Wai Lim

Wai Lim is a Clinical Professor at the UWA Medical School (Internal Medicine) within The University of Western Australia. His primary affiliation includes the Perth campus at 35 Stirling Highway. He specializes in nephrology and transplantation medicine, contributing to UN Sustainable Development Goals through research impacting health equity and non-communicable diseases.

Research interests focus on kidney transplantation outcomes, immunological challenges in transplants, vascular health in transplant recipients, and clinical practices in dialysis and organ preservation. His work spans HLA mismatch analysis, cancer screening protocols, and novel approaches to organ perfusion techniques.

Key grants include leadership in the AN-INSPIRE study exploring alloantibody risks in heart disease among transplant recipients, and the Best-Parent study assessing immunological profiles for optimal kidney donors. Active projects also involve polygenic risk scores for graft loss prediction.

Collaborations span international teams in Australia, Europe, and Asia, addressing global transplant medicine challenges. His research has been featured in high-impact journals like Transplant International and Clinical Kidney Journal.