Dr Stephen Lim BM, MRCP (UK), PhD
Clinical Lecturer in Geriatric Medicine
Dr Stephen Lim is a Clinical Lecturer and honorary specialist registrar in Geriatric Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton.
I completed my medical studies at the University of Southampton in 2010 and continued my medical training within the Wessex deanery. I undertook research looking at interventions to increase physical activity among hospitalised older people and completed my PhD in 2018. Here’s a summary of my PhD People's Choice, Three Minute Thesis '18. I was appointed NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Geriatric Medicine in 2018. I am actively involved as a member of the British Geriatrics Society and served as chair of the BGS Trainees Council from 2017-2019. My research interests are in physical activity, nutrition, deconditioning and sarcopenia.
Qualifications
Bachelor of Medicine, University of Southampton 2010
MRCP, Royal College of Physicians London 2013
Speciality Certificate in Geriatric Medicine, Royal College of Physicians 2016
PhD, University of Southampton 2018
Appointments held
NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow, University of Southampton, 2014 – 2015
NIHR CLAHRC Clinical Research Fellow, University of Southampton, 2015 – 2017
Trustee and Director of the British Geriatrics Society, 2017-2019
Chair of the British Geriatrics Society Trainees’ Council, 2017-2019
Specialist trainee in Geriatric Medicine and General Internal Medicine, 2014 - present
NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Geriatric Medicine, University of Southampton, 2018 - present