Biography

Dr. Lee-Ling Lim is Associate Professor and Consultant Endocrinologist at the Department of Medicine, University of Malaya (UM). As a clinician-scientist, her major areas of interest include cardiometabolic medicine and intergenerational diabetes with translational and implementation science components.

Dr. Lim is part of the Working Groups of The Lancet Commission on Diabetes and the American Diabetes Association/European Association for the Study of Diabetes (ADA/EASD) Precision Medicine in Diabetes Initiative, who provide authoritative resources in tackling the global diabetes epidemic. She recognizes that every person with diabetes and non-communicable disease (NCD) is unique and warrants personalized care. To revolutionize health care, Dr. Lim aims to advance the implementation of Precision Medicine in Diabetes and NCD, taking into account differences in clinical presentation, genes, and lifestyles in Malaysian populations. These have led to several collaborations with the USA, UK, and other Asian countries. She has published in numerous high-impact journals including The Lancet, Nature, Diabetes Care, and PLoS Medicine.

Dr. Lim has received several awards e.g., the AOCO Rising Star Award, the USA Endocrine Society Outstanding Abstract Award, and a scholarship funded by the USA NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences for training in statistical genetics at the University of Washington, USA. She is Academic Editor of PLoS One and Editorial Board Members of Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews (DMRR), Diabetes & Metabolism Journal (DMJ) and Primary Care Diabetes Europe (PCDE). Dr. Lim is an article reviewer for 26 leading medical/biomedical journals including the European Heart Journal, Annals of Internal Medicine, Endocrine Reviews, and European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

Dr. Lim has a keen interest in medical education with the supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate students both locally and internationally. She actively promotes health awareness by delivering medical lectures and public health talks at national and international levels.