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Nachiappan Chockalingam

Nachiappan Chockalingam, professionally known as Nachi Chockalingam is a British scientist, academic practitioner and expert in Clinical Biomechanics. He holds academic positions in the UK, Malta, and India, collaborating with researchers globally. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine and has been appointed to a panel of experts for the Research Excellence Framework. He serves on boards of international scientific societies, edits for multiple journals, and reviews for various publications and grant bodies worldwide. Professor Chockalingam's current focus is translational research, and he has been key in integrating allied health professionals into the biomechanics and medical engineering fields. An advocate for interdisciplinary research and gender equality, he actively supports students and early-career researchers. His involvement extends to charitable organisations, contributing to global efforts on healthy ageing and mobility-assistive technology. Professor Chockalingam has been engaged with the GATE (Global Cooperation on Assistive Technology) initiative for several years and has contributed to the development of World Health Organisation (WHO) standards for prosthetic and orthotic service provision. He was elected as a Fellow of the International Society of Biomechanics in 2023. He contributed to development of podiatric biomechanics in the UK and played a pivotal role in the establishment of the journals such as the Footwear Science[1] and is on the editorial panel for a number of scientific and clinical journals.[2]

Education

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Chockalingam holds a BEng in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering from Annamalai University, India. In 1990, he obtained an MSc in Biomedical Engineering Science from Dundee University before proceeding to Staffordshire University where he completed a PhD in Clinical Biomechanics.

Career and research

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Chockalingam has international recognition in work across science, technology, engineering and medicine[3][4] and has contributed extensively to synthesising scientific and clinical evidence.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] He has experience in the academic, industrial and clinical sectors through his collaboration with external partners in commercial consultancy, international policy and non-governmental organisations. Whilst playing a substantial role in establishing research and academic governance procedures including the establishment of research ethics policy at Staffordshire University, Chockalingam has set up the Centre for Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Technologies. He reached the position of the most senior professor at Staffordshire University and established the current version of the Staffordshire University Professoriate and led it between 2013 and 2020.[14] Between 2016 and 2022, he has contributed to the NIHR Research for Patient Benefit Panel and serves in multiple other review panels of global grant awarding bodies including the EPSRC, MRC and the European Commission. He has been involved with learned societies such as the International Society of Biomechanics, International Research Society for Spinal Deformities and the Footwear Biomechanics Group at various levels of leadership.

Chockalingam has made extensive academic contributions to understanding adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.[15][16][17] He is a founding member of the Diabetic Foot Research Group and a visiting professor at the University of Malta.[18] Chockalingam has contributed to the development of a culturally competent model of diabetic foot screening[19] at the primary healthcare level and has made important contributions to the identification of priority areas[20] for diabetic foot screening[21] and the provision of rehabilitation and assistive technology.[22] His current work focuses on policy areas related to Allied Health Professionals and telehealth.[23][24][25][26] Recently, he was involved in the launching of a new policy brief to guide the creation of telehealth patient consultation guidelines and training for AHPs. [27] Chockalingam contributes to the developmental work on the provision of assistive technology in the ‘Global South’ [28] and continues to raise awareness on health inequalities and cultural competency in health screening.

At a national level, for REF2021, Chockalingam has been appointed to the Panel of Experts within Subpanel 24 - Sport and Exercise Sciences, Leisure and Tourism.[29] He is also listed as an expert to the European Parliament in policy areas relating to the assessment of new and emerging technologies, and foresight on long-term scientific and technological trends. He is a trustee for Age UK Staffordshire,[30] Bionic Charity and recently Human Study AV.[31] He was involved in the development of a Field Ventilator in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Awards and recognition

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As a Freeman of the City of London, he is involved with the activities of the Worshipful Company of Engineers.[32] He was presented with a Lord Mayor’s COVID-19 Livery Award for his work on the innovative Field Ventilator project.[33] He was recognised with a Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Podiatry in 2023. Honorary fellowship is bestowed upon individuals who have made a substantive and significant contribution to the advancement of the podiatric profession in any of the fields of clinical practice, education, service management or research.[34] He has also been conferred as an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.[35]

Publications

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Chockalingam has numerous scholarly outputs which include peer-reviewed papers,[36] published abstracts and book chapters, invited and keynote presentations at international conferences,[37] national and regional meetings.[38]

References

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  1. ^ "Footwear Science". Taylor & Francis.
  2. ^ "Nachiappan Chockalingam's Publons profile". publons.com.
  3. ^ "Orthotics breakthrough helps improve overall mobility of children with cerebral palsy". News-Medical.net. 9 June 2020.
  4. ^ "UK team develops Covid-19 field ventilator". The Engineer. 21 April 2020.
  5. ^ Gatt, Alfred; Chockalingam, Nachiappan (1 January 2011). "Clinical Assessment of Ankle Joint Dorsiflexion". Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association. 101 (1): 59–69. doi:10.7547/1010059. PMID 21242472.
  6. ^ Healy, Aoife; Naemi, Roozbeh; Chockalingam, Nachiappan (July 2013). "The effectiveness of footwear as an intervention to prevent or to reduce biomechanical risk factors associated with diabetic foot ulceration: A systematic review". Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications. 27 (4): 391–400. doi:10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2013.03.001. PMID 23643441.
  7. ^ Aoife, Healy; Roozbeh, Naemi; Nachiappan, Chockalingam (30 June 2014). "The Effectiveness of Footwear and Other Removable Off-loading Devices in the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Systematic Review". Current Diabetes Reviews. 10 (4): 215–230. doi:10.2174/1573399810666140918121438. PMID 25245020.
  8. ^ Needham, Robert; Stebbins, Julie; Chockalingam, Nachiappan (18 May 2016). "Three-dimensional kinematics of the lumbar spine during gait using marker-based systems: a systematic review" (PDF). Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology. 40 (4): 172–185. doi:10.3109/03091902.2016.1154616. PMID 27011295. S2CID 25110291.
  9. ^ Behforootan, Sara; Chatzistergos, Panagiotis; Naemi, Roozbeh; Chockalingam, Nachiappan (January 2017). "Finite element modelling of the foot for clinical application: A systematic review" (PDF). Medical Engineering & Physics. 39: 1–11. doi:10.1016/j.medengphy.2016.10.011. PMID 27856143. S2CID 3779703.
  10. ^ Bettany-Saltikov, Josette; Weiss, Hans-Rudolf; Chockalingam, Nachiappan; Kandasamy, Gokulakannan; Arnell, Tracey (2016). "A Comparison of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Following Different Treatment Approaches for Adolescents with Severe Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Systematic Review". Asian Spine Journal. 10 (6): 1170–1194. doi:10.4184/asj.2016.10.6.1170. PMC 5165010. PMID 27994796.
  11. ^ Eddison, N.; Mulholland, M.; Chockalingam, N. (1 August 2017). "Do research papers provide enough information on design and material used in ankle foot orthoses for children with cerebral palsy? A systematic review". Journal of Children's Orthopaedics. 11 (4): 263–271. doi:10.1302/1863-2548.11.160256. PMC 5584494. PMID 28904631.
  12. ^ Healy, Aoife; Farmer, Sybil; Pandyan, Anand; Chockalingam, Nachiappan (14 March 2018). "A systematic review of randomised controlled trials assessing effectiveness of prosthetic and orthotic interventions". PLOS ONE. 13 (3): e0192094. Bibcode:2018PLoSO..1392094H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0192094. PMC 5851539. PMID 29538382.
  13. ^ Hill, Matthew; Healy, Aoife; Chockalingam, Nachiappan (December 2020). "Effectiveness of therapeutic footwear for children: A systematic review". Journal of Foot and Ankle Research. 13 (1): 23. doi:10.1186/s13047-020-00390-3. PMC 7222438. PMID 32404124.
  14. ^ "Meet the Professors in exciting new lecture series". www.staffs.ac.uk. 10 April 2019.
  15. ^ Romano, Michele; Minozzi, Silvia; Bettany-Saltikov, Josette; Zaina, Fabio; Chockalingam, Nachiappan; Weiss, Hans-Rudolf; Maier-Hennes, Axel; Negrini, Stefano (15 April 2009). Romano, Michele (ed.). "Exercises for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis". Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews: CD007837. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD007837. hdl:2434/721743.
  16. ^ Negrini, Stefano; Minozzi, Silvia; Bettany-Saltikov, Josette; Zaina, Fabio; Chockalingam, Nachiappan; Grivas, Theodoros B.; Kotwicki, Tomasz; Maruyama, Toru; Romano, Michele; Vasiliadis, Elias S. (17 October 2007). Negrini, Stefano (ed.). "Braces for idiopathic scoliosis in adolescents". Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews: CD006850. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD006850.
  17. ^ Bettany-Saltikov, Josette; Weiss, Hans-Rudolf; Chockalingam, Nachiappan; Taranu, Razvan; Srinivas, Shreya; Hogg, Julie; Whittaker, Victoria; Kalyan, Raman V (31 July 2013). Bettany-Saltikov, Josette (ed.). "Surgical versus non-surgical interventions in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis". Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews: CD010663. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD010663.
  18. ^ Malta, L.-Università ta'. "Members". L-Università ta' Malta. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  19. ^ Formosa, Cynthia; Gatt, Alfred; Chockalingam, Nachiappan (2016). "A Critical Evaluation of Existing Diabetic Foot Screening Guidelines". The Review of Diabetic Studies. 13 (2–3): 158–186. doi:10.1900/RDS.2016.13.158. PMC 5553765. PMID 28012281.
  20. ^ Formosa, Cynthia; Gatt, Alfred; Chockalingam, Nachiappan (December 2012). "Diabetic foot complications in Malta: Prevalence of risk factors". The Foot. 22 (4): 294–297. doi:10.1016/j.foot.2012.08.008. PMID 22981100.
  21. ^ Formosa, Cynthia; Gatt, Alfred; Chockalingam, Nachiappan (April 2013). "The importance of clinical biomechanical assessment of foot deformity and joint mobility in people living with type-2 diabetes within a primary care setting". Primary Care Diabetes. 7 (1): 45–50. doi:10.1016/j.pcd.2012.12.003. PMID 23332418.
  22. ^ "Global Report on Assistive Technology (GReAT) Consultation 2019". www.who.int.
  23. ^ Leone, Enza; Eddison, Nicola; Healy, Aoife; Royse, Carolyn; Chockalingam, Nachiappan (December 2021). "Exploration of implementation, financial and technical considerations within allied health professional (AHP) telehealth consultation guidance: a scoping review including UK AHP professional bodies' guidance". BMJ Open. 11 (12): e055823. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055823. PMC 8718347. PMID 34969656.
  24. ^ Eddison, Nicola; Leone, Enza; Healy, Aoife; Royse, Carolyn; Chockalingam, Nachiappan (December 2022). "The potential impact of allied health professional telehealth consultations on health inequities and the burden of treatment". International Journal for Equity in Health. 21 (1): 91. doi:10.1186/s12939-022-01689-2. PMC 9245876. PMID 35773695.
  25. ^ Eddison, Nicola; Leone, Enza; Healy, Aoife; Royse, Carolyn; Chockalingam, Nachiappan (30 June 2022). "The potential impact of allied health professional telehealth consultations on health inequities and the burden of treatment". International Journal for Equity in Health. 21 (1): 91. doi:10.1186/s12939-022-01689-2. PMC 9245876. PMID 35773695.
  26. ^ Leone, Enza; Eddison, Nicola; Healy, Aoife; Royse, Carolyn; Chockalingam, Nachiappan (5 December 2022). "Do UK Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) have sufficient guidelines and training to provide telehealth patient consultations?". Human Resources for Health. 20 (1): 82. doi:10.1186/s12960-022-00778-1. PMC 9721053. PMID 36471340.
  27. ^ "New policy framework for telehealth unveiled by Staffordshire University researchers". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  28. ^ Ghosh, Ritu; Healy, Aoife; Prabhune, A; Mallavaram, A; Raju, S; Chockalingam, Nachiappan (20 July 2022). "Provision of rehabilitation and assistive technology services in a low resource setting during the COVID-19 pandemic and introduction of telehealth: service users' and providers' perspectives". Assistive Technology: 1–7. doi:10.1080/10400435.2022.2095582. PMID 35857654. S2CID 250697519.
  29. ^ England, Higher Funding Council of. "Panel membership - REF 2021". Higher Education Funding Council for England.
  30. ^ "Welcome to Age UK Staffordshire". www.ageuk.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  31. ^ "About us – Human Study".
  32. ^ "Homepage". The Worshipful Company of Engineers.
  33. ^ "Professor receives Lord Mayor's Award for COVID ventilator". www.staffs.ac.uk. 6 August 2021.
  34. ^ "The Royal College of Podiatry". College of Podiatry. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  35. ^ "Royal College honours top clinical scientist". rcpsg.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  36. ^ "ORCID". orcid.org.
  37. ^ "Nachiappan Chockalingam".
  38. ^ "Nachiappan Chockalingam's Publons profile". publons.com.
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