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.
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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 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.
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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.
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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

  • 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

Courses I teach

  • ENVT 2015 Microbial Ecology (2024)

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