Katy Cooper

BSc, PhD (Sheffield)

School of Medicine and Population Health

Senior Research Fellow

Katy Cooper
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Katy Cooper
School of Medicine and Population Health
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
Profile

I am a Senior Research Fellow in systematic reviewing and evidence synthesis. I have worked at the University of Sheffield since 2004. I undertake systematic reviews and Health Technology Assessments on behalf of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), the NIHR, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and other organisations.

I undertake reviews on a range of topics including new medicines, diagnostic and prognostic tests, screening programmes, and complex interventions. 

I also lead systematic reviews as part of our Knowledge Exchange partnerships with industry, government bodies and charities.

Research interests
  • Systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical effectiveness of healthcare interventions
  • Systematic reviews of diagnostic and prognostic tests
  • Systematic reviews of screening programmes
  • Systematic reviews of complex interventions and public health interventions
  • Methods for systematic reviewing, including rapid review methods and diagnostic review methods
  • Complementary and alternative medicine research


Recent projects


I have recently worked on systematic reviews of the following:

  • Newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy
  • Gene expression profiling tests in breast cancer
  • PET and MRI imaging of axillary metastases in breast cancer
  • Faecal immunochemical tests (FIT) for colorectal cancer symptoms in primary care
  • Antibiotic use and time lag to rise of resistant pathogens in hospitals
  • Association between stress and cancer (rapid review of reviews)
  • Prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine use
  • Therapeutic effects of yoga for health and wellbeing
Publications

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Journal articles

  • Cooper K, Nalbant G, Essat M, Harnan S, Wong R, Hamilton J, Asghar US, Battisti NML, Wyld L & Tappenden P (2025) . Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 210(2), 229-247.
  • Harnan S, Hamilton J, Simpson E, Clowes M, Navega Biz A, Whyte S, Ren S, Cooper K, Abulafi M, Ball A , Beton S et al (2025) . Colorectal Disease, 27(1).
  • Cooper K, Nalbant G, Sutton A, Harnan S, Thokala P, Chilcott J, McNeill A & Bessey A (2024) . International Journal of Neonatal Screening, 10(3).
  • Cooper K, Nalbant G, Sutton A, Harnan S, Thokala P, Chilcott J, McNeill A & Bessey A (2024) . International Journal of Neonatal Screening, 10(3).
  • Cooper K, Campbell F, Harnan S & Sutton A (2023) . Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology, 16.
  • Poku E, Cooper K, Cantrell A, Harnan S, Sin MA, Zanuzdana A & Hoffman A (2023) . JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 5(1).
  • Kearns B, Cooper K, Orr M, Essat M, Hamilton J & Cantrell A (2022) . Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 18, 1133-1143.
  • Essat M, Cooper K, Bessey A, Clowes M, Chilcott JB & Hunter KD (2022) . Head & Neck, 44(4), 998-1013.
  • Murphy P, Glynn D, Dias S, Hodgson R, Claxton L, Beresford L, Cooper K, Tappenden P, Ennis K, Grosso A , Wright K et al (2022) . Health Technology Assessment, 25(76), 1-228.
  • Cooper K, Tappenden P, Cantrell A & Ennis K (2020) . British Journal of Cancer, 123(11), 1686-1696.
  • Pandor A, Kaltenthaler E, Martyn-St James M, Wong R, Cooper K, Dimairo M, O’Cathain A, Campbell F & Booth A (2019) . Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 114, 22-29.
  • Peckham EJ, Cooper K, Roberts ER, Agrawal A, Brabyn S & Tew G (2019) . Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
  • Harnan S, Tappenden P, Cooper K, Stevens J, Bessey A, Rafia R, Ward S, Wong R, Stein RC & Brown J (2019) . Health Technology Assessment, 23(30).
  • Martyn-St James M, Cooper K & Kaltenthaler E (2017) . Evidence and Policy, 13(3), 517-538.
  • Kaltenthaler E, Cooper K, Pandor A, Martyn-St James M, Chatters R & Wong R (2016) . BMC Medical Research Methodology, 16(1).
  • Cooper K, Chatters R, Kaltenthaler E & Wong R (2016) . Health Technology Assessment, 19(56), 1-130.
  • Harnan SE, Cooper K, Jones SL & Jones E (2015) . Evidence and Policy, 11(4), 589-601.
  • Cooper KL, Relton C, Thomas KJ & Harris PE (2013) . Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice.

All publications

Journal articles

  • Tappenden P, Cooper K, Hamilton J, Nalbant G, Essat M, Rayner A, Wong R, Battisti NML, Wyld L & Asghar U (2025) . Health Technology Assessment, 29(49).
  • Harnan S, Navega Biz A, Hamilton J, Whyte S, Simpson E, Ren S, Cooper K, Clowes M, Abulafi M, Ball A , Benton SC et al (2025) . Health Technology Assessment, 29(46).
  • Cooper K, Nalbant G, Essat M, Harnan S, Wong R, Hamilton J, Asghar US, Battisti NML, Wyld L & Tappenden P (2025) . Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 210(2), 229-247.
  • Harnan S, Hamilton J, Simpson E, Clowes M, Navega Biz A, Whyte S, Ren S, Cooper K, Abulafi M, Ball A , Beton S et al (2025) . Colorectal Disease, 27(1).
  • Harnan S, Hamilton J, Simpson E, Clowes M, Biz AN, Whyte S, Ren S, Cooper K, Ball A, Benton S , Carten R et al (2024) . International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 40(S1), S56-S57.
  • Biz AN, Stevenson M, Whyte S, Hamilton J, Ren S, Heathcote L, Simpson E, Cooper K, Clowes M, Ball A , Benton S et al (2024) . International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 40(S1), S7-S7.
  • Harnan S, Hamilton J, Simpson E, Clowes M, Biz AN, Whyte S, Ren K, Cooper K, Abulafi M, Ball A , Benton S et al (2024) . Value in Health, 27(12).
  • Cooper K, Nalbant G, Sutton A, Harnan S, Thokala P, Chilcott J, McNeill A & Bessey A (2024) . International Journal of Neonatal Screening, 10(3).
  • Cooper K, Nalbant G, Sutton A, Harnan S, Thokala P, Chilcott J, McNeill A & Bessey A (2024) . International Journal of Neonatal Screening, 10(3).
  • Cooper K, Campbell F, Harnan S & Sutton A (2023) . Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology, 16.
  • Poku E, Cooper K, Cantrell A, Harnan S, Sin MA, Zanuzdana A & Hoffman A (2023) . JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 5(1).
  • See-Toh RS-E, Wong XY, Mahboobani KSKH, Soon SS, Kearns B, Cooper K, Ho KW, Kuntjoro I & Ng K (2022) . BMC Health Services Research, 22(1).
  • Kearns B, Cooper K, Orr M, Essat M, Hamilton J & Cantrell A (2022) . Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 18, 1133-1143.
  • Essat M, Cooper K, Bessey A, Clowes M, Chilcott JB & Hunter KD (2022) . Head & Neck, 44(4), 998-1013.
  • Murphy P, Glynn D, Dias S, Hodgson R, Claxton L, Beresford L, Cooper K, Tappenden P, Ennis K, Grosso A , Wright K et al (2022) . Health Technology Assessment, 25(76), 1-228.
  • Kearns B, Cooper K, Cantrell A & Thomas C (2021) . Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 17, 125-137.
  • Cooper K, Tappenden P, Cantrell A & Ennis K (2020) . British Journal of Cancer, 123(11), 1686-1696.
  • Thomas C, Brennan A, Goka E, Squires H, Brenner G, Bagguley D, Buckley Woods H, Gillett M, Leaviss J, Clowes M , Heathcote L et al (2020) . BMJ Open, 10(9).
  • Bermejo I, Squires H, Poku EN, Cooper K, Stevens JW, Hamilton J, Wong R, Pearce I, Quhill FM & Denniston AK (2019) . British Journal of Ophthalmology, 103(11), 1633-1638.
  • Squires H, Bermejo I, Poku EN, Cooper K, Stevens J, Hamilton J, Wong R, Denniston AK, Pearce I & Quhill FM (2019) . British Journal of Ophthalmology, 103(11), 1639-1644.
  • Pandor A, Kaltenthaler E, Martyn-St James M, Wong R, Cooper K, Dimairo M, O’Cathain A, Campbell F & Booth A (2019) . Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 114, 22-29.
  • Peckham EJ, Cooper K, Roberts ER, Agrawal A, Brabyn S & Tew G (2019) . Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
  • Harnan S, Tappenden P, Cooper K, Stevens J, Bessey A, Rafia R, Ward S, Wong R, Stein RC & Brown J (2019) . Health Technology Assessment, 23(30).
  • Bermejo I, Stevenson M, Cooper K, Harnan S, Hamilton J, Clowes M, Carroll C, Harrison T & Saha S (2018) . Pharmacoeconomics, 36, 131-144.
  • Squires HY, Poku E, Bermejo I, Cooper K, Stevens J, Hamilton J, Wong R, Denniston A, Pearce I & Quhill F (2017) . Health Technology Assessment , 21(68).
  • Martyn-St James M, Cooper K & Kaltenthaler E (2017) . Evidence and Policy, 13(3), 517-538.
  • Relton C, Cooper KL, Viksveen P, Fibert P & Thomas K (2017) . Homeopathy, 106(2), 69-78.
  • Cooper KL, Martyn-St James M, Kaltenthaler E, Dickinson K, Cantrell A, Ren S, Wylie K, Frodsham L & Hood C (2017) . Sexual Medicine, 5(1), e1-e18.
  • James MM-S, Cooper K, Ren S, Kaltenthaler E, Dickinson K, Cantrell A, Wylie K, Frodsham L & Hood C (2017) . European Urology Focus, 3(1), 119-129.
  • Kaltenthaler E, Cooper K, Pandor A, Martyn-St James M, Chatters R & Wong R (2016) . BMC Medical Research Methodology, 16(1).
  • Chatters R, Cooper K, Day E, Knight M, Lagundoye O, Wong R & Kaltenthaler E (2016) . Addiction Research and Theory, 24(2), 93-110.
  • Cooper K, Chatters R, Kaltenthaler E & Wong R (2016) . Health Technology Assessment, 19(56), 1-130.
  • Martyn-St James M, Cooper K, Ren K, Kaltenthaler E, Dickinson K, Cantrell A, Wylie K, Frodsham L & Hood C (2016) . Sexual Health, 13(2), 114-123.
  • Pickering A, Harnan S, Cooper K, Sutton A, Mason S & Nicholl J (2016) . Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 21(1), 51-60.
  • Preston L, Turner J, Booth A, O'Keeffe C, Campbell F, Jesurasa A, Cooper K & Goyder E (2015) . BMJ Open, 5(12).
  • Harnan SE, Cooper K, Jones SL & Jones E (2015) . Evidence and Policy, 11(4), 589-601.
  • Cooper K, Martyn-St James M, Kaltenthaler E, Dickinson K, Cantrell A, Wylie K, Frodhsam L & Hood C (2015) . Sexual Medicine, 3(3), 174-188.
  • Cooper K, Martyn-St James M, Kaltenthaler E, Dickinson K & Cantrell A (2015) . Health Technology Assessment, 19(21).
  • Martyn-St James M, Cooper K, Kaltenthaler E, Dickinson K, Cantrell A, Wylie K, Frodsham L & Hood C (2015) . BMC Urology, 15.
  • Pickering A, Cooper K, Harnan S, Sutton A, Mason S & Nicholl J (2015) . Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 78(1), 164-177.
  • Harris PE, Cooper KL, Relton C & Thomas KJ (2013) . Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice.
  • Peckham EJ, Nelson EA, Greenhalgh J, Cooper K, Roberts ER & Agrawal A (2013) . COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS(11).
  • Cooper KL, Relton C, Thomas KJ & Harris PE (2013) . Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice.
  • Hutchinson A, Coster JE, Cooper KL, Pearson M, McIntosh A & Bath PA (2013) . BMJ Qual Saf, 22(12), 1032-1040.
  • Booth A, Carroll C, Ilott I, Low LL & Cooper K (2013) . Qual Health Res, 23(1), 126-141.
  • Harris PE, Cooper KL, Relton C & Thomas KJ (2012) . Int J Clin Pract, 66(10), 924-939.
  • Cooper KL, Fitzgerald P, Dillingham K, Helme K & Akehurst R (2012) . Int J Technol Assess Health Care, 28(3), 249-258.
  • Ghith N, Ammari AB, Rasmussen M, Frolich A, Cooper KL & Tonnesen H (2012) Impact of compliance on quit rates in a smoking cessation intervention: population study in Denmark. Clinical Health Promotion, 3(2), 111-119.
  • Cooper KL, Madan J, Whyte S, Stevenson MD & Akehurst RL (2011) . BMC Cancer, 11.
  • Harnan SE, Cooper KL, Meng Y, Ward SE, Fitzgerald P, Papaioannou D, Ingram C, Lorenz E, Wilkinson ID & Wyld L (2011) . Eur J Surg Oncol, 37(11), 928-936.
  • Squires H, Tappenden P, Cooper K, Carroll C, Logan R & Hind D (2011) . Clinical Therapeutics, 33(9), 1289-1305.
  • Madan J, Stevenson MD, Cooper KL, Ades AE, Whyte S & Akehurst R (2011) . Value Health, 14(6), 953-960.
  • Whyte S, Cooper KL, Stevenson MD, Madan J & Akehurst R (2011) . Value Health, 14(4), 465-474.
  • Carroll C, Booth A & Cooper K (2011) . BMC Med Res Methodol, 11, 29.
  • Essat M & Cooper K (2011) . Int J Cancer, 128(9), 2202-2214.
  • Cooper KL, Harnan S, Meng Y, Ward SE, Fitzgerald P, Papaioannou D, Wyld L, Ingram C, Wilkinson ID & Lorenz E (2011) . Eur J Surg Oncol, 37(3), 187-198.
  • Cooper KL, Meng Y, Harnan S, Ward SE, Fitzgerald P, Papaioannou D, Wyld L, Ingram C, Wilkinson ID & Lorenz E (2011) . Health Technol Assess, 15(4), iii-134.
  • Meng Y, Ward S, Cooper K, Harnan S & Wyld L (2011) . Eur J Surg Oncol, 37(1), 40-46.
  • Jackson RJ, Cooper KL, Tappenden P, Rees A, Simpson EL, Read RC & Nicholson KG (2011) . J Infect, 62(1), 14-25.
  • Papaioannou D, Cooper KL, Carroll C, Hind D, Squires H, Tappenden P & Logan RF (2011) . Colorectal Dis, 13(10), 1085-1099.
  • Cooper K, Squires H, Carroll C, Papaioannou D, Booth A, Logan RF, Maguire C, Hind D & Tappenden P (2010) . HEALTH TECHNOL ASSES, 14(32), 1-+.
  • Hutchinson A, Coster JE, Cooper KL, McIntosh A, Walters SJ, Bath PA, Pearson M, Rantell K, Campbell MJ, Nicholl J & Irwin P (2010) . Qual Saf Health Care, 19(6), e2.
  • Carroll C, Cooper K, Papaioannou D, Hind D, Pilgrim H & Tappenden P (2010) . CLIN THER, 32(5), 789-803.
  • Cooper KL & Relton C (2010) . Sleep Med Rev, 14(5), 329-337.
  • Hutchinson A, Coster JE, Cooper KL, McIntosh A, Walters SJ, Bath PA, Pearson M, Young TA, Rantell K, Campbell MJ & Ratcliffe J (2010) . Health Technol Assess, 14(10), iii-144.
  • Carroll C, Cooper K, Papaioannou D, Hind D, Tappenden P, Pilgrim H & Booth A (2010) . Aliment Pharmacol Ther, 31(7), 708-718.
  • Hutchinson A, Young TA, Cooper KL, McIntosh A, Karnon JD, Scobie S & Thomson RG (2009) . Qual Saf Health Care, 18(1), 5-10.
  • Tappenden P, Jackson R, Cooper K, Rees A, Simpson E, Read R & Nicholson K (2009) Amantadine, oseltamivir and zanamivir for the prophylaxis of influenza (including a review of existing guidance no. 67): a systematic review and economic evaluation. HEALTH TECHNOL ASSES, 13(11), 1-+.
  • Hutchinson A, Cooper KL, Dean JE, McIntosh A, Patterson M, Stride CB, Laurence BE & Smith CM (2006) . Qual Saf Health Care, 15(5), 347-353.
  • Strutt D, Johnson R, Cooper K & Bray S (2002) . Curr Biol, 12(10), 813-824.
  • Turner J, Preston L, Booth A, O’Keeffe C, Campbell F, Jesurasa A, Cooper K & Goyder E () . Health Services and Delivery Research, 2(43), 1-120.
  • Peckham EJ, Nelson EA, Greenhalgh J, Cooper K, Roberts ER & Agrawal A () .

Conference proceedings

  • Milevska-Kostova N, Cooper K & Cooper R () Nostalgia for the Past: Prescribing and Dispensing Practices in Macedionia. Nostalgia for the Past: Prescribing and Dispensing Practices in Macedonia

Digital content

  • Pandor A, Kaltenthaler E, Cooper K, James MM-S & Wong R .

Posters

  • Kearns B, Cooper K, Orr M, Essat M, Hamilton J & Cantrell A (2022) POSB7 Adverse events associated with antidepressants: a systematic literature review and network meta-analysis. Virtual ISPOR Europe 2021 Meeting.

Other

  • Cooper K, Matcham J, Helme K & Akehurst R (2014) . Int J Technol Assess Health Care, 30(1), 129-130.
  • Cooper KL & Relton C (2010) . Sleep Med Rev, 14(6), 411.

Preprints

  • Cooper K, Essat M, Bessey A, Clowes M, Chilcott J & Hunter KD (2022) Diagnostic accuracy of biopsy versus full excision for diagnosis of oral cancer: a systematic review.
Teaching interests

My teaching interests include: systematic review methods, critical appraisal, meta-analysis, rapid reviews, health research methods, and health technology assessment. I teach on several Masters courses and short courses.

I am interested in supervising research students in areas such as systematic review methodology and reviews of medicines, diagnostic tests, screening programmes, complex interventions, complementary therapies and preventative interventions.

Professional activities and memberships

I am a member of the SCHARR Technology Assessment Group (SCHARR-TAG). I undertake high quality evidence syntheses for the National Institute for Health and care Excellence (NICE), the NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme, and other funding organisations.

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