Michelle Lim

Michelle Lim is the CEO and Scientific Chair of Ending Loneliness Together, a national peak body addressing persistent loneliness and social isolation in Australia. She is also an associate professor at the Prevention Research Collaboration Sydney School of Public Health at the University of Sydney.

Michelle is considered the leading Australian scientific expert in loneliness, and her work informs governments and the not-for- profit and corporate sectors across the world. In 2024, she was appointed as one of 20 global experts on the Technical Advisory Group to the World Health Organization Commission to Social Connection. She is a practising clinical psychologist with over 22 years’ experience.