Emergency medicine physician Angela Jarman wins award from national organization
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine honors her research to improve care for women
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine Angela Jarman has been named a recipient of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Young Investigator Award.
The award honors SAEM members for their outstanding commitment to and achievement in research during the early stages of their academic careers.
Jarman becomes the third current UC Davis Health emergency medicine physician to receive this distinction, joining previous honorees Bryn Mumma and Daniel Nishijima.
“Dr. Jarman’s recognition with the SAEM Young Investigator Award reflects her dedication to advancing emergency medicine through rigorous, impactful research,” said James F. Holmes, the Bo Tomas Brofeldt Endowed Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine. “We are proud to see her join the ranks of distinguished faculty who are shaping the future of our field and improving care for patients both here and beyond.”
“By identifying the factors driving why women are often tested more compared to men, we can bring greater precision to diagnostic decision-making and help reduce health disparities.”
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Angela Jarman
Advancing health equity in emergency care
Jarman’s research explores how biological sex and gender influence diagnosis and care in emergency medicine, with a particular focus on venous thromboembolism, including pulmonary embolism (PE). Her work examines why women are often over tested compared to men — and yet are diagnosed with PE less often than men. Her research looks at both clinical factors and potential cognitive biases that may lead physicians to overestimate the risk of PE in female patients, yet underdiagnose and undertreat women with the condition.
“By identifying the factors driving why women are often tested more compared to men, we can bring greater precision to diagnostic decision-making and help reduce health disparities,” Jarman said. “Shining a light on this issue allows us to advance health equity by using data-driven insights to minimize unnecessary testing and improve care for women and other underrepresented populations.”
About the Young Investigator Award
SAEM, a not-for-profit organization, aims to improve the care of acutely ill and injured patients through research and education.
The Society’s core mission includes supporting research that generates new insights, and the Young Investigator Award recognizes those who have achieved early success in this sphere.
“I am honored to receive this national recognition for my work to advance health equity,” Jarman said, who credits her success to the support of the BIRCWH program (Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health) and the Department of Emergency Medicine.
“Their investment in me over the past several years has been essential to building my research program and underscores the critical role of career development funding in helping early-career faculty grow and succeed in academic medicine,” Jarman said.