The American College of Cardiology is recognizing the 2025 winners of its Young Investigator Awards, which took place at the ACC’s Annual Scientific Session (ACC.25) in Chicago.
The Young Investigator Awards competition invites promising, young scientific investigators to present their cutting-edge research. The finalists competed in three categories: Basic and Translational Science, Clinical Investigations and Outcomes Research. This year’s awardees are:
Young Investigator Awards in Basic and Translational Science
First place: Jana Lovell, MD, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
Second Place: Itsuki Osawa, MD, Columbia University, New York
Honorable Mentions: Annie Shao, PHD, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; Lindsay Thomson, MD, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston
Young Investigator Awards in Clinical Investigations
First place: Yousuf Razvi, MD, University College London, London
Second place: Fahime Ghanbari, MD, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston
Honorable Mentions: Arya Aminorroaya, MD, MPH, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; Chieh Ju Chao, MD, FACC, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Alexander Razavi, MD, MPH, PHD, Emory University, Atlanta
Young Investigator Awards in Outcomes Research
First place: Joanna Obaoye, MD, The University of Chicago, Chicago
Second place: Mihir Sanghvi, MBBS, Queen Mary University of London, Barts Heart Centre, London
Honorable Mentions: Xiaoning Huang, PHD, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago; Michael Liu, MPHIL, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research, Boston; Roger Zou, MD, PHD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
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