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Hooi Hooi Ng studies potentially life-threatening vascular calcifications.
December 15, 2020 at 10:39am
Ng s research is a collaboration across FIU s research community. She is a joint postdoctoral associate in the lab of Alexander Agoulnik at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine and Joshua Hutcheson at the College of Engineering and Computing s Department of Biomedical Engineering. All three scientists collaborate in the Biomolecular Sciences Institute (BSI) a multidisciplinary consortium of FIU researchers housed in the College of Arts and Sciences. BSI is part of FIU’s Translational Molecular Discoveries Emerging Preeminent Program.
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An inspiring story of faith, family, and determination
Kylie Alvarez was tired of being tired.
Although she excelled in school she got a full scholarship to FIU and graduated summa cum laude schoolwork and everything else was exhausting. For years, I always wondered why I was so tired all the time, said Alvarez, a physician assistant student at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine (HWCOM).
Eventually, she went to the doctor. After a series of tests, she was diagnosed with hypothyroidism, a condition in which the thyroid does not produce enough hormones. She also had a suspicious thyroid nodule. A month before starting PA school at FIU, she had surgery to remove her thyroid. And a biopsy revealed the nodule was malignant.