Cindy Cooper BSc. (Pharmacology & Physiology), Ph.D. (Neuropharmacology)
Director, Clinical Trials Research Unit/Senior Research Fellow
Clinical Trials Research Unit, ScHARR
The University of Sheffield
Regent Court
30 Regent Street
SHEFFIELD
S1 4DA
Tel: +44 (0)114 22 20743
Fax: +44 (0)114 22 20749
email : c.l.cooper@sheffield.ac.uk
Biography
I am currently Director of the Clinical Trials Research Unit (CTRU) at ScHARR. After graduating in Pharmacology and Physiology from the University of Manchester and completing my PhD in neuropharmacology at the University of Nottingham, I worked at Sheffield and West Yorkshire Health Authorities in clinical audit and health needs assessment. I joined ScHARR in 1996 to establish the North Trent Research Office, to provide support to local NHS organisations in developing research strategy and obtaining research funding. The remit of the CTRU is to support the design and implementation of clinical trials of complex health interventions. I am also Chair of the Yorkshire & Humber Regional Funding Committee for Research for Patient Benefit.
I am based in the Health Services Research Section.
Research interests
- Trials methodology
- Psycho-social aspects of long term conditions
- Health technology evaluation
- Transcultural research
- Public and patient involvement in research
Teaching interests
My teaching interests lie in RCT methodology.
I am interested in supervising Research Students in areas such as RCT methodology and psychosocial aspects of chronic conditions.
Other teaching interests:
- Health & Social Care Research Course: Module Co-ordinator for Professional and Personal Research Skills
- RDS - Public and patient involvement in research.
- Occasional RDS short courses:
Research Project Management
Writing for Publication
Getting Funded for Research
Professional activities
- Director of the Clinical Trials Research Unit
- Member of the University of Sheffield Independent Clinical Trials Assessment Team
- Member of the REPOSE Trial Management Group and Steering Committee
- Member of the MERIDIAN Management Group and Steering Committee
- Member of the DiPALS Trial Management Group
- Chair of the Yorkshire & Humber Regional Funding Committee for Research for Patient Benefit Programme
- Chair of the Royal Horticultural Society Garden Campaign Trial Steering Committee (NETSCC PHR Programme)
- Chair of the Trial Steering Committee for the Acupuncture for Patients with Chronic Neck Pain RCT
- Member of the National Health Institute for Research Trial Management Network Advisory Committee
- Member of the Local Comprehensive Research Network Mental Health Specialty Group
Current projects
- Principle / Site Investigator for: REEACT- The Randomised Evaluation of the Effectiveness and Acceptability of Computerised Therapy (REEACT) Trial.
Key publications (since 2001)
Boote J, Telford R and Cooper CL (2002). Consumer Involvement in Health Services Research: A Review and Research Agenda. Health Policy, 61 (2002) 213-236
Boote J , Telford R, & Cooper C. (2006). Principles and indicators of successful consumer involvement in NHS research: results of a Delphi study and subgroup analysis. Health Policy Vol 75, (3) Feb. 2006: 280-297.
Croot E J, Grant G, Cooper C L and Mathers N. (2008). Perceptions of the causes of childhood disability among Pakistani families living in the UK. Health and Social Care in the Community. Volume 16 (6) December 2008, 606-613.
Cooper C. Parry G, Moore J and Esmonde. (2007). Prevalence of anxiety in adults with asthma. BMC Family Practice 2007, 8:62 doi:10.1186/1471-2296-8-62. Published: 26 October 2007
Peters J, Parry G.D.,van Cleemput P, Moore J, Cooper C, Walters S. Health and use of health services: a comparison between Gypsies and Travellers and other ethnic group. Ethnicity & Health. January 2009. doi:10.1080/13557850802699130
Pickin, M, Cooper C, Chater T, O´Hagan T, Abrams K, Cooper N, Boggild M, Palace J, Ebers G, Chilcott J, Tappenden P and Nicholl J. The Multiple Sclerosis Risk Sharing Scheme Monitoring Study – early results and lessons for the future. BMC Neurology 2009, 9:1
D. Hind, A. O´Cathain, C.L. Cooper, G.D. Parry, C.L. Isaac, A. Rose, L. Martin, B. Sharrack. The acceptability of computerised cognitive behavioural therapy for the treatment of depression in people with chronic physical disease: a qualitative study of people with multiple sclerosis. Psychology and Health. Accepted DOI: 10.1080/08870440902842739
Parker SG, Oliver P, Pennington M, Bond J, Jagger C, Enderby PM, /et al/. Rehabilitation of older patients: day hospital compared with rehabilitation at home. A randomised controlled trial. /Health Technol Assess /2009;*13*(39).
Paul R Ward, ; Jill Thompson; Rosemary Barber; Christopher J Armitage, Jonathan D Boote, Cindy L Cooper, Georgina L Jones. 2009. Critical perspectives on 'consumer involvement' in health research: epistemological dissonance and the know-do gap. Journal of Sociology.
Cindy L Cooper, Daniel Hind, Glenys D Parry, Claire L Isaac, Munyaradzi Dimairo, Alicia O'Cathain, Anita Rose, Jennifer V Freeman, Leonie Martin, Eva Kaltenthaler, Anna Thake and Basil Sharrack. Computerised cognitive behavioural therapy for the treatment of depression in people with multiple sclerosis: external pilot trial. Journal: Trials. MS : 1547758837558255