor of Medicine, Chief of the Division of Clinical Informatics & Digital Transformation, and Director of the Center for Clinical Informatics & Improvement Research (CLIIR).Dr. Adler-Milstein is a leading researcher who has examined policies and organizational strategies that enable effective use of electronic health records, promote interoperability, and integrate AI. She is also an expert in EHR audit log data and its application to studying clinician behavior. Her research – used by researchers, health systems, and policymakers – identifies obstacles to progress and ways to overcome them.She has published over 300 influential papers, testified before the US Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, been named one of the top 10 influential women in health IT, and won numerous awards, including the New Investigator Award from the American Medical Informatics Association and the Alice S. Hersh New Investigator Award from AcademyHealth. Dr. Adler-Milstein holds a PhD in Health Policy from Harvard and became the inaugural Chief of the Division of Clinical Informatics and Digital Transformation in 2023.