Dr Sakshi Chopra
Affiliate of Centre for Health Services Research
Centre for Health Services Research
Researcher biography
Dr Sakshi Chopra is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and early career researcher at the Frazer Institute, The University of Queensland, specialising in frailty, chronic disease prevention and digital models of care. She has an established research track record with 27 publications in Q1 journals, reflecting her strong and rapidly growing academic trajectory. Dr Chopra is currently co‑designing the ‘Focus on Frailty’ digital education platform, a comprehensive program featuring 12 lessons that support healthcare professionals in delivering best‑practice frailty prevention and management in hospital settings. She has also collaborated with stakeholders from 35 universities across Australia to develop the national consensus statements for frailty prevention and management in community‑dwelling older adults. Her recent funding supports consumer‑led research exploring older people’s experiences of emergency care. Dr Chopra also contributes to research capacity building as co‑supervisor of three PhD students working across hospital and community frailty care.
Journal Articles
Sia, Aaron, Chopra, Sakshi, Ling, Victoria Y., Fletcher, James, Hubbard, Ruth Eleanor, Mollee, Peter, Gordon, Emily, Reid, Natasha and Hanjani, Leila Shafiee (2025). Describing the outcomes of frail patients undergoing treatment with systemic therapies for acute myeloid leukaemia: a systematic review. Journal of Geriatric Oncology, 16 (3) 102196, 102196. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2025.102196
Kaur, Tanveer, Ranjan, Piyush, Kaloiya, Gauri S., Bhatia, Harpreet, Baboo, Ananta G. K., Rawat, Nandini, Upadhyay, Ashish D., Chopra, Sakshi, Anwar, Wareesha and Sarkar, Siddharth (2024). Body mass index and cognitive functioning decline: exploring the relationship. Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 13 (1) 197, 1-3. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1458_23
Ranjan, Piyush, Vikram, Naval K., Kumari, Archana, Chopra, Sakshi, Choranur, Ambuja, Pradeep, Yashodhara, Puri, Manju, Malhotra, Anita, Ahuja, Maninder, Meeta,, Batra, Achla, Balsarkar, Geetha, Goswami, Deepti, Guleria, Kiran, Sarkar, Siddharth, Kachhawa, Garima, Verma, Aditi, Kumari, M. Krishna, Madan, Jagmeet, Dabral, Anjali, Kamath, Sandhya, Rathore, Asmita Muthal, Kumar, Raman, Venkataraman, Srikumar, Kaloiya, Gaurishankar, Bhatla, Neerja, Kumari, S. Shantha, Baitha, Upendra, Prakash, Anupam ... Guleria, Randeep (2022). Evidence and consensus-based clinical practice guidelines for management of overweight and obesity in midlife women: an AIIMS-DST initiative. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 11 (12), 7549-7601. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_51_22
Kumari, Archana, Sarkar, Siddharth, Ranjan, Piyush, Chopra, Sakshi, Kaur, Tanveer, Baitha, Upendra, Chakrawarty, Avinash and Klanidhi, Kamal Bandhu (2022). Interventions for workplace violence against health-care professionals: a systematic review. Work, 73 (2), 415-427. doi: 10.3233/wor-210046
Kumari, Archana, Ranjan, Piyush, Sarkar, Siddharth, Chopra, Sakshi, Kaur, Tanveer and Baitha, Upendra (2022). Identifying predictors of workplace violence against healthcare professionals: a systematic review. Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 26 (4), 1-20. doi: 10.4103/ijoem.ijoem_164_21
Chopra, Sakshi, Ranjan, Piyush, Verma, Aditi, Kumari, Archana, Malhotra, Anita, Upadhyay, Ashish Datt, Baitha, Upendra and Vikram, Naval K. (2022). A cross sectional survey of 504 women regarding perceived risk factors and barriers to follow healthy lifestyle and association with sociodemographic factors and menopausal symptoms. Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews, 16 (6) 102529, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2022.102529
Kaloiya, Gauri Shanker, Kaur, Tanveer, Ranjan, Piyush, Chopra, Sakshi, Sarkar, Siddharth, Kumari, Archana and Bhatia, Harpreet (2022). Counselling and behaviour modification techniques for the management of obesity in postpartum and midlife women: a practical guide for clinicians. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India, 72 (2), 134-140. doi: 10.1007/s13224-022-01652-9
Ranjan, Piyush, Vikram, Naval K., Choranur, Ambuja, Pradeep, Yashodhara, Ahuja, Maninder, Meeta,, Puri, Manju, Malhotra, Anita, Kumari, Archana, Chopra, Sakshi, Batra, Achla, Balsalkar, Geetha, Goswami, Deepti, Guleria, Kiran, Sarkar, Siddharth, Kachhawa, Garima, Verma, Aditi, Kumari, M. Krishna, Madan, Jagmeet, Dabral, Anjali, Kamath, Sandhya, Rathore, Asmita Muthal, Kumar, Raman, Venkataraman, Srikumar, Kaloiya, Gaurishankar, Bhatla, Neerja, Kumari, S. Shantha, Baitha, Upendra, Prakash, Anupam ... Guleria, Randeep (2022). Executive summary of evidence and consensus-based Clinical Practice Guidelines for management of obesity and overweight in midlife women: An AIIMS-DST initiative. Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews, 16 (3) 102426, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2022.102426
Chopra, Sakshi, Ranjan, Piyush, Malhotra, Anita, Verma, Aditi, Kumari, Archana, Sharma, K. Aparna, Sarkar, Siddharth and Vikram, Naval K. (2022). Perceived risk factors for weight gain, barriers, and facilitators related to weight loss experienced by perimenopausal women: focus group discussion and thematic analysis. Menopause, 29 (2), 219-224. doi: 10.1097/gme.0000000000001909
Chopra, Sakshi, Ranjan, Piyush, Malhotra, Anita, Sarkar, Siddharth, Kumari, Archana, Kaloiya, Gauri Shankar, Dwivedi, S. N., Siddhu, Anupa and Vikram, Naval K. (2022). Identification of instruments for evaluation of behavioural and psychological parameters associated with obesity management: a systematic review with narrative synthesis of the findings. Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome, 16 (1) 102350, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2021.102350
Kaur, Divjyot, Malhotra, Anita, Ranjan, Piyush, Chopra, Sakshi, Kumari, Archana and Vikram, Naval K. (2021). Weight management in postpartum women - An Indian perspective. Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews, 15 (6) 102291, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2021.102291
Klanidhi, Kamal Bandhu, Ranjan, Piyush, Kaur, Tanveer, Khan, Munnoo, Ghosh, Tamoghna, Upadhyay, Ashish Datt, Chopra, Sakshi, Sarkar, Siddharth, Kaloiya, Gauri Shanker, Barre, Vijay Prasad, Singh, Amandeep and Prakash, Bindu (2021). Socio-behavioural impact of COVID-19 on general population: a cross- sectional survey of one thousand seventy-nine participants across India between the first and the second wave of pandemic. Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome, 15 (4) 102144, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2021.05.017
Kumari, Archana, Ranjan, Piyush, Chopra, Sakshi, Kaur, Divjyot, Kaur, Tanveer, Upadhyay, Ashish Datt, Isaac, Joshua Abraham, Kasiraj, Rhytha, Prakash, Bindu, Kumar, Parmeshwar, Dwivedi, Sada Nand and Vikram, Naval K. (2021). Knowledge, barriers and facilitators regarding COVID-19 vaccine and vaccination programme among the general population: a cross-sectional survey from one thousand two hundred and forty-nine participants. Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews, 15 (3), 987-992. doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2021.04.015
Kumari, Archana, Ranjan, Piyush, Chopra, Sakshi, Kaur, Divjyot, Upadhyay, Ashish Datt, Kaur, Tanveer, Bhattacharyya, Arunangshu, Arora, Mehak, Gupta, Hardik, Thrinath, Arnav, Prakash, Bindu and Vikram, Naval K. (2021). Development and validation of a questionnaire to assess knowledge, attitude, practices, and concerns regarding COVID-19 vaccination among the general population. Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews, 15 (3), 919-925. doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2021.04.004
Kumari, Archana, Ranjan, Piyush, Chopra, Sakshi, Kaur, Divjyot, Kaur, Tanveer, Kalanidhi, Kamal Bandhu, Goel, Aastha, Singh, Amandeep, Baitha, Upendra, Prakash, Bindu and Vikram, Naval K. (2021). What Indians Think of the COVID-19 vaccine: a qualitative study comprising focus group discussions and thematic analysis. Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome-Clinical Research and Reviews, 15 (3), 679-682. doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2021.03.021
Chopra, Sakshi, Ranjan, Piyush, Malhotra, Anita, Sahu, Anamika, Dwivedi, S. N., Baitha, Upendra, Goel, Aastha and Kumar, Arvind (2021). Development and validation of a questionnaire to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on lifestyle-related behaviours: eating habits, activity and sleep behaviour. Public Health Nutrition, 24 (6) PII S1368980020004656, 1275-1290. doi: 10.1017/s1368980020004656
Chopra, Sakshi, Malhotra, Anita, Ranjan, Piyush, Vikram, Naval K., Sarkar, Siddharth, Siddhu, Anupa, Kumari, Archana, Kaloiya, Gauri Shankar and Kumar, Amit (2021). Predictors of successful weight loss outcomes amongst individuals with obesity undergoing lifestyle interventions: a systematic review. Obesity Reviews, 22 (3) e13148, 1-15. doi: 10.1111/obr.13148
Chopra, Sakshi, Arora, Charu, Malhotra, Anita and Khurana, Suresh Chander (2021). Industrially produced trans fat: usage, health implications, global and Indian regulations. Indian Journal of Public Health, 65 (1), 71-75. doi: 10.4103/ijph.ijph_851_20
Kashyap, Amit, Chopra, Sakshi, Ranjan, Piyush, Sarkar, Siddharth, Poorna, Anna and Baitha, Upendra (2020). Yoga therapy for medically unexplained physical symptoms. Advances in mind-body medicine, 34 (1), 17-21.
Chopra, Sakshi, Ranjan, Piyush, Singh, Vishwajeet, Kumar, Suraj, Arora, Mehak, Hasan, Mohamed Shuaib, Kasiraj, Rhytha, Suryansh,, Kaur, Divjyot, Vikram, Naval K., Malhotra, Anita, Kumari, Archana, Klanidhi, Kamal Bandhu and Baitha, Upendra (2020). Impact of COVID-19 on lifestyle-related behaviours- a cross-sectional audit of responses from nine hundred and ninety-five participants from India. Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome, 14 (6), 2021-2030. doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2020.09.034
Chopra, Sakshi, Malhotra, Anita, Ranjan, Piyush, Vikram, Naval K. and Singh, Namrata (2020). Lifestyle-related advice in the management of obesity: a step-wise approach. Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 9 (1), 1. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_216_20
Kumari, A., Kaur, T., Ranjan, P., Chopra, S., Sarkar, S. and Baitha, U. (2020). Workplace violence against doctors: characteristics, risk factors, and mitigation strategies. Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, 66 (3), 149-154. doi: 10.4103/jpgm.jpgm_96_20
Chopra, Sakshi, Sharma, K. Aparna, Ranjan, Piyush, Malhotra, Anita, Vikram, Naval K. and Kumari, Archana (2019). Weight management module for perimenopausal women: a practical guide for gynecologists. Journal of Mid-Life Health, 10 (4), 165-172. doi: 10.4103/jmh.jmh_155_19
Conference Paper
Sia, Aaron, Chopra, Sakshi, Ling, Victoria, Hubbard, Ruth Eleanor, Mollee, Peter, Gordon, Emily and Hanjani, Leila Shafiee (2024). Comparing the outcomes of frail acute myeloid leukaemia patients undergoing systemic therapy to their fitter counterparts. COSA's 51st Annual Scientific Meeting, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 13–15 November 2024. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1111/ajco.14117