Anoop C Choolayil

About

Social Scientist (Scientist-C) at the Vector Control Research Centre of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR-VCRC), Pondicherry, India. Holds a PhD in Social Work and postgraduate degrees in Social Work and Psychology. Works towards advancing health equity through targeted interventions among communities endemic to Neglected Tropical Diseases, particularly Vector-borne Diseases. Actively implementing multiple research projects that work towards improving the health prospects of marginalised communities. Research interests include health equity, health policy, human rights, and gerontology.

Employment

• Indian Council of Medial Research Scientist C
  2025 - Present
• Indian Council of Medical Research Scientist-B
  2022 - 2025
• Central University of Kerala Senior Research Fellow
  2018 - 2022

Education

• Central University of Kerala Ph.D
  2018 - Present
• Mahatma Gandhi University MSW
• University of Madras MSc. Psychology

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (31)

• Integrating Social Work Practice in Lymphedema Care: A Rights-Based Model
  Journal of Human Rights and Social Work 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s41134-026-00477-0
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• Understanding the spatiality in neglected tropical diseases: An ethnographic study of scrub typhus in Puducherry, India
  Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine 2026 DOI: 10.1177/13634593261428065
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• The Political Economy of Health
  The Oxford Handbook of Power, Politics, and Poverty 2026 DOI: 10.1093/9780197832479.003.0016
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• Spatial justice and health (in)equity: the case of vector-borne diseases
  Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 2026 DOI: 10.1057/s41599-025-06464-6
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• Patient perspectives and barriers to effective home-based care in lymphatic filariasis: A mixed methods study from Puducherry, India
  PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2026 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0013903
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• Bridging borders for eliminating vector-borne diseases: a shared responsibility for the Indian states
  Journal of Public Health Policy 2026 DOI: 10.1057/s41271-026-00655-4
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• Advancing Health Equity Through Spatial Justice: The Role of Public Health Social Work
  Journal of Human Rights and Social Work 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s41134-025-00380-0
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• Advancing Equity in Health Care Among Dalits and Tribal People in India: The Progress, Current Realities, and the Way Forward
  International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services 2025 DOI: 10.1177/27551938241268179
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• Unveiling the gendered abyss: exploring the case of women with lymphatic filariasis and the path to inclusive care in India
  International Journal for Equity in Health 2025 DOI: 10.1186/s12939-025-02397-3
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• Adopting telehealth service for lymphedema care: Insights from a Filariasis Management Clinic, Puducherry, India
  DIGITAL HEALTH 2025 DOI: 10.1177/20552076251326145
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