{
  "id": 2568143,
  "title": "UM scientist Lee Yee Qing clinches prestigious Young Investigator Award in tropical medicine research",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/um-scientist-lee-yee-qing-clinches-prestigious-young-investigator-2568143",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-22T11:33:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail-malaymail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2026/08/22/um-scientist-lee-yee-qing-clinches-prestigious-young-investigator-award-in-tropical-medicine-research/232330"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Dr Lee Yee Qing, a researcher at Universiti Malaya, has become the first Malaysian to win the prestigious Young Investigator Award from the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH). The United States Embassy in Kuala Lumpur congratulated Lee on her achievement and praised Malaysian excellence on the global stage. Lee's research focused on medical microbiology and she has published studies related to antimicrobial resistance and bacterial pathogens. She will represent Malaysia at the ASTMH 2026 meeting in Maryland, USA. Lee obtained her PhD in Medical Microbiology from UM in 2025, having earned her Master of Medical Science in 2021 and Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry in 2017, all from the university.",
  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 22 — Universiti Malaya (UM) academic Dr Lee Yee Qing became the first Malaysian scientist to rec...",
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        "title": "UM scientist Lee Yee Qing clinches prestigious Young Investigator Award in tropical medicine research",
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        "published": "2026-08-22T11:33:12.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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