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Cushla Cooper
MSc, RN
Clinical Operational Lead
Clinical Operational Lead for the Oxford Clinical Research Facility
I am a registered comprehensive nurse, originally from New Zealand. I have worked in research in NDORMS since 2006, starting off as a Research Nurse and then Trial Manager for the Carr Group. When the Surgical Intervention Trials Unit (SITU) developed in 2013 I moved to become the Operational and Trial Development lead, covering the Orthopaedics and Plastics trial portfolios. At the start of 2020, I moved to work with Professor Duncan Richards to develop the clinical operations in the Oxford Clinical Research Facility.
Recent publications
UK national prospective cohort study investigating current practices in single-event multilevel surgery for children with bilateral cerebral palsy and its impact on gait and function: the CPinBOSS study.
Journal article
Theologis T. et al, (2025), Bone Joint J, 107-B, 1370 - 1378
Assessing clinical and cost effectiveness of total versus partial knee replacement (TOPKAT): 10-year follow-up of a multicentre, randomised controlled trial
Journal article
Beard D. et al, (2025), Lancet Rheumatology
The NEON (Nerve rEpair Or Not) trial: a randomized controlled trial of microsurgical repair versus nerve alignment for digital nerve injury.
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Wormald JCR. et al, (2025), Br J Surg, 112
Immunogenicity of MVA-BN vaccine deployed as mpox prophylaxis: a prospective, single-centre, cohort study and analysis of transcriptomic predictors of response.
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Drennan PG. et al, (2025), Lancet Microbe, 6
Executive Summary: Treatment of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis in the Oldest Old.
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Veronese N. et al, (2025), Drugs Aging, 42, 179 - 181