Su-Chen Lim

Dr Su-Chen Lim is a microbiologist at The University of Western Australia. Her research focuses on the One Health aspects of C. difficile with an emphasis on the transmission of C. difficile between animals, humans and the environment. She is one of the first in Australia to look for C. difficile in food, compost, wastewater and the environment. Using whole-genome sequencing and single-nucleotide polymorphism analysis, her work has provided important genomic evidence in support of long-distance transmission of C. difficile between animals and humans, likely via food and the environment. Many of her research findings have contributed to successful grant applications, including the WA Department of Health Research Translation Grant in 2018 and an NHMRC Ideas Grant in 2021.