Sopheak.Hem@crcsaafe.com.au
Dr. Sopheak Hem is a Research Fellow at the Cooperative Research Centre for Solving Antimicrobial Resistance in Agribusiness, Food, and Environments (SAAFE CRC) and the University of South Australia, specializing in antimicrobial resistance and One Health. Formerly a Group Lead at the Pasteur Institute in Cambodia, she has a background in clinical microbiology, pharmacy, and infectious diseases. She has researched and worked in both clinical laboratories and academic roles in Cambodia, France, and Australia. In recent years Sopheak has turned her attention to the environmental dimensions of antimicrobial resistance and a broader One Health research agenda.
About me
Dr. Sopheak Hem is a Research Fellow at the Cooperative Research Centre for Solving Antimicrobial Resistance in Agribusiness, Food, and Environments (SAAFE CRC) and the University of South Australia, specializing in antimicrobial resistance and One Health. Formerly a Group Lead at the Pasteur Institute in Cambodia, she has a background in clinical microbiology, pharmacy, and infectious diseases. She has researched and worked in both clinical laboratories and academic roles in Cambodia, France, and Australia. In recent years Sopheak has turned her attention to the environmental dimensions of antimicrobial resistance and a broader One Health research agenda.
About me
Board Member of Cambodia Association of Medical Loaboratory Technologists (CAMT).
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of Technology Sydney
1. EPA P003- Risk Assessment / Disinfection Study
2. HEAL-Food Soil Water Security Research Sheme
3. Genomic Epidemiological Microbiology-Carbapenem Resistance Environmental Gram-Negative Bacteria
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 or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2024 |
1
2
4
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| 2022 |
Open access
16
15
24
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| 2022 |
Open access
17
16
5
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| 2021 |
Open access
23
22
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Research
1. EPA P003- Risk Assessment / Disinfection Study
2. HEAL-Food Soil Water Security Research Sheme
3. Genomic Epidemiological Microbiology-Carbapenem Resistance Environmental Gram-Negative Bacteria
AWARDS:
· NMCR HEAL Grant awards for HEAL Future Leaders School, University of Canberra, Australia, June 2024.
· Australian Center for Epidemiological Microbiology (Augem 2) Grants for PhD Science, School of Life Science, University of Technology Sydney, Australia, 2020-2024.
· Institut Pasteur International Network (RIIP) Grants for International Course on Antibiotics and Resistance, Annecy, Lyon, France, 2017.
· US-CDC Atlanta grants for Airborne Infection Control at Harvard Medical School, USA, 2017.
· French Government International Scholarship (FFI) for Postgraduate in Microbiology, University Paris Descartes, France, 2014-2015.
· Cambodian Scholarship for the first class-exam student for Doctor of Pharmacy Specialized in Medical biology, University of Health Science, Cambodia.
· Calmette and Yersin grant for Medical Mycology in Pasteur Institute in Paris, France, 2013-2014.
· French Government scholarship for University Diploma on General Microbiology, University Paris Diderot, France, 2006-2007.
· French Government scholarship for Inter-University Diploma on Medical Bacteriology, University Paris Diderot, France, 2004-2005.
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Mahosot Hospital | LAOS |
| Norwich Research Park | UNITED KINGDOM |
| NSW Department of Primary Industries | AUSTRALIA |
| Oxford University Clinical Research Unit | VIET NAM |
| Quadram Institute Bioscience | UNITED KINGDOM |
| University of Cambridge | UNITED KINGDOM |
| University of Oxford | UNITED KINGDOM |
| University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Technology Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Wollongong | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
National and international Oral Presentations:
· Chair of the session: HEAL 2024 Conference, Building Researcher Capacity for the Triple Planetary Crisis, 26-28 November 2024.
. Chair of the session: at SAAFE's AMR Solutions Summit for the Extreme Weather Events and AMR workshop, co-hosted with the Healthy Environments & Lives (HEAL) Network, 17-18 September 2024.
. Policy, Standard and Guidelines, Chairperson, 2nd Congress of Cambodian Association of Medical Technologists, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. 27 January 2024.
· AMR futurism: Ethics, Analytics and Education. A panellist, The SAAFE CRC Inauguration, The National Wine Center, Adelaide, South Australia,18-21 September 2023.
· Genomic analysis of Elizabethkingia species from aquatic environments: Evidence for potential clinical transmission. Adelaide JAMS and Flinders, University of South Australia, 20 October 2022.
· Shared research experiences through Elizabethkingia spp genomic analysis, Science Talk, The Loft, University of Technology Sydney, Australia, 31 August 2022
· Workshop on Laboratory Capacity and Quality Improvement, Key Components for a Good Clinical Laboratory and way forward for ISO accreditation, 06 December 2019, Cambodia.
· Workshop on Heath prevention and care, Benefits of Lab analysis in Heath prevention and care, 30 November 2019, Cambodia.
· Workshop on Laboratory Quality Control, Advancement of Quality Control in the Future, Cambodia context, 25 October 2019, Cambodia.
· Congress of Quality Network for Health Care, Advance technology in laboratory analysis, July 2019, Cambodia.
· Congress of Quality Network for Health Care QuantiFERON Test in TB Diagnosis. TB CONFERENCE, 28-29 March 2019, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
· Laboratory screening tests for pulmonary diseases in health checkup center. International Congress CPA-A.I. Khmer, 30-31 October 2018, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
· Expert Roundtable on AMR Research & Surveillance Cambodia, Pasteur Institute & Ministry of Health, Cambodia, ASEAN-EU NET, Sciences, Technology and Innovation Days,10-12 May 2016, Vietnam.
· Research on AMR at Institut Pasteur in Cambodia and perspective in the region Asia Pacific Meeting of Institut Pasteur Network, 18-20 May 2016, Shanghai, China.
· Estimating the burden of leptospirosis among febrile subjects aged below 20 years in Kampong Cham communities, Cambodia, 2007-2009. International Scientific Symposium Institut Pasteur International Network Paris, October 14-16, 2015, France.
· Tracking antibiotic resistance in Institut Pasteur du Cambodge. National AMR Workshop, 28-29 May 2014, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
· Evolution of the Antibioresistance of human bacterial strains isolated in Institut Pasteur in Cambodia, 2005 -2013 Mekong Santé, Bio-pharma, October 21-22, 2013, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
· Evolution of the Antibioresistance of human bacterial strains (excluded TB) isolated in Institut Pasteur in Cambodia, 1st Meeting of the AMR November 16, 2012, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
· Evolution of the Antibioresistance of Enterobacteriaceae isolated in Institut Pasteur in Cambodia, FAO/WHO/IPC Workshop on the Control of microbiological and antimicrobial resistance hazards along the poultry chain in Cambodia, January 30, 2012, Cambodia.
· Bacterial Encephalitis, 2nd Regional Workshop on Infectious Encephalitis, May 5-6, 2011, Cambodia.
· Etude de la leptospirose humaine en milieu hospitalier au Cambodge. Congrès Mékong Santé, Janvier 2011, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Teaching & student supervision
