Advanced Research Fellow
- 51cg
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- Email Address
- d.cooper@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 438166
- Office Address
Health Services Research Unit
3rd Floor Health Sciences Building
Foresterhill
Aberdeen
AB25 2ZD- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition


Biography
I joined the unit in August 2013 and in that time I have worked on several randomised controlled trials, technology appraisals for NICE and a systematic review.
Before I joined the unit I worked in the 51cg Business School as a researcher on the SOCIOLD and HealthAtWork projects. Latterly, I was also employed as Teaching Assistant in the Business School.
I studied Accountancy and Statistics at the 51cg graduating in 2000 and also obtained an MSc by research in Statistics at the 51cg in 2002. I obtained my PhD in Economics in 2011.
Qualifications
- PhD Economics2011 - 51cgThesis entitled: "When, where and how: investigating the labour supply and strategy decisions of taxi drivers
- MSc Statistics2002 - 51cgThesis entitled "Reconstruction of haplotypes for analysis of disease genes"
- MA Accountancy and Statistics2000 - 51cg
External Memberships
Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society - Treasurer Highlands Group
Independent Data Monitoring Committee member
- Research
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Current Research
Current Trials
FUTURE- Evaluating the effectiveness of urodynamics in the management of women with refractory overative bladder symptoms.
TRUCK- Explanatory comparative study of conventional Total Knee Arthroplasty versus Robotic assisted Bi-UniCompartmental Knee Arthroplasty
RESECT- Transurethral REsection and Single instillation intravesical chemotherapy Evaluation in bladder Cancer Treatment
Trials in long-term follow-up
Past Research
Previous Trials
UKUFF- Assessing the clinical and cost effectiveness of three forms of management of rotator cuff tears.
STOPPIT-2- Investigating the use of an Arabin pessary to prevent preterm birth in women expecting twins.
MASTER- Investigating whether a male or an artificial sphincter are better for men with urodynamic stress incontinence after prostate surgery. (now in long term follow-up)
SIMS- Comparing adjustable anchored single-incision mini-slings with standard tension-free mid-urethral slings in the surgical management of female stress urinary incontinence. (now in long term follow-up)
EAGLE- Comparing the effectiveness of early lens extraction with intraocular lens implantation for the treatment of primary angle closure glaucoma. (now in long term follow-up)
Previous Systematic Review
REBALANCE- Systematic review of the management of severe obesity (BMI≥35kg/m2)
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Demonstrator - PU5017 Applied Statistics
Non-course Teaching Responsibilities
Marker
PU5017 Applied Statistics
PU5522 Applied Statistics
PU5532 Health Informatics
- Publications
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Patients and health care professionals’ perception of weekly prophylactic catheter washout in adults living with long-term catheters: Qualitative Study of the CATHETER II Trial
BMJ Open, vol. 15, no. 4, e087206Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Invasive urodynamic investigations in the management of women with refractory overactive bladder symptoms (FUTURE) in the UK: a multicentre, superiority, parallel, open-label, randomised controlled trial
The Lancet, vol. 405, no. 10484, pp. 1057-1068Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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CATHETER II, a randomised controlled trial comparing the clinical and cost effectiveness of various washout policies versus no washout policy in preventing catheter associated complications in adults living with long term catheters
European Association of Urology Annual Congress 2025, pp. A0090Contributions to Conferences: Abstracts- [ONLINE]
CATHETER II: a randomised controlled trial comparing the clinical and cost effectiveness of various washout policies versus no washout policy in preventing catheter associated complications in adults living with long term catheters
BMJ Open, vol. 14, no. 12, e087203Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Patient and health care professionals’ perception of weekly prophylactic catheter washout in adults living with long-term catheters: Qualitative Study of the CATHETER II Trial
RCOG World Congress 2024, pp. 171Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Fruquintinib for previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer [ID6274]: NICE Single Technology Appraisal
Commissioned by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Aberdeen HTA GroupBooks and Reports: Commissioned Reports- [ONLINE]
Three-year cost utility analysis of mini versus standard slings: A trial based economic evaluation
BJUI Compass, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 230-239Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
- [OPEN ACCESS]
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Ivosidenib for treating advanced cholangiocarcinoma with an IDH1 R132 mutation after 1 or more systemic treatments
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). 20 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned Reports- [ONLINE]
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Novel clinically meaningful scores for the ICIQ-UI-SF and ICIQ-FLUTS questionnaires in women with stress incontinence
International Urogynecology Journal, vol. 34, pp. 3033–3040Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Patient preferences for stress urinary incontinence treatments: a discrete choice experiment
BMJ Open, vol. 13, no. 8, pp. e066157Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
- [OPEN ACCESS]