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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