Annals of Internal Medicine and ACP honored Aditya R. Gandhi, MD, and Christina Yek, MD, with Early Career Investigator Awards.
Annals’ Early Career Investigator Awards are presented annually. Annals and ACP award 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.
Aditya R. Gandhi, MD, is being recognized for the article “Potential Clinical and Economic Impacts of Cutbacks in the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Program in South Africa: A Modeling Analysis,” which appeared in the April 2025 issue of Annals. Dr. Gandhi is an internal medicine resident at NYU Grossman School of Medicine in New York City. He earned his medical degree from New York Medical College and developed foundations in simulation modeling and cost-effectiveness analysis as a research trainee at the Medical Practice Evaluation Center at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
Christina Yek, MD, is being recognized for the article “Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Antibiotic Resistant Infection Burden in U.S. Hospitals: Retrospective Cohort Study of Trends and Risk Factors,” which appeared in the June 2025 issue of the journal. Dr. Yek is currently serving as the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) representative to the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh in Cambodia. She runs the International Center of Excellence in Research (ICER) Cambodia, where she coordinates and conducts clinical studies focusing on endemic and emerging infectious diseases including dengue, chikungunya, and melioidosis as well as zoonotic diseases. Dr. Yek earned her medical degree at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. She completed postgraduate research at the University of California, San Diego; her internal medicine residency and chief residency at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas; and her infectious diseases and critical care medicine fellowships at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. Her primary research interest is the clinical and molecular epidemiology of emerging infections.
Winners are selected based on their 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. ■