Dr Sean Hua Lim MBChB, MRCP, PhD, FRCPath
Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant in Haematological Oncology
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Sean Lim is an Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant in Haematological Oncology. Her position is funded by a Cancer Research UK Advanced Clinician Scientist Fellowship. This enables her to uniquely bridge the divide between laboratory and clinic. Her research interest is in cancer immunotherapy.
As a clinician scientist, my aim is to translate and accelerate discoveries from the laboratory into meaningful differences in patient care. My research examines how we can exploit our own immune system to destroy cancer using antibodies.
Sean completed her medical degree at the University of Bristol in 2001, and then trained in general medicine before specialising in Haematology, which she completed in 2012. During this time, she was awarded a clinical research training fellowship by the Medical Research Council which enabled her to simultaneously complete a PhD in cancer immunotherapy at Southampton in 2011. Her work was awarded the Royal College of Pathologists’ Specialty Research Medal (2012) and UK CLL Forum’s Catovsky Prize (2011).
Through a Cancer Research UK Clinician Scientist Fellowship award, Dr Lim spent two years as a visiting postdoctoral research fellow in Professor Ron Levy’s laboratory at Stanford University, USA. In 2015, she returned to Southampton to lead her own research group. Her recent work was awarded the British Association for Cancer Research (BACR) Roger Griffin Prize for Cancer Drug Discovery. She is also a practicing clinician subspecialising in lymphoma.
Qualifications
- MBChB, University of Bristol (2001)
- MRCP, Royal College of Physicians, London (2004)
- PhD, University of Southampton (2011)
- FRCPath, Royal College of Pathologists, London (2012)
Appointments Held
- April 2015-present:
Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant in Haematological Oncology, University of Southampton - April 2013- April 2015:
Visiting Fellow in Lymphoma Immunotherapy, Stanford University - January 2012-March 2013:
Specialist Registrar in Haematology, Southampton University Hospital - January 2009-January 2012:
MRC Clinical Research Fellow, University of Southampton - October 2005-December 2008:
Specialist Registrar in Haematology, Wessex Deanery
Dr Lim’s lab currently has vacancies for two postdoctoral research fellows. Interested applicants should contact her directly to discuss.