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Earlier this year, a second year CLS student Luzi “Ginny” Yan was awarded a $5,000 scholarship provided by The American Proficiency Institute (API). She is one of four medical laboratory students who were awarded the scholarship nationwide.

The American Proficiency Institute is one of the largest proficiency testing providers in the world, serving over 20,000 laboratories. The API offers innovative solutions and technical excellence for the proficiency testing needs of hospital and reference laboratories, physician offices, clinics, and point-of-care testing sites. API has awarded more than 80 scholarships to medical laboratory students over the past 16 years.

Yan shares that working in healthcare was not originally her goal until the COVID pandemic began back in 2020. “Learning about bacteria, viruses, parasites, and blood cells became my primary source of dopamine,” she said. “No longer do I feel like the powerless girl watching from afar during the pandemic four years ago.”

Yan was also attracted to a career in the lab thanks to its direct relation to patient health.

Learn more about the scholarships here.