Dr Lim’s focus is modernizing Canada’s federal drug regulatory system, developing the benefit-harm-uncertainty evidence standard for Canada’s amended Food and Drugs Act. Her interests are scientifically and socially-responsible patient-focussed and life-cycle approaches for therapeutic product development and decision-making. She assessed CNS drugs (TPD, HPFB, 1996-2006) and developed TPD’s Good Review Guiding Principles, receiving awards for regulatory assessment excellence and creativity/innovation. She holds a Ph.D. in Molecular Neurophysiology (Physiological Laboratory, Cambridge University, Trinity College, Cambridge, U.K), B.Sc.H. and M.Sc. in Biochemistry (Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario).