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Professor Rachel Cooper

McArdle Chair in Ageing & Professor of Translational Epidemiology

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  • Address: AGE Research Group
    NIHR Â鶹´«Ã½ Biomedical Research Centre
    3rd Floor Biomedical Research Building
    Campus for Ageing and Vitality
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    Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne
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Background

Rachel Cooper is McArdle Chair in Ageing and Professor of Translational Epidemiology within the AGE Research Group in the Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences. Rachel is the academic lead for Interdisciplinary Research within the NIHR Â鶹´«Ã½ Biomedical Research Centre and is also BRC Leadership Track for the Ageing, Sarcopenia and Multimorbidity Theme. Rachel is co-director of Â鶹´«Ã½'s Centre of Research Excellence (NUCoRE) for Ageing and co-leads the Health Inequalities Group within the Multiple Long-Term Conditions Cross-NIHR Collaboration.

Rachel has a BA (Hons) in Human Sciences from Oxford University, an MSc in Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and a PhD in Life Course Epidemiology from UCL. She has held academic and research positions at LSHTM, UCL Institute of Child Health, MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL and Manchester Metropolitan University. In addition, Rachel has worked as a Senior Analyst for the UK Government’s Department of Health and Social Care.

In 2021 Rachel was named on Clarivate’s annual ‘Highly Cited Researchers List’ in the cross-field category. Since 2016 she has been an editorial board member for the Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences.

 

Research

Rachel applies a life course epidemiological approach to the study of age-related health outcomes, including sarcopenia and multiple long-term conditions (MLTC), with the aim of identifying opportunities across life to support the development and maintenance of key aspects of health and wellbeing as people age. The ultimate goal of this research is to improve people’s chances of living healthier, active lives for longer and to reduce lifetime inequalities in these chances. 


In her current research Rachel draws on 15 years' of experience applying a life course epidemiological approach to the study of healthy ageing (specifically physical capability and musculoskeletal ageing) using data from large observational, population-based studies, including the British birth cohort studies. This work: demonstrated the value of physical capability across life for healthy ageing; investigated the potentially modifiable lifetime factors associated with musculoskeletal health outcomes including sarcopenia; explored the dynamic interplay between physical activity and musculoskeletal health. She continues to pursue research in these areas through her work with the and the Ageing, Sarcopenia and Multimorbidity Theme within the NIHR Â鶹´«Ã½ Biomedical Research Centre


Since joining Â鶹´«Ã½, Rachel’s aim has been to foster closer collaborative working across disciplines and to identify new opportunities to ensure that her research more effectively delivers public and patient benefit. Rachel actively promotes interdisciplinary translational research through her roles as academic co-lead for Interdisciplinary Research in the , co-lead of the UKRI (BBSRC-MRC) funded (2022-2025), co-director of the NUCoRE for Ageing and via her role as a member of UKRI's interdisciplinary assessment college.


Between 2021 and 2025, Rachel led two scientific work packages and cross-cutting themes on patient and public involvement and research capacity development within the UKRI-NIHR funded . The aim of this work was to transform understanding of MLTC in hospital patients. Using data from electronic health records Rachel has worked in close collaboration with colleagues to take a systematic approach to characterising MLTC. This has been complemented by analyses in population-based studies and qualitative research to explore inequalities in MLTC across life which informs her work as co-lead of the Health Inequalities Group within the MLTC Cross-NIHR Collaboration.

 

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Teaching

Rachel is committed to teaching and capacity building.  She strives to provide those she supervises with positive experiences and works hard to ensure fair treatment and opportunities for all.  She has been a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy since 2016 and enjoys all aspects of teaching in particular postgraduate supervision.  In 2018, Rachel was honoured to be nominated by her students for a UCL student choice award in the category of outstanding research supervision.

Alongside postgraduate supervision, Rachel has developed high quality study materials and delivered teaching on a number of taught courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels with a focus, wherever possible, on integrating the latest research.

Publications

  • Articles

    • Thompson F, Bellass S, Scharf T, Witham MD, Cooper R. . Health Expectations 2025, 28(3), e70297.
    • Taylor AE, Vincent J, Williams DM, Cooper R, Pinto Pereira SM. . Obesity 2025, 33(9), 1779-1790.
    • Granic A, Cooper R, Hurst C, Hillman SJ, Dodds RM, Witham MD, Sayer AA. . European Geriatric Medicine 2025, 16, 67-77.
    • Wu Y-T, Gnanapragasam S, Sanchez-Niubo A, Hossin MZ, Grünberger I, Koskinen S, Cooper R, Prina M. . BMJ Public Health 2025, 3(1), e001590.
    • Witham MD, Bartle V, Bellass S, Bunn JG, Cartner D, Cordell HJ, Doal R, Evison F, Gallier S, Harris S, Hillman SJ, Holding R, Leroux P, Marshall T, Matthews FE, Missier P, Nair A, Osman M, Pearson ER, Plummer C, Pretorius S, Richardson SJ, Robinson SM, Sapey E, Scharf T, Shah R, Shahmandi M, Singer M, Suklan J, Wason JMS, Cooper R, Sayer AA. . Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity 2025, 15.
    • Durdin R, Pearse C, Kuh D, Cooper R, Dennison EM, Cooper C, Ward KA. . Calcified Tissue International 2025, 116, 71.
    • Bunn JG, Steell L, Hillman SJ, Witham MD, Sayer AA, Cooper R. . European Geriatric Medicine 2025, 16, 1099-1113.
    • Koivunen K, Palmberg L, Lunansky G, Kok A, Glynn NW, Cooper R. . Journals of Gerontology: Medical Sciences 2025, 80(10), glaf192.
    • Norris T, Cooper R, Garfield V, Hamer M, Pinto Pereira SM. . Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports 2024, 34(12), e14775.
    • Osman M, Cooper R, Sayer AA, Witham MD. . Age and Ageing 2024, 53(7), afae135.
    • Blodgett JM, Bann D, Chastin S, Ahmadi M, Stamatakis E, Cooper R, Hamer M. . Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2024, 78(8), 515-521.
    • Sayer AA, Cooper R, Arai H, Cawthon PM, Ntsama Essomba M-J, Fielding RA, Grounds MD, Witham MD, Cruz-Jentoft AJ. . Nature Reviews Disease Primers 2024, 10, 68.
    • Cooper R, Bunn JG, Richardson SJ, Hillman SJ, Sayer AA, Witham MD. . European Geriatric Medicine 2024, 15, 853-860.
    • Granic A, Sayer AA, Cooper R, Robinson SM. . Proceedings of Nutrition Society 2025, 84(4), 340-355.
    • Granic A, Cooper R, Robinson SM, Sayer AA. . Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care 2024, 27(3), 244-251.
    • McDonald C, Cooper R, Sayer AA, Witham MD. . British Journal of Hospital Medicine 2024, 85(3).
    • Hillman SJ, Dodds RM, Granic A, Witham MD, Sayer AA, Cooper R. . BMJ Open 2024, 14, e085204.
    • Bellass S, Scharf T, Errington L, Bowden Davies K, Robinson S, Runacres A, Ventre J, Witham MD, Sayer AA, Cooper R. . BMC Medicine 2024, 11(2), 923-936.
    • Westbury LD, Durdin R, Robinson SM, Cooper C, Cooper R, Ward KA. . The British Journal of Nutrition 2024, 133(2), 262-268.
    • Mphatso C, Hardy R, Cooper R, Li L. . Maturitas 2024, 191, 108154.
    • Staines KA, Saunders FR, Ireland A, Aspden RM, Gregory JS, Hardy R, Cooper R. . RMD Open 2024, 10(2), e003816.
    • Montgomery G, Yusuf M, Cooper R, Ireland A. . Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 2024, 39(4), 399-407.
    • Dodds RM, Bunn JG, Hillman SJ, Granic A, Murray J, Witham MD, Robinson SM, Cooper R, Sayer AA. . Journal of Internal Medicine 2023, 293(1), 100-109.
    • Witham MD, Cooper R, Missier P, Robinson SM, Sapey E, Sayer AA. . European Geriatric Medicine 2023, 14, 765–768.
    • Blodgett JM, Hardy R, Davis DHJ, Peeters G, Hamer M, Kuh D, Cooper R. . Frontiers in Sports and Active Living 2023, 4, 1066913.
    • Osman M, Witham MD, Sayer AA, Cooper R. . European Geriatric Medicine 2023, 14, 1327-1331.
    • Granic A, Cooper R, Dodds RM, Hillman SJ, Sayer AA, Robinson SM. . British Journal of Nutrition 2023, 129(5), 820-831.
    • Evison F, Cooper R, Gallier S, Missier P, Sayer AA, Sapey E, Witham MD. . ERJ Open Research 2023, 9(5), 00110-2023.
    • Pinto Pereira SM, Garfield V, Norris T, Burgess S, Williams DM, Dodds R, Sayer AA, Robinson SM, Cooper R. . The Journals of Gerontology: Series A 2023, 78(8), 1483-1488.
    • Lessof C, Cooper R, Wong A, Bendayan R, Caleyachetty R, Cheshire H, Cosco T, Elhakeem A, Hansell AL, Kaushal A, Kuh D, Martin D, Minelli C, Muthuri S, Popham M, Shaheen SO, Sturgis P, Hardy R. . PLoS One 2023, 18(12), e0289052.
    • Johansson J, Grimsgaard S, Strand BH, Sayer AA, Cooper R. . BMC Medicine 2023, 21, 451.
    • Norris T, Sanderson E, Cooper R, Garfield V, Pinto Pereira SM. . Scientific Reports 2023, 13, 16886.
    • Norris T, Johnson W, Cooper R, Pinto Pereira SM. . BMC Geriatrics 2023, 23, 213.
    • Witkam R, Verstappen SMM, Gwinnutt JM, Cook MJ, O'Neill TW, Cooper R, Humphreys J. . Frontiers in Public Health 2022, 10, 1053304.
    • Blodgett J, Cooper R, Pinto Pereira SM, Hamer M. . Pediatrics 2022, 150(1), e2021055861.
    • Blodgett JM, Hardy R, Davis D, Peeters G, Kuh D, Cooper R. . American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2022, 63(6), 997-1006.
    • Cooper R, Tomlinson D, Hamer M, Pinto Pereira S. . Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle 2022, 13(4), 1995-2004.
    • Blodgett JM, Cooper R, Davis DHJ, Kuh D, Hardy R. . The Journals of Gerontology: Series A 2022, 77(4), 807-816.
    • Yusuf M, Montgomery G, Hamer M, McPhee J, Cooper R. . BMC Public Health 2022, 22, 1427.
    • Witham MD, Cooper R, Bowden Davies KA, Ortega-Martorell S, Stewart CE, Sayer AA. . Nature Aging 2022, 2, 867-868.
    • Pinto Pereira S, Garfield V, Farmaki A-E, Tomlinson DJ, Fatemifar G, Denaxas S, Finan C, Cooper R. . BMC Medicine 2022, 20, 201.
    • Blodgett JM, Ventre JP, Mills R, Hardy R, Cooper R. . Ageing Research Reviews 2022, 73, 101501.
    • Hurst C, Murray JC, Granic A, Hillman SJ, Cooper R, Sayer AA, Robinson SM, Dodds RM. . Age and Ageing 2021, 50(6), 2222-2229.
    • Staines KA, Hardy R, Samvelyan HJ, Ward KA, Cooper R. . Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 2021, 29(3), 335-340.
    • Robinson SM, Westbury LD, Ward K, Syddall H, Cooper R, Cooper C, Sayer AA. . European Journal of Ageing 2021, 18, 513-521.
    • Caleyachetty R, Stafford M, Cooper R, Anderson EL, Howe LD, Cosco TD, Kuh D, Hardy R. . European Journal of Public Health 2021, 31(2), 385-390.
    • Rogers NT, Blodgett JM, Searle SD, Cooper R, Davis DHJ, Pinto Pereira SM. . American Journal of Epidemiology 2021, 190(8), 1550-1560.
    • Blodgett JM, Cooper R, Davis DHJ, Kuh D, Hardy R. . Experimental Gerontology 2021, 144, 111176.
    • Cooper R, Shkolnikov VM, Kudryavtsev AV, Malyutina S, Ryabikov A, Arnesdatter Hopstock L, Johansson J, Cook S, Leon DA, Strand BH. . Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle 2021, 12(6), 2091-2100.
    • Pereira SMP, De Stavola BL, Rogers NT, Hardy R, Cooper R, Power C. . International Journal of Epidemiology 2021, 49(3), 845-856.
    • Saunders FR, Gregory JS, Pavlova AV, Muthuri SG, Hardy RJ, Martin KR, Barr RJ, Adams JE, Kuh D, Aspden RM, Cooper R, Ireland A. . Journal of Orthopaedic Research 2020, 38(12), 2740-2748.
    • Kok AAL, Huisman M, Cooper R, Cosco TD, Deeg DJH, Kuh D, Stafford M. . Longitudinal and Life Course Studies 2020, 11(1), 81-104.
    • Williams ED, Cox A, Cooper R. . Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 2020, 75(5), 914-921.
    • Fluharty ME, Pinto Pereira SM, Benzeval M, Hamer M, Jefferis B, Griffiths LJ, Cooper R, Bann D. . BMJ Open 2020, 10(1), e033318.
    • Muthuri S, Cooper R, Kuh D, Hardy R. . BMJ Open 2020, 10(12), e039197.
    • Maddock J, Castillo-Fernandez J, Wong A, Cooper R, Richards M, Ong KK, Ploubidis GB, Goodman A, Kuh D, Bell JT, Hardy R. . Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 2020, 75(3), 504-511.
    • Blodgett JM, Kuh D, Hardy R, Davis DHJ, Cooper R. . Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 2020, 75(1), 155-161.
    • Cooper R, Stamatakis E, Hamer M. . Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports 2020, 30(12), 2371-2381.
    • Muthuri SG, Ward KA, Kuh D, Elhakeem A, Adams JE, Cooper R. . Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 2019, 34(2), 252-261.
    • Vusirikala A, Ben-Shlomo Y, Kuh D, Stafford M, Cooper R, Morgan GS. . European Journal of Public Health 2019, 29(5), 986-992.
    • Jay MA, Bendayan R, Cooper R, Muthuri SG. . BMJ Open 2019, 9(3), e024250.
    • Kok AAL, Stafford M, Cosco TD, Huisman M, Deeg D, Kuh D, Cooper R. . Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2019, 73(6), 529-536.
    • Strand BH, Bergland A, Jorgensen L, Schirmer H, Emaus N, Cooper R. . Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 2019, 74(4), 528-533.
    • Kuh D, Hardy R, Blodgett JM, Cooper R. . BMJ Open 2019, 9(5), e025755.
    • Elhakeem A, Hannam K, Deere KC, Wong A, Gaysin T, Kuh D, Cooper R, Richards M, Tobias JH. . European Review of Aging and Physical Activity 2019, 16(1), 9.
    • Cooper R, Popham M, Santanasto AJ, Hardy R, Glynn NW, Kuh D. . International Journal of Obesity 2019, 43(4), 832-841.
    • Ireland A, Saunders FR, Muthuri SG, Pavlova AV, Hardy RJ, Martin KR, Barr RJ, Adams JE, Kuh D, Aspden RM, Gregory JS, Cooper R. . Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 2019, 34(3), 455-463.
    • Peeters G, Cooper R, Tooth L, van Schoor NM, Kenny RA. . Osteoporosis International 2019, 30(10), 2099-2117.
    • Cosco TD, Cooper R, Kuh D, Stafford M. . International Psychogeriatrics 2018, 30(5), 695-703.
    • Peeters G, Van Schoor NM, Cooper R, Tooth L, Kenny RA. . PLoS ONE 2018, 13(8), e0201989.
    • Elhakeem A, Cooper R, Whincup P, Brage S, Kuh D, Hardy R. . Journal of the American Heart Association 2018, 7(16), e007459.
    • Elhakeem A, Hannam K, Deere KC, Hartley A, Clark EM, Moss C, Edwards MH, Dennison E, Gaysin T, Kuh D, Wong A, Cooper C, Cooper R, Tobias JH. . Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 2018, 73(5), 643-651.
    • Elhakeem A, Hardy R, Bann D, Kuh D, Cooper R. . Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 2018, 32(4), 327-334.
    • Caleyachetty R, Hardy R, Cooper R, Richards M, Howe LD, Anderson E, Kuh D, Stafford M. . Journal of Aging and Health 2018, 30(3), 386-407.
    • Muthuri SG, Kuh D, Cooper R. . Pain 2018, 159(4), 764-774.
    • Bendayan R, Cooper R, Muthuri SG. . BMJ Open 2018, 8(8), e021896.
    • Elhakeem A, Murray ET, Cooper R, Kuh D, Whincup P, Hardy R. . Atherosclerosis 2018, 269, 279-287.
    • Elhakeem A, Hannam K, Deere KC, Hartley A, Clark EM, Moss C, Edwards MH, Dennison E, Gaysin T, Kuh D, Wong A, Fox KR, Cooper C, Cooper R, Tobias JH. . Journal of Public Health 2018, 40(4), 727-737.
    • Pavlova AV, Muthuri SG, Cooper R, Saunders FR, Gregory JS, Barr RJ, Martin KR, Adams JE, Kuh D, Hardy RJ, Aspden RM. . PLoS ONE 2018, 13(6), e0197570.
    • Rawle MJ, Cooper R, Kuh D, Richards M. . Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2018, 66(5), 916-923.
    • Muthuri SG, Pavlova AV, Saunders FR, Hardy RJ, Gregory JS, Barr RJ, Martin KR, Adams JE, Kuh D, Aspden RM, Cooper R. . Scientific Reports 2018, 8(1), 16309.
    • Kuh D, Cooper R, Moore A, Richards M, Hardy R. . Neurology 2018, 90(19), E1673-E1681.
    • Robinson SM, Westbury LD, Cooper R, Kuh D, Ward K, Syddall HE, Sayer AA, Cooper C. . The Journals of Gerontology, Series A 2018, 73(11), 1532-1537.
    • Robinson SM, Westbury LD, Cooper R, Kuh D, Ward K, Syddall HE, Sayer AA, Cooper C. . Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 2018, 73(11), 1532-1537.
    • NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC), NCD-RisC authors include, Cooper R, Bentham J. . The Lancet 2017, 389(10064), 37-55.
    • Pavlova AV, Saunders FR, Muthuri SG, Gregory JS, Barr RJ, Martin KR, Hardy RJ, Cooper R, Adams JE, Kuh D, Aspden RM. . Journal of Anatomy 2017, 231(2), 248-259.
    • Stafford M, Cooper R, Cadar D, Carr E, Murray E, Richards M, Stansfeld S, Zaninotto P, Head J, Kuh D. . Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health 2017, 43(1), 15-23.
    • Cooper R, Huang L, Hardy R, Crainiceanu A, Harris T, Schrack JA, Crainiceanu C, Kuh D. . Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 2017, 72(10), 1424-1430.
    • Elhakeem A, Cooper R, Bann D, Kuh D, Hardy R. . BMJ Open 2017, 7(10), e017407.
    • Ireland A, Muthuri S, Rittweger J, Adams JE, Ward KA, Kuh D, Cooper R. . Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 2017, 32(6), 1209-1217.
    • Bendayan R, Cooper R, Wloch EG, Hofer SM, Piccinin AM, Muniz-Terrera G. . Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 2017, 72(8), 1117-1122.
    • Stafford M, Ben-Shlomo Y, Cooper C, Gale C, Gardner MP, Geoffroy M-C, Power C, Kuh D, Cooper R. . BMJ Open 2017, 7(10), e016085.
    • Cooper R, Richards M, Kuh D. . Psychosomatic Medicine 2017, 79(7), 785-791.
    • Elhakeem A, Cooper R, Bann D, Kuh D, Hardy R. . Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2017, 49(1), 64-70.
    • Sharma N, Cooper R, Kuh D. . Scientific Reports 2017, 7(1), 6578.
    • Elhakeem A, Hannam K, Deere KC, Hartley A, Clark EM, Moss C, Edwards MH, Dennison E, Gaysin T, Kuh D, Wong A, Fox KR, Cooper C, Cooper R, Tobias JH. . Preventive Medicine Reports 2017, 8, 183-189.
    • Bendayan R, Kuh D, Cooper R, Muthuri S, Muniz-Terrera G, Adams J, Ward K, Richards M. . Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 2017, 9(JUL), 241.
    • Muthuri SG, Saunders FR, Hardy RJ, Pavlova AV, Martin KR, Gregory JS, Barr RJ, Adams JE, Kuh D, Aspden RM, Cooper R. . Bone 2017, 105, 115-121.
    • Simpkin AJ, Cooper R, Howe LD, Relton CL, Davey Smith G, Teschendorff A, Widschwendter M, Wong A, Kuh D, Hardy R. . BMJ Open 2017, 7(10), e016708.
    • Anderson EL, Heron J, Ben-Shlomo Y, Kuh D, Cooper R, Lawlor DA, Fraser A, Howe LD. . Psychology and Aging 2017, 32(6), 521-530.
    • Hannam K, Deere KC, Hartley A, Clark EM, Coulson J, Ireland A, Moss C, Edwards MH, Dennison E, Gaysin T, Cooper R, Wong A, McPhee JS, Cooper C, Kuh D, Tobias JH. . Osteoporosis International 2017, 28(3), 1001-1011.
    • NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). . The Lancet 2016, 387(10027), 1513-1530.
    • Kuh D, Wong A, Shah I, Moore A, Popham M, Curran P, Davis D, Sharma N, Richards M, Stafford M, Hardy R, Cooper R. . European Journal of Epidemiology 2016, 31(11), 1135-1147.
    • Mishra GD, Chung H-F, Pandeya N, Dobson AJ, Jones L, Avis NE, Crawford SL, Gold EB, Brown D, Sievert LL, Brunner E, Cade JE, Burley VJ, Greenwood DC, Giles GG, Bruinsma F, Goodman A, Hayashi K, Lee JS, Mizunuma H, Kuh D, Cooper R, Hardy R, Obermeyer CM, Lee KA, Simonsen MK, Yoshizawa T, Woods NF, Mitchell ES, Hamer M, Demakakos P, Sandin S, Adami H-O, Weiderpass E, Anderson D. . Maturitas 2016, 92, 176-185.
    • Strand BH, Cooper R, Bergland A, Jorgensen L, Schirmer H, Skirbekk V, Emaus N. . Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2016, 70(12), 1214-1221.
    • Howe LD, Smith AD, Macdonald-Wallis C, Anderson EL, Galobardes B, Lawlor DA, Ben-Shlomo Y, Hardy R, Cooper R, Tilling K, Fraser A. . International Journal of Epidemiology 2016, 45(4), 1280-1294.
    • Kuh D, Muthuri S, Cooper R, Moore A, MacKinnon K, Cooper C, Adams JE, Hardy R, Ward KA. . Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 2016, 101(10), 3827-3837.
    • Wloch EG, Kuh D, Cooper R. . PLoS ONE 2016, 11(5), e0155815.
    • Dodds RM, Syddall HE, Cooper R, Kuh D, Cooper C, Sayer AA. . Age and Ageing 2016, 45(2), 209-216.
    • Muthuri SG, Kuh D, Bendayan R, Macfarlane GJ, Cooper R. . Pain 2016, 157(10), 2382-2389.
    • Cooper R, Muniz-Terrera G, Kuh D. . BMJ Open 2016, 6(4), e009962.
    • NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). . eLife 2016, 5, e13410.
    • Bann D, Hardy R, Cooper R, Lashen H, Keevil B, Wu FCW, Holly JMP, Ong KK, Ben-Shlomo Y, Kuh D. . Social Science and Medicine 2015, 147, 190-199.
    • Cooper AJM, Simmons RK, Kuh D, Brage S, Cooper R, Hardy R, Pierce M, Richards M, Abington J, Wong A, Adams JE, Machin M, Stephens AM, Bonar K, Bryant S, Cole D, Nip W, Ambrosini G, Pellerin D, Chaturvedi N, Hughes A, Ghosh A, March K, Macfarlane P, Inglis L, Friberg P, Osika W, Ekelund U, Mayle S, Westgate K, Deanfield J, Donald A, Kok S, Masi S, Phalora R, Woodside J, Bruce I, Harwood N, Oughton E, Chapman A, Khattar RS, Nair SB, Franklyn J, Palmer S, Boardman K, Crabtree N, Clements R, Suvari M, Steeds R, Craig K, Howard E, Morley T, Scanlon M, Petit R, Evans W, Fraser A, Edwards J, Reece E, Newby D, Marshall F, Hannan J, Miller C, White A, MacAllister R, Harris J, Singzon R, Ell P, Townsend C, Demetrescu C, Chowienczyk P, Darroch P, McNeill K, Spector T, Clements G, Jiang B, Lessof C, Cheshire H. . PLoS ONE 2015, 10(5), e0126465.
    • Black SV, Cooper R, Martin KR, Brage S, Kuh D, Stafford M. . American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2015, 49(2), 172-180.
    • Bousquet J, Kuh D, Bewick M, Strandberg T, Farrell J, Pengelly R, Joel ME, Rodriguez Manas L, Mercier J, Bringer J, Camuzat T, Bourret R, Bedbrook A, Kowalski ML, Samolinski B, Bonini S, Brayne C, Michel JP, Venne J, Viriot-Durandal P, Alonso J, Avignon A, Bousquet PJ, Combe B, Cooper R, Hardy R, Iaccarino G, Keil T, Kesse-Guyot E, Momas I, Ritchie K, Robine JM, Thijs C, Tischer C, Vellas B, Zaidi A, Alonso F, Andersen Ranberg K, Andreeva V, Ankri J, Arnavielhe S, Arshad SH, Auge P, Berr C, Bertone P, Blain H, Blasimme A, Buijs GJ, Caimmi D, Carriazo A, Cesario A, Coletta J, Cosco T, Criton M, Cuisinier F, Demoly P, Fernandez-Nocelo S, Fougere B, Garcia-Aymerich J, Goldberg M, Guldemond N, Gutter Z, Harman D, Hendry A, Heve D, Illario M, Jeandel C, Krauss-Etschmann S, Krys O, Kula D, Laune D, Lehmann S, Maier D, Malva J, Matignon P, Melen E, Mercier G, Moda G, Nizinkska A, Nogues M, Ogneill M, Pelissier JY, Poethig D, Porta D, Postma D, Puisieux F, Richards M, Robalo-Cordeiro C, Romano V, Roubille F, Schulz H, Scott A, Senesse P, Slagter S, Smit HA, Somekh D, Stafford M, Suanzes J, Todo-Bom A, Touchon J, Traver-Salcedo V, Van Beurden M, Varraso R, Vergara I, Villalba-Mora E, Wilson N, Wouters E, Zins M. . European Geriatric Medicine 2015, 6(2), 196-200.
    • Bousquet J, Kuh D, Bewick M, Standberg T, Farrell J, Pengelly R, Joel ME, Rodriguez Manas L, Mercier J, Bringer J, Camuzat T, Bourret R, Bedbrook A, Kowalski ML, Samolinski B, Bonini S, Brayne C, Michel JP, Venne J, Viriot-Durandal P, Alonso J, Avignon A, Ben-Shlomo Y, Bousquet PJ, Combe B, Cooper R, Hardy R, Iaccarino G, Keil T, Kesse-Guyot E, Momas I, Ritchie K, Robine JM, Thijs C, Tischer C, Vellas B, Zaidi A, Alonso F, Andersen Ranberg K, Andreeva V, Ankri J, Arnavielhe S, Arshad H, Auge P, Berr C, Bertone P, Blain H, Blasimme A, Buijs GJ, Caimmi D, Carriazo A, Cesario A, Coletta J, Cosco T, Criton M, Cuisinier F, Demoly P, Fernandez-Nocelo S, Fougere B, Garcia-Aymerich J, Goldberg M, Guldemond N, Gutter Z, Harman D, Hendry A, Heve D, Illario M, Jeande C, Krauss-Etschmann S, Krys O, Kula D, Laune D, Lehmann S, Maier D, Malva J, Matignon P, Melen E, Mercier G, Moda G, Nizinkska A, Nogues M, O'Neill M, Pelissier JY, Poethig D, Porta D, Postma D, Puisieux F, Richards M, Robalo-Cordeiro C, Romano V, Roubille F, Schulz H, Scott A, Senesse P, Slagter S, Smit HA, Somekh D, Stafford M, Suanzes J, Todo-Bom A, Touchon J, Traver-Salcedo V, Van Beurden M, Varraso R, Vergara I, Villalba-Mora E, Wilson N, Wouters E, Zins M. . Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging 2015, 19(9), 955-960.
    • Bann D, Hire D, Manini T, Cooper R, Botoseneanu A, McDermott MM, Pahor M, Glynn NW, Fielding R, King AC, Church T, Ambrosius WT, Gill T. . PLoS ONE 2015, 10(2), e0116058.
    • NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). . The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology 2015, 3(8), 624-637.
    • Manty M, Kuh D, Cooper R. . Psychosomatic Medicine 2015, 77(7), 823-832.
    • Fuller-Thomson E, Brennenstuhl S, Cooper R, Kuh D. . Canadian Journal of Public Health 2015, 106(8), e502-e508.
    • Cooper R, Bann D, Wloch EG, Adams JE, Kuh D. . Journals of Gerontology: Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 2015, 70(5), 604-607.
    • Bann D, Cooper R, Wills AK, Adams J, Kuh D. . Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2014, 68(6), 516-523.
    • Cooper R, Power C. . Evidence-Based Nursing 2014, 17(4), 104.
    • Cooper R, Strand BH, Hardy R, Patel KV, Kuh D. . BMJ 2014, 348, g2219.
    • Bann D, Kuh D, Wills AK, Adams J, Brage S, Cooper R. . American Journal of Epidemiology 2014, 179(10), 1197-1207.
    • Martin KR, Cooper R, Harris TB, Brage S, Hardy R, Kuh D. . PLoS ONE 2014, 9(6), e98901.
    • Golubic R, Martin KR, Ekelund U, Hardy R, Kuh D, Wareham N, Cooper R, Brage S. . International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014, 11, 58.
    • von Bonsdorff MB, Cooper R, Kuh D. . BMJ Open 2014, 4(10), e005578.
    • Espana-Romero V, Golubic R, Martin KR, Hardy R, Ekelund U, Kuh D, Wareham NJ, Cooper R, Brage S. . PLoS ONE 2014, 9(2), e87085.
    • Elhakeem A, Cooper R, Bann D, Hardy R. . Systematic Reviews 2014, 3, 141.
    • Mishra GD, Black S, Stafford M, Cooper R, Kuh D. . PLoS ONE 2014, 9(3), e88524.
    • Dodds R, Denison HJ, Ntani G, Cooper R, Cooper C, Sayer AA, Baird J. Birth weight and muscle strength: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Nutr Health Aging 2012, 52(7), 609-15.
    • Cooper R, Kuh D, Cooper C, Gale CR, Lawlor DA, Matthews F, Hardy R, FALConandHALCyonStudy Teams. Objective measures of physical capability and subsequent health: a systematic review. Age Ageing 2011, 40(1), 14-23.

  • Book Chapter

    • Kuh D, Hardy R, Gale C, Elliott J, Ben-Shlomo Y, Cooper R. . In: Alan Walker, ed. The New Dynamics of Ageing. Bristol: Policy Press, 2018, pp.59-79.

  • Editorials

    • Cooper R, Witham MD, Bartle V, Sayer AA. . BMJ Medicine 2022, 1(1), 000287.
    • Strand BH, Cooper R. . BMJ 2021, 374, n1882.
    • Cooper R. . BMJ 2018, 360, k1288.

  • Letter

    • Witham MD, Cooper R, Bowden Davies KA, Ortega-Martorell S, Stewart CE, Sayer AA. . Nature Aging 2022, 2, 867-868.

  • Notes

    • Cooper R, Muniz-Terrera G, Kuh D. . BMJ Open 2018, 8(5), e009962corr1.
    • Ben-Shlomo Y, Cooper R, Kuh D. . International Journal of Epidemiology 2016, 45(4), 973-988.
    • Cooper R. . Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2016, 73(7), 425-426.
    • Bann D, Goldblatt P, Cooper R. . Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2015, 69(4), 314-315.
    • Martin-Ruiz CM, Baird D, Roger L, Boukamp P, Krunic D, Cawthon R, Dokter MM, van der Harst P, Bekaert S, De Meyer T, Roos G, Svenson U, Codd V, Samani NJ, McGlynn L, Shiels PG, Pooley KA, Dunning AM, Cooper R, Wong A, Kingston A, Von Zglinicki T. . International Journal of Epidemiology 2015, 44(5), 1749-1754.
    • Bann D, Hire D, Manini T, Cooper R, Botoseneanu A, McDermott MM, Pahor M, Glynn NW, Fielding R, King AC, Church T, Ambrosius WT, Gill TM. . PLoS ONE 2015, 10(4), e0126063.

  • Reviews

    • Witkam R, Gwinnutt JM, Humphreys J, Gandrup J, Cooper R, Verstappen SMM. . SSM - Population Health 2021, 15, 100884.
    • Kuh D, Cooper R, Sattar N, Welsh P, Hardy R, Ben-Shlomo Y. . Circulation 2019, 139(17), 1988-1999.
    • Cooper R, Pinto Pereira SM. . Evidence-Based Nursing 2019, 23(3), 91.
    • Elhakeem A, Hardy R, Bann D, Caleyachetty R, Cosco TD, Hayhoe RPG, Muthuri SG, Wilson R, Cooper R. . Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2017, 71(7), 673-680.
    • Davis D, Cooper R, Terrera GM, Hardy R, Richards M, Kuh D. . International Journal of Epidemiology 2016, 45(4), 1216-1225.
    • von Bonsdorff MB, Kuh D, von Bonsdorff ME, Cooper R. . European Journal of Public Health 2016, 26(3), 486-491.
    • Schrack JA, Cooper R, Koster A, Shiroma EJ, Murabito JM, Rejeski WJ, Ferrucci L, Harris TB. . Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 2016, 71(8), 1039-1048.
    • Ferrucci L, Cooper R, Shardell M, Simonsick EM, Schrack JA, Kuh D. . Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 2016, 71(9), 1184-1194.
    • Elhakeem A, Cooper R, Bann D, Hardy R. . International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2015, 12, 92.
    • Denison HJ, Dodds RM, Ntani G, Cooper R, Cooper C, Sayer AA, Baird J. . Archives of Public Health 2013, 71, 1-8.