• The University of Western Australia (M504), 35 Stirling Highway,

    6009 Perth

    Australia

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Biography

Dr Su-Chen Lim PhD MASM

Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia

Adjunct Lecturer, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University

Treasurer, The Australian Society of Microbiology WA Branch

Treasurer, West Coast Microbiome Network

Committee Member, UWA Women in Science Community of Practice

 

Dr Su Chen Lim is a microbiologist at The University of Western Australia. She has a strong track record in the field of infectious disease epidemiology. Her research focuses on the One Health aspects of Clostridium difficile with an emphasis on the transmission of C. difficile between animals, humans and the environment. She has led and coordinated multiple research projects as chief and associate investigator. Many of her research findings have contributed to successful grant applications, including the WA Department of Health Research Translation Grant (~$270,000) in 2018 and an NHMRC Ideas Grant ($1.3 million) in 2021. Throughout her research career, she has had an active role in scientific societies. Her professional service extends to leadership roles within the Australian Society for Microbiology and institutional committees at The University of Western Australia. She is currently working on a cross-disciplinary Ideas Grant project where a comprehensive approach is being used to develop a system dynamics model that showcases the multiplication and transfer of C. difficile within and between different systems (animal, environmental and human). Once tested and verified, this model will be used to identify interventions to reduce the incidence of C. difficile infection and assess the economic implications of the key interventions.

 

Research area

  • Clostridium difficile infection
  • One Health
  • Infectious disease epidemiology
  • Molecular and genomic epidemiology
  • Disease Transmission

 

Grants and funding

  • 2022 Telethon Grant. Channel 7 Telethon Trust. Associate Investigator; AUD $214,213.
  • 2019 Early Career Researcher Grant. Edith Cowan University. Chief Investigator; AUD $30,000.

 

Other awards and prizes

  • 2020 Travel Award, the 15th Biennial Congress of the Anaerobe Society of the Americas Conference.
  • 2020 Travel Award, the 30th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Conference.
  • 2019 Best Poster Award, 47th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Society for Microbiology.
  • 2017 The Australian Society for Microbiology Branch Travel Award, 45th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Society for Microbiology.

 

Conference presentation (national and international)

  • 2024, 8th International Clostridium difficile Bled, Slovenia.
  • 2024, 34th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Barcelona, Spain.
  • 2023, 1st Australia’s Cooperative Research Centre for Solving Antimicrobial Resistance in Agribusiness, Food and Environments (CRC SAAFE) Meeting. Adelaide, Australia.
  • 2022, 19th International Congress on Infectious Diseases. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • 2021, Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control Annual Conference. Virtual.
  • 2021, 31st European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Virtual.
  • 2020, 30th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. France, Virtual.
  • 2020, 15th Biennial Congress of the Anaerobe Society of the Americas. USA, Virtual.
  • 2019, 47th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Society for Microbiology. Adelaide, Australia.
  • 2018, 46th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Society for Microbiology. Brisbane, Australia.
  • 2018, 6th International Clostridium difficile Bled, Slovenia.
  • 2018, 7th Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control Annual Conference. Brisbane, Australia.
  • 2017, 45th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Society for Microbiology. Melbourne, Australia.
  • 2017, 30th International Congress of Chemotherapy and Infection. Taipei, Taiwan.
  • 2016, 44th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Society for Microbiology. Perth, Australia.
  • 2016, 1st West Coast Microbiome Network Symposium. Perth, Australia.
  • 2015, 5th International Clostridium difficile Bled, Slovenia.

 

PhD Thesis

 

Australian Society for Microbiology (ASM)

  • Professional member (MASM) since 2021
  • Committee member (WA Branch) since 2019
    • Portfolios: Treasurer (2023 – Present), Quiz nights (2021-2023), Awards and Scholarship (2020-2022), Career Nights (2019-2021), Scientific Program (2020)

 

Local Organising Committees (LOCs)

  • Treasurer, 1st Western Australia Microbiology Meeting (WAMM) 2024. Perth, Australia.
  • Treasurer, 7th and 8th West Coast Microbiome Network (WCMN) Symposiums 2023 & 2024. Perth, Australia.
  • Session Chair, 50th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Society for Microbiology 2023. Perth, Australia.
  • Treasurer, Tri-State Scientific Meeting 2023. Darwin, Australia.
  • Communication and Event, Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI) BioInfoSummer Symposium 2018. Perth, Australia.

 

Other professional activities

  • Committee member, Safety and Health, UWA School of Biomedical Sciences 2024 – Present.
  • Committee member, UWA Women in Science Community of Practice 2023 – Present.
  • Co-chair and Founder, Australian Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Society WA Branch 2018 – 2020. Perth, Australia.
  • Treasurer, Pint of Science 2017. Perth, Australia.
  • Committee member, UWA Postgraduate Students’ Association 2015 – 2017. Perth, Australia.

 

Refereed journal articles

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

Education/Academic qualification

Microbiology, PhD, The University of Western Australia

Award Date: 26 Jul 2019

Master of Infectious Diseases, The University of Western Australia

Bachelor of Science (Biomedical Science), The University of Western Australia

External positions

Adjunct Lecturer, Edith Cowan University

Research expertise keywords

  • Clostridium difficile
  • Infectious diseases
  • One Health
  • Epidemiology
  • Molecular epidemiology
  • Genomics
  • Disease transmission
  • Microbiology

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