ACC selects cardiologists, researchers for Young Investigator Awards
During a ceremony on March 19, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) presented several doctors and researchers with Young Investigator Awards.
The ACC announced the winners in a news release March 24.
Candidates for the awards submitted an abstract summarizing a problem related to cardiovascular disease, according to the ACC. Finalists presented their work during a competition that was held at the ACC scientific session in Washington, D.C.
Here are the winners:
Young Investigator Awards in Basic and Translational Science
First place – Carlo R. Bartoli, MD, of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia
Second place – Laura Meems, MD, of Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota
Honorable mention – Matthew J. Lewis, MD, MPH, of Columbia University in New York
Honorable mention – Kevin Morine, MD, of Tufts Medical Center in Boston
Honorable mention – Evan Muse, MD, PhD, of Scripps Translational Science Institute in La Jolla, California
Honorable mention – Iqbal Toor, MB, ChB, of University of Edinburgh in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Young Investigator Awards in Clinical Investigations
First place – Upasana Tayal, MB, ChB, of Royal Brompton Hospital in London
Second place – Arash Harzand, MD, of Emory University in Atlanta
Honorable mention – Tariq Ahmad, MD, of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut
Honorable mention – Maya Safarova, MD, of Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota
Honorable mention – Viviany R. Taqueti, MD, MPH, of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston
Young Investigator Awards in Outcomes Research
First place – Xiaoxi Yao, PhD, of Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota
Second place – Corey Tabit, MD, of the University of Chicago in Chicago
Honorable mention – Derek Chew, MD, of the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Honorable mention – Sawan Jalnapurkar, MBBS, of Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles
Honorable mention – Eric D. Parod, PharmD, of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia
Honorable mention – Celina M. Yong, MD, of Stanford University Medical Center in Stanford, California
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