Dr. Sandy Lim is the Director of NUS Care Unit (NCU) in the Office of the Senior Deputy President and Provost, and Associate Professor in NUS Business School at the National University of Singapore. She obtained her Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology from the University of Michigan and was an Assistant Professor at the Singapore Management University before joining NUS in 2008. Prior to her academic career, she worked as a Psychologist at the Ministry of Defence, where she provided psychological services to the military and supported national emergencies as part of a network currently known as the National Care (Caring Action in Response to Emergencies) System. Dr. Sandy Lim has more than twenty years of experience working with different organizations in the public and corporate sectors, including the Singapore Committee for UN Women (UNIFEM), the International Labor Organization, and regional banks and government agencies. 

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Dr. Sandy Lim is known for her research on mistreatment and disruptive behaviors in the workplace, in particular incivility and harassment. She also conducts research on medical trauma teams and leadership, occupational health, work-family, and gender issues. Her research has been widely cited and her work on harassment was recently highlighted at the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. In addition to best paper awards from the U.S. and European Academies of Management, Dr. Sandy has also received Outstanding Educator Awards at the NUS Business School in recognition of her teaching excellence at both undergraduate and graduate levels. She is a member of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology and the Academy of Management, as well as a fellow of the American Association of University Women.