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Research project

C Cooper 17702 (MAVIDOS)

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Cyrus Cooper

Prof Rheumatology Clinical Epidemiology

Research interests

  • Key research contributions have been:
  • discovery of the developmental influences which contribute to the risk of osteoporosis and hip fracture in late adulthood
  • demonstration that maternal vitamin D insufficiency is associated with sub-optimal bone mineral accrual in childhood
Connect with Cyrus

Email: cc@mrc.soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Keith Godfrey

Associate Dean Enterprise
Connect with Keith

Email: kmg@mrc.soton.ac.uk

Professor Elaine Dennison

Personal Chair

Research interests

  • The epidemiology of musculoskeletal disease, particularly those conditions common in later life (osteoporosis and osteoarthritis)
Connect with Elaine

Email: emd@mrc.soton.ac.uk

Emeritus Professor Hazel Inskip MSc, PhD, FFPH

Connect with Hazel

Email: hmi@mrc.soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

Measures of physical performance and muscle strength as predictors of fracture risk independent of FRAX, falls and BMD
Nicholas Harvey, Anders Odén, Eric Orwoll, Jodi Lapidus, Timothy Kwok, Magnus Karlsson, Bjorn E. Rosengren, Eva Ribom, Cyrus Cooper, Peggy M. Cawthon, John A. Kanis, Claes Ohlsson, Dan Mellström, Helena Johansson & Eugene McCloskey, 2018, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 33(12), 2150-2157
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.3556
Type: article
The limitations of using simple definitions of glucocorticoid exposure to predict fracture risk
D.E. Robinson, T.-P. van Staa, Elaine Dennison, Cyrus Cooper & W.G. Dixon, 2018, Bone, 117, 83-90
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2018.09.004
Type: article
Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALY) for 359 diseases and injuries and health life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
Cyrus Cooper, 2018, The Lancet, 392(10159), 1859-1922
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32335-3
Type: article
Comparison of methods for improving fracture risk assessment in Diabetes
William D. Leslie, Helena Johansson, Eugene V. McCloskey, Nicholas Harvey, John A. Kanis & Didier Hans, 2018, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 33(11), 1923-1930
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.3538
Type: article
Vitamin D supplementation for musculoskeletal health outcomes in adults – The end of the beginning?
Bo Abrahamsen & Nicholas C. Harvey, 2018, Maturitas
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2018.10.011
Type: article