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  • Comment: Just to be clear: Please don't post answers to my questions. Instead, please improve the draft so that the improved version answers them (or renders them obsolete). Hoary (talk) 04:34, 16 March 2025 (UTC)
  • Comment: 1. He has certainly headed, directed, presided over (etc) a lot. What has been written about his heading, directing, presiding (etc) in reliable sources by people independent of him?
    2. "He is more passionate about NCD prevention and control in LMICs." Than who are? Or: Than he is about what?
    3. "He has been an active and influential member of the Canadian Hypertension Education Program." What influence(s) has he had? Hoary (talk) 02:55, 16 March 2025 (UTC)
Dr. Arun Chockalingam
Born
Karaikudi, India
EducationB.E. in Electronics and Communication Engineering, University of Madras (1970)

M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (1978)

Ph.D in Cardiac Physiology and Pharmacology, Memorial University of Newfoundland (1982)
Alma materUniversity of Madras

Indian Institute of Technology

Memorial University of Newfoundland
OccupationUniversity Professor Public Health Researcher
Employer(s)Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto.

York University

Dahdaleh Institute of Global Health Research
Known forGlobal Health Leadership, Cardiovascular Research, World Hypertension Day, World NCD Congress.
Notable workEditor-in-Chief, World Heart Federation "White Book" Co-author, IOM report on "Promoting Cardiovascular Health in the Developing World"

Arun Chockalingam is a university teacher whos specializes in public health policy, global health and cardiovascular research.[1] He is an Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, Medicine & Global Health at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, an Adjunct Professor at the faculty of Health at York University, Toronto and a Senior Fellow in Global Health and Humanitarianism at Dahdelah Institute of Global Health and Research at York University, Toronto.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

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Chockalingam earned a bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the University of Madras, India in 1970. He received his Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India in 1978.[4] He graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy in Cardiac Physiology and Pharmacology from Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada in 1982.[4]

Career

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Leadership Roles in Global Health

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Chockalingam served as the Associate Professor of Epidemiology & Community Medicine at the Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN), Canada.[5] He was the Associate Director of CIHR Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (ICRH), Vancouver, Canada (2001–2005).[6] He was the Founding Director of Global Health at Simon Fraser University (2005–2010),[7] followed by his role as the Founding Director of the Office of Global Health at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, US, NIH (2010–2013).[8] He later served as the Founding Director of Global Health at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto (2013–2018).[9]

Editorial and academic contributions

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He was the President of the Canadian Coalition for High Blood Pressure Prevention and Control (Blood Pressure Canada) for 7 years.[10] He was the Editor-in-Chief of the World Heart Federation's "White Book" on "Impending Global Pandemic of CVD: Focus on Developing Countries and Economies in Transition (1999).[11] He was a co-author of the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences 2010 report on "Promoting Cardiovascular Health in the Developing World".[12]

Also, he held a key executive position at Health Canada and he served as the Secretary General of the World Hypertension League (WHL) for 9 years[6], where he established "World Hypertension Day (WHD)" in 2005. Since 2006, the WHL has been dedicating May 17 of every year as WHD.[13][14] He is more passionate about NCD prevention and control in LMICs. He has been an active and influential member of the Canadian Hypertension Education Program.[4][15][16] He was one of the authors of the United Nations Resolutions 66-A on Prevention and Control of Non Communicable Disease, 2011. In 2011, Chockalingam participated in the UN High-level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases in New York city, representing the NHLBI.[17]

In 2020,in collaboration with BIUST, he delivered a lecture on the Smart Village Initiative.[18] He was the Chair of the World Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Congress 2023.[19]

Publications

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Focusing on hypertension and non-communicable disease (NCD) prevention, Chockalingam has published over seven books,11 book chapters, and over 180 research papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Books

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  1. Heart Disease and Stroke in Canada (1995)[20]
  2. Control of Cardiovascular Diseases in Developing Countries (1998)[12]
  3. Healthy Heart Kit (1999)[21]
  4. Impending Global Pandemic of Cardiovascular Diseases (1999)[22]
  5. The Changing Face of Heart Disease and Stroke in Canada (2000)[23]
  6. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Health (2012)[1]
  7. Smart Villages (2021)[6]
  8. Principles and Applications of Evidence-Based Public Health Practice (2023).[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Dhalla, Naranjan S.; Chockalingam, Arun; Berkowitz, H. Ivan; Singal, Pawan K. (2012-12-06). Frontiers in Cardiovascular Health. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-1-4615-0455-9.
  2. ^ a b Kathirvel, Soundappan; Singh, Amarjeet; Chockalingam, Arun (2023-08-04). Principles and Application of Evidence-Based Public Health Practice. Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-323-95355-9.
  3. ^ "Arun Chockalingam | University of Washington - Department of Global Health". globalhealth.washington.edu. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
  4. ^ a b c Medicine, Institute of; Health, Board on Global; Countries, Committee on Preventing the Global Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease: Meeting the Challenges in Developing (2010-07-29). Promoting Cardiovascular Health in the Developing World: A Critical Challenge to Achieve Global Health. National Academies Press. ISBN 978-0-309-14774-3.
  5. ^ Chockalingam, A.; Abbott, D.; Bass, M.; Battista, R.; Cameron, R.; Champlain, J. de; Evans, C. E.; Laidlaw, J.; Lee, B. L.; Leiter, L.; Et, Al (1990-06-15). "Recommendations of the Canadian Consensus Conference on Non-Pharmacological Approaches to the Management of High Blood Pressure, Mar. 21-23, 1989, Halifax, Nova Scotia". CMAJ. 142 (12): 1397–1409. ISSN 0820-3946. PMC 1451970. PMID 2190686.
  6. ^ a b c Lakshmanan, V. I.; Chockalingam, Arun; Murty, V. Kumar; Kalyanasundaram, S. (2021-06-25). Smart Villages: Bridging the Global Urban-Rural Divide. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-030-68458-7.
  7. ^ Chockalingam, Arun; Campbell, Norman R; Fodor, J George (2006-05-01). "Worldwide epidemic of hypertension". The Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 22 (7): 553–555. doi:10.1016/s0828-282x(06)70275-6. PMC 2560860. PMID 16755308.
  8. ^ Chockalingam, Arun; Tolunay, H. Eser; Prabhakaran, Dorairaj; Narula, Jagat (2012-09-01). "Household Air Pollution: An Emerging Risk Factor for CVD". Global Heart. 7 (3): 197–199. doi:10.1016/j.gheart.2012.06.013. ISSN 2211-8160. PMID 25691482.
  9. ^ Goldman, Lee; Schafer, Andrew I. (2015-04-21). Goldman-Cecil Medicine E-Book. Elsevier Health Sciences. ISBN 978-0-323-32285-0.
  10. ^ Canadian Journal of Public Health. Canadian Public Health Association. 1994.
  11. ^ Chockalingam, A.; Balaguer-Vintro, I.; Achutti, A.; de Luna, A. B.; Chalmers, J.; Farinaro, E.; Lauzon, R.; Martin, I.; Papp, J. G.; Postiglione, A.; Reddy, K. S.; Tse, T. F. (2000-02-01). "The World Heart Federation's white book: impending global pandemic of cardiovascular diseases: challenges and opportunities for the prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases in developing countries and economies in transition". The Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 16 (2): 227–229. ISSN 0828-282X. PMID 10694594.
  12. ^ a b Control of Cardiovascular Diseases in Developing Countries: Research, Development, and Institutional Strengthening. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press. 1998-09-29. doi:10.17226/6218. ISBN 978-0-309-06137-7.
  13. ^ Chockalingam, Arun (2007-05-15). "Impact of World Hypertension Day". The Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 23 (7): 517–519. doi:10.1016/s0828-282x(07)70795-x. PMC 2650754. PMID 17534457.
  14. ^ Chockalingam, Arun (2008-06-01). "World Hypertension Day and global awareness". The Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 24 (6): 441–444. doi:10.1016/s0828-282x(08)70617-2. ISSN 1916-7075. PMC 2643187. PMID 18548140.
  15. ^ Padwal, Raj S.; Hemmelgarn, Brenda R.; McAlister, Finlay A.; McKay, Donald W.; Grover, Steven; Wilson, Thomas; Penner, Brian; Burgess, Ellen; Bolli, Peter; Hill, Michael; Mahon, Jeff; Myers, Martin G.; Abbott, Carl; Schiffrin, Ernesto L.; Honos, George (2007-05-01). "The 2007 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: Part 1 – blood pressure measurement, diagnosis and assessment of risk". Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 23 (7): 529–538. doi:10.1016/S0828-282X(07)70797-3. ISSN 0828-282X. PMC 2650756. PMID 17534459.
  16. ^ Quinn, Robert R.; Hemmelgarn, Brenda R.; Padwal, Raj S.; Myers, Martin G.; Cloutier, Lyne; Bolli, Peter; McKay, Donald W.; Khan, Nadia A.; Hill, Michael D.; Mahon, Jeff; Hackam, Daniel G.; Grover, Steven; Wilson, Thomas; Penner, Brian; Burgess, Ellen (2010-05-01). "The 2010 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: part I - blood pressure measurement, diagnosis and assessment of risk". The Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 26 (5): 241–248. doi:10.1016/s0828-282x(10)70378-0. ISSN 1916-7075. PMC 2886554. PMID 20485688.
  17. ^ "UN meets on chronic, non-communicable diseases (NCDs), adopts declaration on prevention - Fogarty International Center @ NIH". Fogarty International Center. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
  18. ^ "BIUST Smart Village Initiative". The Patriot On Sunday. 2020-02-26. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
  19. ^ "World Non Communicable Diseases Congress | Toronto | June 25-30, 2023 – World Non Communicable Diseases Congress | June 26-30, 2023". www.torontownc2023.org. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
  20. ^ Heart Disease and Stroke in Canada, 1995. Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. 1995. ISBN 978-1-896242-12-5.
  21. ^ The Healthy Heart Kit. Health Canada. 1999. ISBN 978-0-662-27529-9.
  22. ^ Balaguer-Vintró, Ignasi (1999). Impending Global Pandemic of Cardiovascular Diseases: Challenges and Opportunities for the Prevention and Control of Cardiovascular Diseases in Developing Countries and Economies in Transition. Prous Science. ISBN 978-84-8124-164-8.
  23. ^ Canada, Heart and Stroke Foundation of; Control (Canada), Laboratory Centre for Disease (1999). The Changing Face of Heart Disease and Stroke in Canada, 2000. Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. ISBN 978-1-896242-28-6.
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