Soph Hem

Dr Soph Hem

Research Fellow

Future Industries Institute

Future Industries Institute

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Dr. Sopheak Hem is a Research Fellow at the Cooperative Research Centre for Solving Antimicrobial Resistance in Agribusiness, Food, and Environments (SAAFE CRC) and the University of South Australia, specializing in antimicrobial resistance and One Health. Formerly a Group Lead at the Pasteur Institute in Cambodia, she has a background in clinical microbiology, pharmacy, and infectious diseases. She has researched and worked in both clinical laboratories and academic roles in Cambodia, France, and Australia. In recent years Sopheak has turned her attention to the environmental dimensions of antimicrobial resistance and a broader One Health research agenda.

1. EPA P003- Risk Assessment / Disinfection Study

2. HEAL-Food Soil Water Security Research Sheme

3. Genomic Epidemiological Microbiology-Carbapenem Resistance Environmental Gram-Negative Bacteria

Year Citation
2025 Hem, S., Drigo, B., Vasileiadis, S., Brunetti, G., Smith, E., Ferro, S., . . . Donner, E. (2025). Mitigating Legionella spp. risk in an Australian healthcare facility using on-site electrochemical water disinfection. Journal of Water And Health, 23(7), 877-893.
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2024 Hem, S., Cummins, M. L., Wyrsch, E. R., Drigo, B., Hoye, B. J., Maute, K., . . . Djordjevic, S. P. (2024). Genomic analysis of Citrobacter from Australian wastewater and silver gulls reveals novel sequence types carrying critically important antibiotic resistance genes. Science of the Total Environment, 909(168608), 1-15.
DOI Scopus8 WoS7 Europe PMC4
2022 Hem, S., Jarocki, V. M., Baker, D. J., Charles, I. G., Drigo, B., Aucote, S., . . . Djordjevic, S. P. (2022). Genomic analysis of Elizabethkingia species from aquatic environments: evidence for potential clinical transmission. Current Research in Microbial Sciences, 3(article no. 100083), 1-15.
DOI Scopus20 WoS18 Europe PMC16
2022 Hem, S., Wyrsch, E. R., Drigo, B., Baker, D. J., Charles, I. G., Donner, E., . . . Djordjevic, S. P. (2022). Genomic analysis of carbapenem-resistant comamonas in water matrices: implications for public health and wastewater treatments. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 88(13, article no. e0064622), 1-41.
DOI Scopus23 WoS23 Europe PMC15
2021 Chung The, H., Bodhidatta, L., Pham, D. T., Mason, C. J., Ha Thanh, T., Voong Vinh, P., . . . Rabaa, M. A. (2021). Evolutionary histories and antimicrobial resistance in Shigella flexneri and Shigella sonnei in Southeast Asia. Communications Biology, 4(1, article no. 353), 1-12.
DOI Scopus28 Europe PMC23
2017 Ledien, J., Sorn, S., Hem, S., Huy, R., Buchy, P., Tarantola, A., & Cappelle, J. (2017). Assessing the performance of remotelysensed flooding indicators and their potential contribution to early warning for leptospirosis in Cambodia. Plos One, 12(7), e0181044.
DOI Scopus27 Europe PMC20
2017 Horwood, P. F., Duong, V., Laurent, D., Mey, C., Sothy, H., Santy, K., . . . Buchy, P. (2017). Aetiology of acute meningoencephalitis in Cambodian children, 2010-2013. Emerging Microbes and Infections, 6(5), e35.
DOI Scopus39 Europe PMC37
2016 Hem, S., Ly, S., Votsi, I., Vogt, F., Asgari, N., Buchy, P., . . . Tarantola, A. (2016). Estimating the burden of leptospirosis among febrile subjects aged below 20 years in Kampong Cham communities, Cambodia, 2007-2009. Plos One, 11(4), e0151555.
DOI Scopus19 Europe PMC17
2016 George, S., Geldhof, P., Albonico, M., Ame, S. M., Bethony, J. M., Engels, D., . . . Levecke, B. (2016). The molecular speciation of soil-transmitted helminth eggs collected from school children across six endemic countries. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 110(11), 657-663.
DOI Scopus25 Europe PMC23
2015 Hem, S., Tarantola, A., Chheang, R., Nop, P., & Kerléguer, A. (2015). Premier cas de gnathostomose intra-oculaire à Gnathostoma spinigerum, diagnostiqué au Cambodge. Bulletin De La Societe De Pathologie Exotique, 108(5), 312-315.
DOI Scopus7 Europe PMC6
2014 Goyet, S., Vlieghe, E., Kumar, V., Newell, S., Moore, C. E., Bousfield, R., . . . Tarantola, A. (2014). Etiologies and resistance profiles of bacterial community-acquired pneumonia in cambodian and neighboring countries' health care settings: A systematic review (1995 to 2012). Plos One, 9(3), e89637.
DOI Scopus18 Europe PMC19
2013 Rammaert, B., Goyet, S., Tarantola, A., Hem, S., Rith, S., Cheng, S., . . . Borand, L. (2013). Acute lower respiratory infections on lung sequelae in Cambodia, a neglected disease in highly tuberculosis-endemic country. Respiratory Medicine, 107(10), 1625-1632.
DOI Scopus8 Europe PMC4
2013 Breurec, S., Raymond, J., Thiberge, J. M., Hem, S., Monchy, D., Seck, A., . . . Dauga, C. (2013). Impact of human migrations on diversity of helicobacter pylori in Cambodia and New Caledonia. Helicobacter, 18(4), 249-261.
DOI Scopus11 Europe PMC10
2013 Vong, S., Guillard, B., Borand, L., Rammaert, B., Goyet, S., Te, V., . . . Buchy, P. (2013). Acute lower respiratory infections in ≥5 year -old hospitalized patients in Cambodia, a low-income tropical country: Clinical characteristics and pathogenic etiology. BMC Infectious Diseases, 13(1), 97.
DOI Scopus28 Europe PMC26
2012 Rammaert, B., Goyet, S., Beauté, J., Hem, S., Te, V., Try, P. L., . . . Vong, S. (2012). Klebsiella pneumoniae related community-acquired acute lower respiratory infections in Cambodia: Clinical characteristics and treatment. BMC Infectious Diseases, 12(1), 3.
DOI Scopus39 Europe PMC29
2011 Rammaert, B., Beauté, J., Borand, L., Hem, S., Buchy, P., Goyet, S., . . . Guillard, B. (2011). Pulmonary melioidosis in Cambodia: A prospective study. BMC Infectious Diseases, 11(1), 126.
DOI Scopus46 Europe PMC41
2011 Breurec, S., Guillard, B., Hem, S., Papadakos, K. S., Brisse, S., Huerre, M., . . . Linz, B. (2011). Expansion of European vacA and cagA alleles to East-Asian Helicobacter pylori strains in Cambodia. Infection Genetics and Evolution, 11(8), 1899-1905.
DOI Scopus9 Europe PMC8
2011 Breurec, S., Guillard, B., Hem, S., Brisse, S., Dieye, F. B., Huerre, M., . . . Linz, B. (2011). Evolutionary history of helicobacter pylori sequences reflect past human migrations in southeast Asia. Plos One, 6(7), e22058.
DOI Scopus60 Europe PMC44
2010 Vernel-Pauillac, F., Ratsima, E. H., Guillard, B., Goursaud, R., Lethezer, C., Hem, S., . . . Goarant, C. (2010). Correlation between antibiotic susceptibilities and genotypes in Neisseria gonorrhoeae from different geographical origins: Determinants monitoring by realtime PCR as a complementary tool for surveillance. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 86(2), 106-111.
DOI Scopus7 Europe PMC5
2010 Berlioz-Arthaud, A., Guillard, B., Goarant, C., & Hem, S. (2010). Hospital based active surveillance of human leptospirosis in Cambodia. Bulletin De La Societe De Pathologie Exotique, 103(2), 111-118.
DOI Scopus11 Europe PMC11
2010 Rammaert, B., Borand, L., Goyet, S., Te, V., Hem, S., Guillard, B., & Vong, S. (2010). Ralstonia pickettii community-acquired pneumonia in Cambodia. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 14(12), 1653-1654.
Scopus4 Europe PMC3
2009 Ruppé, E., Hem, S., Lath, S., Gautier, V., Ariey, F., Sarthou, J. L., . . . Arlet, G. (2009). CTX-M β-lactamases in Escherichia colifrom community-acquired urinary tract infections, Cambodia. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 15(5), 741-748.
DOI Scopus100 WoS83 Europe PMC67
2008 Overtoom, R., Khieu, V., Hem, S., Cavailler, P., Te, V., Chan, S., . . . Vong, S. (2008). A first report of pulmonary melioidosis in Cambodia. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 102(SUPPL. 1), S21-S25.
DOI Scopus21 Europe PMC22

  • Building capacity for AMR solutions - a design thinking toolkit, CRC SAAFE Limited, 01/10/2025 - 19/12/2026

  • Selecting a Rapid Point-of-Care Diagnostic Tool for Detecting Listeria monocytogenes in Environmental Reservoirs for Risk Management, CRC SAAFE Limited, 10/10/2025 - 10/10/2026

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  • ENVT 2015 Microbial Ecology (2024)

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