Dr Vaseekaran Sivarajasingam
BDS, BMSc, PhD, FDSRCS (Eng), FDSRCS (Oral Surgery), FHEA
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Applied Clinical Research & Public Health Trends and correlates of violence related injury in England and Wales; Evaluation of CCTV and the relationship between A&E and police violence data. Dr Sivarajasingam is senior lecturer in oral and maxillofacial surgery at Cardiff University and honorary consultant in the Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust. His PhD studies included evaluations of public space CCTV and the measurement of violent crime using A&E records. This work demonstrated the reliability and validity of hospital data for this purpose. Stemming from this, he has studied violence using panel data relating to socioeconomic, injury and alcohol variables. He leads the National Violence Surveillance Network (NVSN) which has provided annual reports on trends in violence-related harm since 2000. This work has been published in leading criminology, public health and economics journals. He is a member of the interdisciplinary Cardiff University Violence and Society Research Group which comprises economists from the Cardiff Business School, criminologists from the School of Social Sciences and epidemiologists from the Cardiff Medical School. Racist violence: an accident and emergency perspective Smoking and alcohol habits of undergraduate dental students Correlated of violence related injury Trends in violence-related injury in England and WalesResearch Theme
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Present appointments 2006 Senior Lecturer in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Cardiff University Honorary Consultant, Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust Previous appointments 1995 House Officer, Tayside NHS Trust 1995/1996 Resident Senior House Officer, Newcastle General Hospital 1996/1997 Resident Senior House Officer, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol 1997 $acirc; 2001 Clinical Lecturer/ Honorary Senior House Officer, Cardiff University/Cardiff & Vale NHS Trust 2001 - 2006 Clinical Lecturer/Honorary Specialist Registrar, Cardiff University/Cardiff & Vale NHS TrustCareer Profile
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2019
- Sivarajasingam, V.et al. 2019. Violence in England and Wales in 2018. An accident and emergency perspective.. Cardiff: Crime and Security Research Institute, Cardiff University.
2018
- Page, N.et al. 2018. Links between deprivation and risk of violence-related injury: a qualitative study to identify potential causal mechanisms. Journal of Public Health 40(2), pp. e59-e65. (10.1093/pubmed/fdx073)
- Sivarajasingam, V.et al. 2018. Injury resulting from targeted violence: An emergency department perspective. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health 28(3), pp. 295-308. (10.1002/cbm.2066)
- Redford, R.et al. 2018. Student perceptions of exodontia competency assessment in a UK dental school. European Journal of Dental Education 22(2), pp. 92-100. (10.1111/eje.12248)
- Sivarajasingam, V.et al. 2018. Violence in England and Wales in 2017: An Accident and Emergency perspective. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/1162414/National-Violence-Surveillance-Network-Report-2017.pdf
2017
- Moore, S.et al. 2017. The effectiveness of an intervention to reduce alcohol-related violence in premises licensed for the sale and on-site and consumption of alcohol: a randomised controlled trial. Addiction 112(11), pp. 1898-1906. (10.1111/add.13878)
2016
- Page, N.et al. 2016. Preventing violence-related injuries in England and Wales: A panel study examining the impact of on- and off-trade alcohol prices. Injury Prevention 23(1), pp. 33-39. (10.1136/injuryprev-2015-041884)
- Wells, J. P.et al. 2016. Telephone review after minor oral surgery. British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery 54(5), pp. 526-530. (10.1016/j.bjoms.2016.02.016)
- Fone, D. L.et al. 2016. Change in alcohol outlet density and alcohol-related harm to population health (CHALICE): a comprehensive record-linked database study in Wales. Public Health Research 4(3) (10.3310/phr04030)
2015
- Sivarajasingam, V.et al. 2015. Trends in violence in England and Wales 2010-2014. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 70(6), pp. 616-621. (10.1136/jech-2015-206598)
- Moore, S. C.et al. 2015. All-Wales Licensed Premises Intervention (AWLPI): a randomised controlled trial of an intervention to reduce alcohol-related violence. Public Health Research 3(10) (10.3310/phr03100)
- Fone, D. L.et al. 2015. Change in alcohol outlet density and the risk of violent crime. Presented at: 41st Annual Alcohol Epidemiology Symposium of the Kettil Bruun Society, Munich, Germany, 1-5 June 2015.
2014
- Sivarajasingam, V.et al. 2014. Trends in community violence in England and Wales 2005-2009. Injury 45(3), pp. 592-598. (10.1016/j.injury.2013.06.020)
- Moore, S. C.et al. 2014. All-Wales licensed premises intervention (AWLPI): a randomised controlled trial to reduce alcohol-related violence. BMC Public Health 14(1), article number: 21. (10.1186/1471-2458-14-21)
2013
- Sivarajasingam, V.et al. 2013. OP44 trends in community violence in England and Wales 2005-2009. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 67(Suppl), pp. A22-A23. (10.1136/jech-2013-203126.44)
2012
- Fone, D. L.et al. 2012. Change in alcohol outlet density and alcohol-related harm to population health (CHALICE). BMC Public Health 12(1), article number: 428. (10.1186/1471-2458-12-428)
- Fone, D. L.et al. 2012. Change in alcohol outlet density and alcohol-related harm to population health (CHALICE). BMC Public Health 12(1), pp. 428-437. (10.1186/1471-2458-12-428)
2011
- Jones, S., Sivarajasingam, V. and Shepherd, J. P. 2011. The impact of deprivation on youth violence: a comparison of cities and their feeder towns. Emergency Medicine Journal 28, pp. 496-499. (10.1136/emj.2009.090282)
- Sivarajasingam, V., Shepherd, J. P. and Newcombe, R. G. 2011. Why public health must contribute to reduce violence [Letter]. British Medical Journal (BMJ) 343, pp. d4453. (10.1136/bmj.d4453)
2010
- Nasr, I.et al. 2010. Gender inequality in the risk of violence: material deprivation is linked to higher risk for adolescent girls. Emergency Medicine Journal 27(11), pp. 811-814. (10.1136/emj.2008.068528)
- Durham, J.et al. 2010. A generic consensus assessment of undergraduate competence in forceps exodontia in the United Kingdom. European Journal of Dental Education 14(4), pp. 210-214. (10.1111/j.1600-0579.2009.00612.x)
- Clareboets, S., Sivarajasingam, V. and Chestnutt, I. G. 2010. Smoking cessation advice: knowledge, attitude and practice among clinical dental students. British Dental Journal 208(4), pp. 173-177. (10.1038/sj.bdj.2010.158)
- Sivarajasingam, V.et al. 2010. Hate violence: emergency department perspective [Abstract]. Injury Prevention 16(Supp.1), pp. A151-A152. (10.1136/ip.2010.029215.543)
- Sivarajasingam, V.et al. 2010. Violence in England and Wales 2009: an accident and emergency perspective. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.vrg.cf.ac.uk/nvit/NVIT_2009.pdf
- Sivarajasingam, V. and Shepherd, J. P. 2010. The roles of doctors and health services in community violence prevention. Br J Hosp Med (Lond) 71(3), pp. 135-7.
- Lloyd, T. E. and Sivarajasingam, V. 2010. An unusual cranial dislocation of the mandibular condyle. British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery 48(3), pp. 176-177. (10.1016/j.bjoms.2009.08.031)
2009
- Sivarajasingam, V.et al. 2009. Trends in violence in England and Wales 2000-2004: An accident and emergency perspective. Injury 40(8), pp. 820-825. (10.1016/j.injury.2008.08.017)
- Sivarajasingam, V.et al. 2009. Vulnerability to assault injury: An emergency department perspective. Emergency Medicine Journal 26(10), pp. 711-714. (10.1136/emj.2008.061580)
- Drage, N. and Sivarajasingam, V. 2009. The use of cone beam computed tomography in the management of isolated orbital floor fractures. British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery 47(1), pp. 65-66. (10.1016/j.bjoms.2008.05.005)
- Sivarajasingam, V.et al. 2009. Violence in England and Wales 2008: an accident and emergency perspective. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.vrg.cf.ac.uk/nvit/NVIT_2008.pdf
2008
- Sivarajasingam, V., Moore, S. C. and Shepherd, J. P. 2008. Violence in England and Wales 2007: an accident and emergency perspective. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.vrg.cf.ac.uk/nvit/NVIT_2007.pdf
2007
- Moore, S. C.et al. 2007. The effect of rugby match outcome on spectator aggression and intention to drink alcohol. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health 17(2), pp. 118-127. (10.1002/cbm.647)
2006
- Sivarajasingam, V., Matthews, K. G. P. and Shepherd, J. P. 2006. Price of beer and violence-related injury in England and Wales. Injury 37(5), pp. 388-394. (10.1016/j.injury.2006.01.035)
- Matthews, K. G. P., Shepherd, J. P. and Sivarajasingam, V. 2006. Violence-related injury and the price of beer in England and Wales. Applied Economics 38(6), pp. 661-670. (10.1080/00036840500397341)
2005
- Sivarajasingam, V., Moore, S. and Shepherd, J. P. 2005. Winning, losing, and violence. Injury Prevention 11(2), pp. 69-70. (10.1136/ip.2004.008102)
2004
- Matthews, K. G. P.et al. 2004. The price of beer and lager and violence-related injury in England and Wales: a fixed effects model. In: Yfantopoulos, J. N. ed. The Economics of Health Reforms. Athens: Athens Institute for Education and Research, pp. 791-808.
2003
- Sivarajasingam, V., Shepherd, J. P. and Matthews, K. 2003. Effect of urban closed circuit television on assault injury and violence detection. Injury Prevention 9(4), pp. 312-316. (10.1136/ip.9.4.312)
- Sivarajasingam, V.et al. 2003. Violence-related injury data in England and Wales. An alternative data source on violence. British Journal of Criminology 43(1), pp. 223-227. (10.1093/bjc/43.1.223)
2002
- Sivarajasingam, V.et al. 2002. Trends in violence in England and Wales 1995-2000: an accident and emergency perspective. Journal of Public Health 24(3), pp. 219-226. (10.1093/pubmed/24.3.219)
- Sutherland, I., Sivarajasingam, V. and Shepherd, J. P. 2002. Recording of community violence by medical and police services. Injury Prevention 8(3), pp. 246-247. (10.1136/ip.8.3.246)
As a clinical academic, he provides teaching to BDS students and junior dental staff by giving lectures/seminars during surgical sessions, out patient clinics, operating theatre sessions and during on-call duties. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. As Chair of Oral Disease Teachers Group (since 2004), he has overall responsibility for the Oral Disease Course of diverse disciplines including Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Radiology, Exam and Emergency and Oral Microbiology. As topic lead (2003-14) for Oral Surgery he is in charge of Oral Surgery teaching for clinical dental students. He organises and delivers the Introduction to Oral Surgery Symposium (year 3 BDS; since 2004) and has led the development of 'pig's head surgical course' for year 4 BDS students (2013). With other Oral Surgery staff he developed and implemented competency in extractions now a core assessment in the BDS course. He is responsible for developing intermediate and final BDS questions, ensuring written papers are constructed, blueprinted to the curriculum and standard set and examiner for intermediate and final BDS (since 2005). He also examines for Membership of the Joint Dental Faculties (MJDF, since 2011) and Tri-collegiate Speciality Membership (MOral Surg, since 2012).