Dr Renly Lim grew up in Malaysia, completed her pharmacy degree in Scotland, her PhD in Malaysia, and has work experience in the UK, Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia. She is an NHMRC Early Career Fellow and Senior Research Fellow at the Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre.
Renly's research focuses on advancing the pharmacy profession to improve quality use of medicines, integrating digital health to detect and prevent medicine harms, identifying associations between medicine use and health outcomes, health program evaluation and community engagement.
Renly is an internationally recognised emerging leader in pharmacy and medicine safety. She is the 2021-22 President of the International Pharmaceutical Federation ... Read more
About me
Dr Renly Lim grew up in Malaysia, completed her pharmacy degree in Scotland, her PhD in Malaysia, and has work experience in the UK, Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia. She is an NHMRC Early Career Fellow and Senior Research Fellow at the Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre.
Renly's research focuses on advancing the pharmacy profession to improve quality use of medicines, integrating digital health to detect and prevent medicine harms, identifying associations between medicine use and health outcomes, health program evaluation and community engagement.
Renly is an internationally recognised emerging leader in pharmacy and medicine safety. She is the 2021-22 President of the International Pharmaceutical Federation Young Pharmacists Group (FIP YPG) where she led a team of 45 pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists from 21 countries. FIP is the global peak pharmacy body representing >4 million pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists.
Her exceptional leadership and capacity to conduct high-quality impactful research has been recognised by 17 awards/recognitions including 2022 SA Young Tall Poppy Science Award, 2021 UniSA ECR Award, 2020 PSA SA/NT Early Career Pharmacist Award, 2019 University of Oxford Vice Chancellor’s Public Engagement with Research Award and 2018 Winnovation Award. She was named SA's most powerful women in Global Health by the Advertiser (2019).
Renly was the first ECR appointed to the UniSA Research Leadership Committee (2018-20) to provide strategic research leadership to the university. She also pioneered the UniSA ECR Network in 2018; a network designed to connect UniSA ECRs through networking and professional development activities.
About me
About me
Doctor of Philosophy (Pharmacy) Universiti Sains Malaysia
Master of Pharmacy University of Strathclyde
A Digitally Enabled, Pharmacist service to detecT medicine harms in residential aged care: the ADEPT project (Lead Investigator; Funded by Aged Care Research & Industry Innovation Australia (ARIIA))
Co-designing a consumer-focused digital health system to improve adverse drug event (ADE) detection, management and reporting (CIA; NHMRC Ideas Grant APP 2020626)
Medicines Advice Initiative Australia (MAIA) – supporting quality use of medicines (Quality Use of Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Pathology (QUDTP) Program Health Professional Education Grant Program)
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Medication Safety in Children: Literature review, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, 23/07/2024 - 28/02/2025
Improving the safety of implantable medical devices, NHMRC - Ideas Grants, 01/01/2021 - 31/12/2024
Misdiagnosed as ageing: medicine-induced deterioration in older people, NHMRC - Early Career Fellowship, 01/01/2019 - 30/11/2023
ReMinDAR Trial: Reducing medicine induced deterioration and adverse reactions trial, Cwth Dept of Health Aged Care, 15/09/2017 - 31/03/2021
CVC Mental Health Pilot, Cwth Dept of Veterans' Affairs, 03/01/2018 - 31/12/2020
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
Year | Output |
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2023 |
Open access
4
7
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2023 |
Open access
1
1
4
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2022 |
Open access
40
40
231
|
2022 |
Open access
15
16
90
|
2019 |
Open access
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Year | Output |
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2024 |
Open access
1
5
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2024 |
Open access
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2024 |
Open access
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2024 |
Open access
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2024 |
Open access
|
2024 |
Open access
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2024 |
Open access
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2024 |
Open access
1
|
2023 |
Open access
3
|
2023 |
Open access
2
2
4
|
2023 |
Open access
4
5
30
|
2023 |
Open access
4
5
2
|
2023 |
Open access
1
1
2
|
2023 |
Open access
2
11
|
2023 |
Open access
4
7
|
2023 |
Open access
1
1
15
|
2023 |
Open access
1
20
|
2023 |
Open access
1
1
4
|
2023 |
Open access
11
|
2022 |
Open access
|
2022 |
Open access
1
1
3
|
2022 |
Open access
40
40
231
|
2022 |
Open access
1
1
|
2022 |
Open access
1
48
|
2022 |
Open access
15
16
90
|
2022 |
Open access
4
5
23
|
2022 |
Open access
29
29
192
|
2021 |
Open access
6
6
5
|
2021 |
Open access
2
1
1
|
2021 |
Open access
21
18
4
|
2020 |
Open access
7
5
8
|
2020 |
Open access
11
11
|
2020 |
Open access
5
4
13
|
2020 |
Open access
2
2
6
|
2019 |
Open access
21
17
28
|
2019 |
8
7
|
2019 |
Open access
4
4
3
|
2019 |
Open access
23
22
|
2019 |
38
35
|
2019 |
Open access
24
25
30
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2018 |
Open access
4
4
9
|
2018 |
Open access
5
6
17
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2018 |
Open access
3
3
3
|
2018 |
Open access
6
5
9
|
2018 |
Open access
2
2
|
2018 |
Open access
4
4
2
|
2018 |
Open access
18
16
3
|
2018 |
Open access
13
13
4
|
2018 |
Open access
14
8
1
|
2018 |
Open access
16
15
5
|
2018 |
Open access
5
3
|
2018 |
Open access
21
12
|
2018 |
Open access
27
24
9
|
2017 |
5
5
|
2017 |
33
29
|
2017 |
Open access
38
30
21
|
2016 |
57
49
33
|
2015 |
27
24
5
|
2015 |
Open access
25
19
2
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2022 |
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2022 |
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2021 |
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2021 |
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2021 |
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2021 |
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2020 |
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2020 |
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2020 |
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2019 |
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2019 |
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2019 |
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Lim R, Peto TJ, Rupam T, Cheah PY. Village drama against malaria. The Lancet. 2016; 388(10063):2990.
Lim R. 2016. Village drama against malaria (VDAM) evaluation report: A public engagement initiative funded by a Wellcome Trust Provision for Public Engagement Grant.
Research
A Digitally Enabled, Pharmacist service to detecT medicine harms in residential aged care: the ADEPT project (Lead Investigator; Funded by Aged Care Research & Industry Innovation Australia (ARIIA))
Co-designing a consumer-focused digital health system to improve adverse drug event (ADE) detection, management and reporting (CIA; NHMRC Ideas Grant APP 2020626)
Medicines Advice Initiative Australia (MAIA) – supporting quality use of medicines (Quality Use of Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Pathology (QUDTP) Program Health Professional Education Grant Program)
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Aevice Health | SINGAPORE |
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (SA Branch) | AUSTRALIA |
Battambang Provincial Health Department | CAMBODIA |
Bond University | AUSTRALIA |
Bournemouth University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Cara Inc. Woodville | AUSTRALIA |
Curtin University | AUSTRALIA |
Duke-Nus Medical School | SINGAPORE |
Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
Free University of Amsterdam | NETHERLANDS |
Griffith University | AUSTRALIA |
Healthy Care Services Pty Ltd | AUSTRALIA |
Helping Hand Aged Care | AUSTRALIA |
Helping Hand Organisation | AUSTRALIA |
Hospital Beatriz Ângelo | PORTUGAL |
International Pharmaceutical Federation | NETHERLANDS |
Island Hospital | UNITED STATES |
Island Hospital, Malaysia | MALAYSIA |
King Edward Memorial Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
Lam Wah Ee Hospital | MALAYSIA |
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | UNITED KINGDOM |
Mahidol University | THAILAND |
Ministry of Health Malaysia | MALAYSIA |
Monash University | AUSTRALIA |
Monash University Malaysia | MALAYSIA |
National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control | CAMBODIA |
Nnamdi Azikiwe University | NIGERIA |
Pailin Provincial Health Department | CAMBODIA |
Pharmaceutical Society of Australia | AUSTRALIA |
Pharmacy Improvement Centre Ltd | AUSTRALIA |
Queen's University Belfast | UNITED KINGDOM |
SA Health | AUSTRALIA |
SA Pharmacy, SA Health | AUSTRALIA |
Southern Cross Care (SA) | AUSTRALIA |
SUNY Downstate Medical Center | UNITED STATES |
Tanunda Lutheran Home Inc | AUSTRALIA |
Tunku Abdul Rahman University (Malaysia) | MALAYSIA |
Ucsi University | MALAYSIA |
University College London | UNITED KINGDOM |
University Kebangsaan Malaysia | MALAYSIA |
University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
University of Malaya | MALAYSIA |
University of New South Wales | AUSTRALIA |
University of Newcastle | AUSTRALIA |
University of Oxford | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
University of Science Malaysia (Malaysia) | MALAYSIA |
University of Science, Malaysia | MALAYSIA |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
University of Tasmania | AUSTRALIA |
University Of Tunku Abdul Rahman | MALAYSIA |
University of Western Australia | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
Engagement/recognition | Year |
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SA Tall Poppy AwardAustralian Institute of Policy and Science |
2022 |
PresidentInternational Pharmaceutical Federation Young Pharmacists Group |
2021 |
Early Career Pharmacist AwardPharmaceutical Society of Australia SA/NT |
2020 |
President-ElectInternational Pharmaceutical Federation Young Pharmacists Group |
2020 |
Best Poster Award79th FIP World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences |
2019 |
Ethics Committee Member, Joint Ethics Committee on Clinical StudiesSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, USM and Hospital Lam Wah Ee |
2019 |
Grant Coordinator, Young Pharmacists GroupInternational Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) |
2019 |
Plenary SpeakerMalaysian Pharmaceutical Society National Pharmacists Convention |
2019 |
Vice Chancellor's Award for Public Engagement with ResearchUniversity of Oxford |
2019 |
Early Career FellowshipNational Health and Medical Research Council |
2018 |
Ethics Committee Member, Joint Ethics Committee on Clinical StudiesSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, USM and Hospital Lam Wah Ee |
2018 |
Grant Coordinator, Young Pharmacists GroupInternational Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) |
2018 |
Plenary SpeakerInternational Conference on Medication Safety, University of Surabaya |
2018 |
SA Fresh ScientistScience in Public |
2018 |
Winner, Winnovation Award (Open)Women in Innovation SA |
2018 |
Clinical Research PrizeQRS-International, Liechtenstein |
2016 |
Ethics Committee Member, Joint Ethics Committee on Clinical StudiesSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, USM and Hospital Lam Wah Ee |
2016 |
Finalist, Asia's Best Paper14th Urological Association of Asia (UAA) Congress, Singapore |
2016 |
Best Oral Presentation in Urology24th Malaysian Urological Conference (MUC), Johor Bahru, Malaysia |
2015 |
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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Design, implementation and evaluation of artificial intelligence-based adverse drug events techniques | Current |
Evaluate the implementation of a pharmacist in a consultant-led ward round and assess the reduction in medication related harm and the impact on drug related therapy in SA public hospitals | Current |
Medication safety in older Australians with chronic illnesses | Current |
Medication-related hospital admissions in adults with mental health conditions | Current |
Predictive Modelling for Safety Signal Detection with Biologic Medicines | Current |
The extended role of pharmacy professionals and the effectiveness of pharmacist-led service in the management of delirium among elderly patients in a resource-limited setting: the case of Ethiopia | Current |
Emerging role of pharmacists in preadmission clinics in prevention of postoperative delirium | Completed |