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Emily Powers, MD, MHS is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine) at Yale School of Medicine with primary appointment in Pediatric Emergency Medicine and secondary appointment in Biomedical Informatics & Data Science.
Dr. Powers completed her medical degree at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (2012), followed by residency at Yale New Haven Hospital (2015), where she served as Chief Resident (2016). She completed a fellowship at Yale New Haven Hospital (2020) and earned a Master of Health Science (MHS) in Clinical Informatics from Yale University (2018).
Her research focuses on the intersection of pediatric emergency medicine and clinical informatics, with particular interest in leveraging electronic health record data to improve patient care, enhance clinical decision-making, and optimize healthcare delivery systems. Dr. Powers' work spans several key areas including health information technology implementation, quality improvement initiatives in pediatric emergency settings, patient safety protocols, and data-driven approaches to understanding healthcare utilization patterns. Analysis of her recent publications reveals consistent focus on applying informatics principles to solve practical challenges in pediatric emergency care, with expertise in clinical decision support systems and electronic health record optimization.
Dr. Powers is board certified in both Pediatric Emergency Medicine (2023) and Clinical Informatics (2025) through the American Board of Pediatrics and American Board of Preventive Medicine, respectively. She maintains active collaborations with several key researchers at Yale, including Andrea Asnes, Gunjan Tiyyagura, Nitu Kashyap, Ada Fenick, Allen Hsiao, and Arjun Venkatesh, with whom she has co-authored multiple publications addressing critical issues in pediatric emergency care and health informatics.
As a clinician-educator, Dr. Powers contributes to medical education through her work with trainees in both emergency medicine and informatics domains. Her research portfolio includes active participation in clinical trials, including 'Testing a Computationally-Informed, Personalized Intervention for Hallucinations' where she serves as Sub Investigator.