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Anita  Lim

Dr Anita Lim

Senior Epidemiologist

Biography

Dr Anita Lim completed her BSc in pharmacology and MSc in clinical pharmacology at the University of Auckland (New Zealand). She completed a PhD in cancer epidemiology under the supervision of Professors Peter Sasieni and Usha Menon (UCL) at Queen Mary University of London. Her thesis explored the potential for using symptoms to bring forward the diagnosis of ovarian cancer.

After her Phd, she led a project on delays in diagnosis of young women with cervical cancer at the Promoting Early Presentation Group, King's College London. From 2012-2017, she returned to Professor Sasieni's group at Queen Mary University where she worked on studies of cervical cancer screening and prevention in the Centre for Cancer Prevention (Head Prof Jack Cuzick), Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine.

In 2018, Dr Lim moved with Professor Peter Saseini's research group to King's (Cancer Prevention Group). She currently leads the Experimental epidemiology branch of the group which specialises in conducting clinical and experimental epidemiological studies in cancer screening. Research studies comprise mostly investigations of novel screening technologies with a particular focus on non-speculum approaches for cervical screening.

    Research

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    Cancer Screening and Statistics Unit

    Cancer Screening and Statistics Unit are a group of epidemiologist and cancer researchers studying the causes of or early events in the development of cancer. Our aim is to be able to intervene and prevent cancer or diagnose it whilst still easy to treat.

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    Cancer Prevention Group

    Cancer Prevention Group

    News

    Self-sampling HPV kits could screen an extra million people for cervical cancer

    Do-it-yourself human papillomavirus (HPV) tests could enable more than a million more women in England to participate in cervical screening over the next...

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    RCGP Research Paper of the Year awarded to King's team

    A team of researchers from King’s has won the RCGP Research Paper of the Year in the health services category.

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    Cervical screening without speculum boosts uptake

    Offering cervical screening without a speculum increases uptake among older women, new research has found.

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    Dr Anita Lim celebrated as trendsetter in Movers and Shakers Report

    Dr Anita Lim has been recognised as one of 30 UK-based trendsetters in the life sciences, following her work in leading YouScreen’s trial for human...

    Anita Lim

    At home kits to check for early cervical cancer launches in London

    More than 31,000 women will be offered kits to carry out a check for HPV, also known as “smear tests”, in the privacy and convenience of their own home.

    YouScreen picture

    Spotlight

    How King's continues to tackle cancer and support cancer care and research

    Saturday 4 February marks World Cancer Day. In order to honour this key date, we have highlighted some of the most important cancer-themed stories that have...

    Cancer cells

      Research

      cancer-prevention-hero
      Cancer Screening and Statistics Unit

      Cancer Screening and Statistics Unit are a group of epidemiologist and cancer researchers studying the causes of or early events in the development of cancer. Our aim is to be able to intervene and prevent cancer or diagnose it whilst still easy to treat.

      cancer-prevention-group-image-pipes
      Cancer Prevention Group

      Cancer Prevention Group

      News

      Self-sampling HPV kits could screen an extra million people for cervical cancer

      Do-it-yourself human papillomavirus (HPV) tests could enable more than a million more women in England to participate in cervical screening over the next...

      YouScreen picture

      RCGP Research Paper of the Year awarded to King's team

      A team of researchers from King’s has won the RCGP Research Paper of the Year in the health services category.

      speculum

      Cervical screening without speculum boosts uptake

      Offering cervical screening without a speculum increases uptake among older women, new research has found.

      speculum

      Dr Anita Lim celebrated as trendsetter in Movers and Shakers Report

      Dr Anita Lim has been recognised as one of 30 UK-based trendsetters in the life sciences, following her work in leading YouScreen’s trial for human...

      Anita Lim

      At home kits to check for early cervical cancer launches in London

      More than 31,000 women will be offered kits to carry out a check for HPV, also known as “smear tests”, in the privacy and convenience of their own home.

      YouScreen picture

      Spotlight

      How King's continues to tackle cancer and support cancer care and research

      Saturday 4 February marks World Cancer Day. In order to honour this key date, we have highlighted some of the most important cancer-themed stories that have...

      Cancer cells