Dr. Embí is an internationally recognized physician-scientist and thought leader at the intersection of medicine and biomedical informatics. He has published hundreds of peer-reviewed publications and presentations describing his innovations in the field. His pioneering research into novel approaches leveraging EHRs for research, real-world evidence-generation, and enabling data-driven learning health systems have transformed aspects of practice, research, and public health. He is also a thought leader in the application of artificial intelligence to health care, focused on the ethical, effective and equitable applications and monitoring of AI, including conceptualizing and operationalizing the approach he coined, algorithmovigilance. Dr. Embí is credited as a founder of the field of clinical research informatics, and he created and served as the nation’s first Chief Research Information Officer (CRIO), a role that has since become common across academic health centers. He has led some of the nation’s premier informatics departments and institutes, and expanded their impact in healthcare, biomedicine, and public health.

Dr. Embí currently serves as Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Professor of Medicine, co-Director of the ADVANCE AI Center, co-Director of the RAPID-Learning Health System Center, and co-Chair of the AI Technologies governance committee for VUMC. He served as Chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics and Senior Vice-President for Research and Innovation at Vanderbilt University Medical Center until May, 2025. Prior to assuming these roles, he served as President and CEO of the Regenstrief Institute, Professor and Associate Dean for Informatics and Health Services Research at the Indiana University School of Medicine, Associate Director at Indiana CTSI and Vice President for Learning Health Systems at IU Health. Previous academic leadership roles included professorships, vice-chair, assistant dean, and CRIO at The Ohio State University, and as founding director of the Center for Health Informatics at the University of Cincinnati. He has also invented and licensed health technologies and launched start-up ventures related to his inventions.

In recognition of his contributions and thought leadership, Dr. Embí has been elected a Member of the National Academy of Medicine, and to Fellowship in numerous societies and colleges, including the American College of Physicians, the American College of Medical Informatics, the American College of Rheumatology, and the International Association for Health Sciences Informatics. Among his national leadership roles, Dr. Embí is the current President of the American College of Medical Informatics, served as Past President and Chair of the Board of Directors of AMIA, and served on the Board of Directors for the American College of Rheumatology. He has also served on numerous national advisory boards to universities and organizations, including on the Board of Scientific Counselors to the NIH’s National Library of Medicine and on the National Advisory Council to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

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