Dr Michelle H Lim
Biography
Dr Lim is Adjunct Research Fellow in Clinical Psychology and leads the Social Health and Wellbeing (SHAW) Laboratory. Dr Lim is interested in how loneliness can negatively impact social functioning and exacerbate mental health symptoms (e.g., social anxiety, depression, and paranoia). She focuses on the development and evaluation of evidence based solutions that can address loneliness in young people with first episode psychosis, social anxiety disorder, as well as nonclinical populations across the lifespan. Dr Lim’s interests extend to the development and implementation of personalised mental health, cognitive biases in psychopathology, subclinical psychotic symptoms, decision-making, and emotion regulation processes.
Dr Lim is a registered clinical psychologist and a board approved supervisor for the Psychology Board of Australia. She currently holds multiple research collaborations with Washington University in St Louis, University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), the University of Melbourne, and Australian Catholic University. Dr Lim is the scientific chair and chairperson of Ending Loneliness Together, a national initiative which guides Australian charities, government agencies and not-for-profit organisations to deliver evidence-based community messaging and solutions in loneliness.
Research interests
Clinical Psychology; Social Psychology
PhD candidate and honours supervision
Higher degrees by research
Accredited to supervise Masters & Doctoral students as Associate Supervisor.
Fields of Research
- Applied And Developmental Psychology - 520100
- Biological Psychology - 520200
- Clinical And Health Psychology - 520300
- Cognitive And Computational Psychology - 520400
- Social And Personality Psychology - 520500
- Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy) - 320221
Publications
Also published as: Lim, Michelle; Lim, M.; Lim, M. H.; Lim, Michelle H.
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Recent research grants awarded
- 2020: Addressing loneliness in injured workers *; iCare NSW
- 2019: Evaluation of the Nextdoor Loneliness Campaign *; Nextdoor
- 2019: Understanding Loneliness in Adolescents and Young People in Victoria *; Victorian Health Promotion Foundation
- 2018: 2018 Visiting Fellowships Scheme - Professor Julianne Holt-Lunstad *; Swinburne Research, DVCR&D - Internal contributions
- 2018: A randomised control trial of Uprise for university students *; Medibank Private Limited Fund Scheme
- 2018: Evaluating the impact of Neighbour Day on the community *; Relationships Australia (Victoria)
- 2018: Evaluation of the lived experiences of Centre for Care and Wellbeing (CCW) users *; Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust Fund Scheme
- 2017: A digital prototype addressing loneliness in older adults *; Swinburne Research, DVCR&D - Internal contributions
- 2016: Digitally Assisted Peer Support (DAPS) for Young People with Emerging Mental Health Problems: A Novel Model of Technology-Enhanced Peer Work (Student award) *; Barbara Dicker Brain Science grant
- 2016: Evaluating a Novel Smartphone-Assisted Coping Strategy Intervention for Distressing Voices The SAVVy Study *; Barbara Dicker Brain Science grant
- 2016: One size does not fit all: Developing a personalised, modular treatment for young people in social recovery *; Barbara Dicker Brain Science grant
* Chief Investigator
Recent media
- 2019-07-03: Loneliness - ABC Evenings with David Astle
- 2019-06-02: People don’t realise they have options: one food related solution to the growing trend of social isolation - Sydney Morning Herald
- 2019-04-22: Rebuilding our lost connections - Wellbeing Magazine
- 2019-04-07: Loneliness a Social Pain. All in the mind with Lynne Malcolm - ABC
- 2019-04-04: Our loneliness epidemic - SYN 90.7 Radio
- 2019-03-19: If you treat loneliness, can you treat depression - Insight on SBS Online
- 2019-02-27: Overcoming Loneliness - Insight SBS
- 2018-12-16: Loneliness and Christmas - ABC Breakfast News
- 2018-12-01: Tackling isolation and loneliness in the community. - Fonodio
- 2018-11-30: Feeling isolated? You’re not alone. Here is why 1 in 4 of us is lonely - ABC
- 2018-11-12: Are you feeling lonely? Here are steps you can take. - ABC
- 2018-11-12: Loneliness in Australians - FIVEaa Radio Talking Adelaide
- 2018-11-10: New report reveals loneliness, social anxiety rates - The New Daily
- 2018-11-09: 'What am I doing wrong?': One in four Australians is lonely - The Age
- 2018-11-09: Does Australia have a loneliness problem? - ABC Radio Australia
- 2018-11-09: In Mornings with Jon Faine - ABC Radio Australia
- 2018-11-09: National Psychology Week: addressing mental health issues in Australia - The Wire
- 2018-11-09: Ross and John Highlights - 3AW Breakfast Radio
- 2018-11-09: Why are young Australians lonelier than seniors? - SBS News
- 2018-11-08: Loneliness study finds one in five Australians rarely or never have someone to talk to - The Guardian