{{Short description|British researcher and academic}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=June 2023}} {{Third-party|date=June 2023}} }} {{Infobox scientist | name = Edith Sim | birth_place = Hilltown, Dundee | workplaces = University of Oxford <br> Kingston University | alma_mater = University of Oxford <br> Morgan Academy }}
'''Edith Sim''' is a British researcher who is an emeritus professor at Kingston University and the University of Oxford. She was awarded the 2012 British Pharmacological Society John Vane Medal and a lifetime achievement award in 2015 from the Arylamine N-acetyltransferases Workshop Group.
== Early life and education == Sim was born and raised in Hilltown, Dundee.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-03-28 |title=Q&A: Meet Abertay's new Court member Professor Edith Sim |url=https://www.abertay.ac.uk/news/2022/q-a-meet-abertay-s-new-court-member-professor-edith-sim/ |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=Abertay |language=en}}</ref> Her father Joe ran his own company repairing mechanical office equipment and her mother Edith Snr had worked as a seamstress before joining her husband in helping to run his business. She was an only child, and her grandmother died of tuberculosis. She attended Morgan Academy, where she was the only girl in her chemistry class. She eventually attended a short course at the University of Edinburgh in biochemistry, which motivated her to apply for an undergraduate degree. She moved to the University of Oxford as a doctoral researcher. After earning her doctorate she moved to Grenoble, where she worked as a postdoctoral researcher.<ref name=":0" />
== Research and career == Sim's research is at the intersection of chemistry and biology. She joined the faculty at Oxford in 1983, where she was made Head of Pharmacology in 2000.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Profile {{!}} British Pharmacological Society |url=https://www.bps.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/fellows-directory/profile?ID=d10357b2-d7f6-e311-88a7-001dd8b721a7&product=%7Cfellows%7Cretired |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=www.bps.ac.uk}}</ref> She dedicated her career to understanding the enzyme in tuberculosis. She identified the structure of arylamine N-acetyltransferase and defined the mechanism of action using a catalytic triad. In 2010, Sim moved to Kingston University as dean of science, Engineering and Computing.<ref name=":1" />
In 2012, Sim was awarded the British Pharmacological Society John Vane Medal.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Edith Sim {{!}} University of Oxford {{!}} Allied Academies |url=https://alliedacademies.com/profile/Edith%20Sim |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=alliedacademies.com}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Citation |title=Professor Edith Sim - J R Vane Prize Lecture 2012.mp4 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTiGSLzCymg |access-date=2023-06-19 |language=en}}</ref> She was appointed to the governing body of Abertay University in 2022.<ref name=":0" />
== Awards and honours == * 2012 John Vane Medal<ref name=":3" /> * 2015 Lifetime achievement award from the Arylamine N-acetyltransferases Workshop Group<ref name=":2" />
== Selected publications == * {{Cite Q|Q46857953}} * {{Cite Q|Q28486798}} * {{Cite Q|Q28302652}}
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