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54
Citations
9260
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4667
National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2017 - Gold Medal, Royal Irish Academy
  • 2014 - APA International Humanitarian Award, American Psychological Association
  • 2005 - Member of the Royal Irish Academy

Overview

Malcolm MacLachlan is affiliated with the National University of Ireland, Maynooth in Ireland. Their research spans multiple fields of study, with a primary focus on Medicine, Psychology, and Health Professions. Subfields of particular interest include Clinical Psychology, Occupational Therapy, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Management of Technology and Innovation, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

Their work covers a range of topics related to assistive technology, disability support, and innovative social and technological approaches. Key areas of research focus include:

  • Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
  • Down Syndrome and Intellectual Disability Research
  • Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Smart Cities and Technologies

Malcolm MacLachlan has published in several prominent venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Disability and Rehabilitation Assistive Technology
  • HRB Open Research
  • Assistive Technology
  • Disabilities
  • Disability CBR & Inclusive Development

Recent publications illustrate a focus on assistive technologies, sustainable development, and social disability amidst the pandemic. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Assistive technologies are central to the realization of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities" (2022, Disability and Rehabilitation Assistive Technology)
  • "Including Digital Connection in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: A Systems Thinking Approach for Achieving the SDGs" (2022, Sustainability)
  • "A Just Digital framework to ensure equitable achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals" (2021, Nature Communications)
  • "COVID-19 as social disability: the opportunity of social empathy for empowerment" (2020, BMJ Global Health)
  • "Assistive Technology Use and Provision During COVID-19: Results From a Rapid Global Survey" (2020, International Journal of Health Policy and Management)

Collaborations have been a consistent part of their research activity. Frequent co-authors include Emma Smith, Ikenna D. Ebuenyi, Alister Munthali, Juba Kafumba, and Monica Jamali-Phiri.

Throughout their career, Malcolm MacLachlan has received several awards, including the Gold Medal from the Royal Irish Academy in 2017, the APA International Humanitarian Award from the American Psychological Association in 2014, and membership in the Royal Irish Academy since 2005.

Best Publications

  • Psychosocial adjustment to lower-limb amputation: a review.

    Olga Horgan;Malcolm MacLachlan

  • Development and psychometric evaluation of the Trinity Amputation and Prosthesis Experience Scales (TAPES).

    Pamela Gallagher;Malcolm MacLachlan

  • Assistive products and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

    Emma Tebbutt;Rebecca Brodmann;Johan Borg;Malcolm MacLachlan

  • The Trinity Amputation and Prosthesis Experience Scales and quality of life in people with lower-limb amputation.

    Pamela Gallagher;Malcolm MacLachlan

  • Adjustment to an Artificial Limb: A Qualitative Perspective

    Pamela Gallagher;Malcolm Maclachlan

  • Phantom limb pain and residual limb pain following lower limb amputation: a descriptive analysis.

    Pamela Gallagher;David Allen;Malcolm MacLachlan

  • Coping strategies as predictors of psychosocial adaptation in a sample of elderly veterans with acquired lower limb amputations

    Deirdre M. Desmond;Malcolm MacLachlan

  • Culture and Health: A Critical Perspective Towards Global Health

    Malcolm MacLachlan

  • Mirror treatment of lower limb phantom pain: A case study

    Malcolm MacLachlan;Dympna McDonald;Justine Waloch

  • Affective Distress and Amputation-Related Pain Among Older Men with Long-Term, Traumatic Limb Amputations

    Deirdre M. Desmond;Malcolm MacLachlan

  • Measuring and managing the work environment of the mid-level provider – the neglected human resource

    Eilish McAuliffe;Cameron Bowie;Ogenna Manafa;Fresier Maseko

  • Psychological adjustment and coping in adults with prosthetic limbs.

    Pamela Gallagher;Malcolm MacLachlan

  • Psychosocial adjustment to diabetes-related lower limb amputation.

    L. Coffey;P. Gallagher;O. Horgan;D. Desmond

  • Trinity amputation and prosthesis experience scales: a psychometric assessment using classical test theory and rasch analysis.

    Pamela Gallagher;F. Franchignoni;A. Giordano;M. MacLachlan

  • Opening the GATE to inclusion for people with disabilities.

    Chapal Khasnabis;Zafar Mirza;Malcolm MacLachlan;Malcolm MacLachlan

  • Access to Assistive Technology for People with Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review to Identify Barriers and Facilitators.

    F. H. Boot;F. H. Boot;John Owuor;John Owuor;John Dinsmore;Malcolm MacLachlan;Malcolm MacLachlan;Malcolm MacLachlan

  • Understanding the benefits of prosthetic prescription: exploring the experiences of practitioners and lower limb prosthetic users

    Elisabeth Schaffalitzky;Pamela Gallagher;Malcolm Maclachlan;Nicola Ryall

  • Attributing “Third World Poverty” in Australia and Malawi: A Case of Donor Bias?

    Danielle Campbell;Stuart C. Carr;Malcolm Maclachlan

  • HIV issues and People with Disabilities: A Review and Agenda for Research

    Nora Ellen Groce;Poul Rohleder;Poul Rohleder;Arne Henning Eide;Malcolm MacLachlan;Malcolm MacLachlan

  • Outcomes associated with participation in a therapeutic recreation camping programme for children from 15 European countries: Data from the 'Barretstown Studies'.

    Gemma Kiernan;Michael Gormley;Malcolm MacLachlan

  • Actors, Observers, and Attributions for Third World Poverty: Contrasting Perspectives from Malawi and Australia

    Stuart C. Carr;Malcolm Maclachlan

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Daly
Michael Daly National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Adrian Furnham
Adrian Furnham BI Norwegian Business School
Philip Hyland
Philip Hyland National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Mark Shevlin
Mark Shevlin University of Ulster
Karl Peltzer
Karl Peltzer Asian University
Michael Fitzgerald
Michael Fitzgerald Trinity College Dublin
Thomas E. Joiner
Thomas E. Joiner Florida State University
Richard P. Bentall
Richard P. Bentall University of Sheffield
Orla McBride
Orla McBride University of Ulster
Roy F. Baumeister
Roy F. Baumeister University of Queensland

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