Manager, Biometrics
BCA Marketing, BSc Statistics and Applied Statistics, PhD
Dr Cooper has been active as a biostatistician in health research for 10 years. He is Manager of Biometrics at the Telethon Kids Institute in Western Australia, an independent Medical Research Institute.
Dr Cooper oversees the institutes biostatistics and data services functions that provide support to over 400 researchers across a child health research campus.
Having published over 50 peer-reviewed research articles, predominantly in the area of clinical epidemiology, Dr Cooper’s own research has focused on complications arising from Type 1 Diabetes. He recently (2017) completed his PhD at the University of Western Australia, titled “A contemporary assessment of risk factors for the complications of childhood-onset Type 1 diabetes”.
Dr Cooper is actively involved in numerous Scientific Review Committees and is engaged in Western Australia’s extensive Data Linkage system. A key area of research focus for Dr Cooper is utilising longitudinal data to provide individualised risk predictions for complication development.
These models are built by combining different data sources, including population-based clinical registries with routinely collected administrative health records (utilising the International Classification of Diseases coding system).
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April 2020
Racial discrimination and child and adolescent health in longitudinal studies: A systematic review
This review emphasises the need to gain evidence for the mechanisms linking early racism exposure to adverse health outcomes in later life
Published research Aboriginal Health & Wellbeing Human CapabilitySeptember 2019Caregiver-perceived racial discrimination is associated with diverse mental health outcomes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged 7-12 years
Exposure to racial discrimination in Aboriginal children increased the risk for a spectrum of interrelated factors linked to negative mental health
Published research Aboriginal Health & Wellbeing Aboriginal Health Human CapabilitySeptember 2019Pre-emptive intervention versus treatment as usual for infants showing early behavioural risk signs of autism spectrum disorder
A pre-emptive intervention for the autism spectrum disorder prodrome had no immediate treatment effect on early autism spectrum disorder symptoms
Autism Spectrum Disorders Published research Autism ResearchSeptember 2019Prednisolone Versus Dexamethasone for Croup: a Randomized Controlled Trial
The type of oral steroid seems to have no clinically significant impact on efficacy, both acutely and during the week after treatment
Published researchDecember 2018Real-world outcomes of insulin pump compared to injection therapy in a population-based sample of children with type 1 diabetes
Patients using insulin pump therapy had a better long-term glycemic control relative to the matched injection therapy cohort
Diabetes (Type 1) Published research Diabetes and ObesityOctober 2018Prevalence of Racial Discrimination in a Cohort of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children
This study looked at the frequency of racism experiences over time in a population of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
Published research Aboriginal Health & Wellbeing Human CapabilityFebruary 2018Oral prednisolone in preschool children with virus-associated wheeze: A prospective, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Preschool children often have episodes of virus-associated wheeze and assessing efficacy of corticosteroids for paediatric wheeze exacerbations is inconcludsive
Published researchNovember 2017Psychiatric disorders during early adulthood in those with childhood onset type 1 diabetes: Rates and clinical risk factors from population-based follow-up
To determine the incidence of and risk factors for psychiatric disorders in early adulthood in patients with childhood onset type 1 diabetes (T1D)
Diabetes (Type 1) Published research Diabetes and Obesity Youth Mental HealthSeptember 2017A randomised controlled trial of an iPad-based application to complement early behavioural intervention in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Technology-based interventions may provide a relatively low-cost addition to existing therapist-delivered interventions for children with ASD
Autism Spectrum Disorders Published research Autism ResearchJuly 2017The impact of racial discrimination on the health of Australian Indigenous children aged 5–10 years: analysis of national longitudinal data
Direct and persistent vicarious racial discrimination are detrimental to the physical and mental health of Indigenous children in Australia
Published research Aboriginal Health & Wellbeing Aboriginal Health Human CapabilityMay 2017Incidence of and risk factors for hospitalisations due to vascular complications: A population-based type 1 diabetes cohort (n=1316) followed into early adulthood
Determining the incidence of hospitalisations and risk factors for vascular complications experienced during early adulthood in patients with childhood T1D
Diabetes (Type 1) Published research Developmental Pathways & Social Policy Diabetes and ObesityJanuary 2017Evidence of a reduction over time in the behavioral severity of autistic disorder diagnoses
We examined whether there were changes over time in the qualitative and quantitative phenotype of individuals who received the diagnosis of Autistic Disorder.
Autism Spectrum Disorders Published research Autism Research -
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