Annals of Internal Medicine and ACP have honored Andreas Fuchs, MD, PhD, and Julia Loewenthal, MD, with Early Career Investigator Awards.
Each year, Annals and ACP award Early Career Investigator Awards to the most outstanding article by a first author who is in an internal medicine residency program or a general medicine or internal medicine subspecialty fellowship program. An award is also given for the most outstanding article with a first author who is within three years of completing his or her training in internal medicine or one of its subspecialties.
Andreas Fuchs, MD, PhD, is being recognized as a first author who is an internal medicine physician in training for his article "Subclinical Coronary Atherosclerosis and Risk for Myocardial Infarction in a Danish Cohort: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study," published on March 28, 2023.
Dr. Fuchs is a cardiology fellow at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, and a clinical investigator in the Copenhagen General Population Study. He received his medical degree from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, preceded by preclinical training at Aarhus University, Denmark, and Vanderbilt University, Tennessee.
Julia Loewenthal, MD, is being recognized as a first author within three years of completing training for her article "Effect of Yoga on Frailty in Older Adults: A Systematic Review," published on March 14, 2023. Dr. Loewenthal is a geriatrician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School. She graduated from the University of Virginia and completed residency in internal medicine/primary care at Brigham and Women’s Hospital prior to training in the Harvard Multi-Campus Geriatrics Fellowship.
Winners are selected based on the article’s novelty, methodological rigor, clarity of presentation, and potential to influence practice, policy, or future research. Judges include Annals’ editors and representatives from Annals’ Editorial Board and the American College of Physicians’ Publication Committee. ■