Research/Awards
Dr Lim’s research interests in Neurology & Sleep Medicine include Sleep Disorders in the Singapore population, Restless Legs Syndrome, Sleep & Headaches, Sleep Disorders in Parkinson’s Disease, and Neuromuscular Diseases in Sleep Disorders. She has received numerous research grants for her research in Sleep Medicine and Neurology (in Headaches and Epilepsy), from the National Sleep Foundation in the United States, the American Headache Society, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation Research Programs Council and the National Medical Research Council (NMRC) in Singapore.
Her research work in Restless Legs Syndrome, Headaches and Epilepsy has won top Neuroscience Research awards in consecutive years at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in the United States. She is the Principal Investigator of the first NMRC funded clinical research study looking at Sleep Patterns in Parkinson’s Disease and Normal Controls in Singapore.
Currently she is studying sleep disorders in Singaporeans and sleep habits of adolescents in Singapore. [top]
Professional / Academic Awards
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Awards |
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2006 SingHealth Foundation Grant: $10, 000 (SHF/05/SG/011 (E)): Handbook of Sleep Medicine |
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2003 International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology ( IFCN) Fellowship: The 27th International Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology and the 50th Anniversary of the AAEM Annual Scientific MeetingCross-sectional study: Small Fiber Neuropathy in Restless Legs Syndrome |
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2003 AAEM Foundation for Research and Education Junior Member Recognition Award: The 27th International Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology ( Joint Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Electrodiagnostic Medicine and the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society)1. Cross-sectional study: Small Fiber Neuropathy in Restless Legs Syndrome2. Retrospective study: Complex Repetitive Discharges in Denervation Hypertrophy |
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2nd Prize, Senior Category (Research): Cleveland Clinic Neuroscience Day, 2003Cross-sectional study: Small Fiber Neuropathy in Restless Legs Syndrome |
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American Headache Society (AHS) 2003 Headache Research Award
Prospective study: Sleep Disorders in Chronic Daily Headache |
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2002 National Sleep Foundation Pickwick Postdoctoral Fellowship
Prospective study: Neurophysiologic Characteristics of Restless Legs Syndrome |
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1st Prize, Senior Category (Research): Cleveland Clinic Neuroscience Day, 2002
Prospective, randomized study: Does Immediate Mobilization Increase Post-Lumbar Puncture Headache? |
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American Headache Society (AHS) Travel Award to the 44th Annual Scientific Meeting, 2002
Prospective, randomized study: Does Immediate Mobilization Increase Post-Lumbar Puncture Headache? |
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Honorable Mention: Cleveland Clinic Neuroscience Day, 2000 Case-control study: Acetazolamide in Women with Catamenial Epilepsy |
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Seah Cheng Siang Gold Medal: School of Postgraduate Medical Studies, National University of Singapore, 1996
Awarded to the most outstanding candidate in the Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine) examinations. |
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Ellice Handy Medal: Methodist Girls’ School, Singapore, 1984 |
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Research Grant Awards
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Awards |
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Sleep Disorders in Parkinson's Disease: A Clinical and Polysomnographic Case-Control Study
National Medical Research Council (NMRC) Grant (Singapore): SGD $247, 500 |
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Neurophysiologic Characteristics of Restless Legs Syndrome2002 Pickwick Postdoctoral Fellowship (National Sleep Foundation): USD$80, 000 (2002-2004) |
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Sleep Disorders in Chronic Daily Headache
2003 American Headache Society/Pfizer Headache Research Award: USD $20, 000 (2003-2004) |
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Sleep Disorders in Chronic Daily Headache
Cleveland Clinic Foundation Research Programs Council (RPC 07322): USD$25, 000 (2003-2004) |
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Neurophysiologic Characteristics of Restless Legs Syndrome
Cleveland Clinic Foundation Research Programs Council (RPC 7033): USD$25, 000 (2002-2004)
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A Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study of Acetazolamide in Women with Catamenial Epilepsy
Cleveland Clinic Foundation Research Programs Council (RPC 6764): USD$18,425 (2001-2003) |
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