Areas of interest
Endocrine hypertension
Research group
Endocrine Hypertension
Biography
Dr Elisabeth Ng is a PhD candidate in the Endocrine Hypertension Group. Her research projects aim to
- Improve the accessibility and efficiency of diagnostic methods for primary aldosteronism
- Investigate aldosterone and renin profiles in the Indigenous Australian population
- Evaluate the impact of various mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists on gene expression using in vitro experiments.
Her PhD topic is Primary aldosteronism: new strategies for diagnosis and management.
Read more about primary aldosteronism (PA)
Publication highlights
Ng E, Gwini SM, Stowasser M, Young MJ, Fuller PJ, Singh GR, Yang J (2023) Aldosterone and renin concentrations and blood pressure in young Indigenous and non-Indigenous adults in the Northern Territory: a cross-sectional study. Medical Journal of Australia 219:263-269. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52062.
Ng E, Gwini SM, Zheng W, Fuller PJ, Yang J (2023) Predicting bilateral subtypes of primary aldosteronism without adrenal vein sampling: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgad451.
Song Y, Yang J, Shen H, Ng E, Fuller PJ, Feng Z, Hu J, Ma L, Yang Y, Du Z, Wang Y, Luo T, He W, Li Q, Wu FF, Yang S; represent for the Chongqing Primary Aldosteronism Study (CONPASS) Group (2022) Development and validation of model for sparing adrenal venous sampling in diagnosing unilateral primary aldosteronism. Journal of Hypertension 40:1692-1701. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003197.
Ng E, Gwini SM, Libianto R, Choy KW, Lu ZX, Shen J, Doery JCG, Fuller PJ, Yang J (2022) Aldosterone, Renin, and Aldosterone-to-Renin Ratio Variability in Screening for Primary Aldosteronism. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 108:33-41. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgac568
