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Andrew Copas is a researcher affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their work spans the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Infectious Diseases, General Health Professions, Statistics and Probability, Health, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

Their primary research topics include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, COVID-19 clinical research studies, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, global maternal and child health, statistical methods in clinical trials, and meta-analysis and systematic reviews.

Recent papers by Andrew Copas illustrate engagement with infectious disease epidemiology, vaccine effectiveness, and tuberculosis risk prediction. Notable works include:

  • Vaccine effectiveness of the first dose of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 and BNT162b2 against SARS-CoV-2 infection in residents of long-term care facilities in England (VIVALDI): a prospective cohort study, 2021, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Concise whole blood transcriptional signatures for incipient tuberculosis: a systematic review and patient-level pooled meta-analysis, 2020, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • Prevalence and duration of detectable SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid antibodies in staff and residents of long-term care facilities over the first year of the pandemic (VIVALDI study): prospective cohort study in England, 2021, The Lancet Healthy Longevity
  • Discovery and validation of a personalized risk predictor for incident tuberculosis in low transmission settings, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • Estimands in cluster-randomized trials: choosing analyses that answer the right question, 2022, International Journal of Epidemiology

Copas frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), SSRN Electronic Journal, Trials, Wellcome Open Research, and BMJ Open. The distribution of publications highlights a balance between preprint archives, clinical trial-focused journals, and open research platforms.

Co-authorship is a significant aspect of Copas's research practice. Frequent collaborators include Andrew Hayward, Laura Shallcross, Maria Krutikov, Oliver Stirrup, and Catherine H Mercer, with numerous shared publications indicating ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Sexual behaviour in Britain: partnerships, practices, and HIV risk behaviours

    Anne M Johnson;Catherine H Mercer;Bob Erens;Andrew J Copas

  • Detection of Kaposi sarcoma associated herpesvirus in peripheral blood of HIV-infected individuals and progression to Kaposi's sarcoma

    D Whitby;C Boshoff;T Hatzioannou;R.A Weiss

  • Sexual behaviour in Britain: early heterosexual experience.

    Kaye Wellings;Kiran Nanchahal;Wendy Macdowall;Sally McManus

  • Changes in sexual attitudes and lifestyles in Britain through the life course and over time: findings from the National Surveys of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal).

    Catherine H Mercer;Clare Tanton;Philip Prah;Bob Erens;Bob Erens

  • Women's groups practising participatory learning and action to improve maternal and newborn health in low-resource settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Audrey Prost;Tim Colbourn;Nadine Seward;Kishwar Azad

  • Sexual function in Britain: findings from the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-3)

    Kirstin R Mitchell;Catherine H Mercer;George B Ploubidis;Kyle G Jones

  • The prevalence of unplanned pregnancy and associated factors in Britain: findings from the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-3)

    Kaye Wellings;Kyle G Jones;Catherine H Mercer;Clare Tanton

  • Sexual behaviour in Britain: reported sexually transmitted infections and prevalent genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection

    Kevin A Fenton;Christos Korovessis;Anne M Johnson;Angela McCadden

  • Comparative community burden and severity of seasonal and pandemic influenza: results of the Flu Watch cohort study

    Andrew C Hayward;Ellen B Fragaszy;Ellen B Fragaszy;Alison Bermingham;Lili Wang

  • Quantifying, displaying and accounting for heterogeneity in the meta-analysis of RCTs using standard and generalised Q statistics.

    Jack Bowden;Jayne F Tierney;Andrew J Copas;Sarah Burdett

  • Reporting of stepped wedge cluster randomised trials: extension of the CONSORT 2010 statement with explanation and elaboration

    Karla Hemming;Monica Taljaard;Monica Taljaard;Joanne E McKenzie;Richard Hooper

  • Prevalence, risk factors, and uptake of interventions for sexually transmitted infections in Britain: findings from the National Surveys of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal)

    Pam Sonnenberg;Soazig Clifton;Simon Beddows;Nigel Field

  • Mortality and causes of death in people diagnosed with HIV in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy compared with the general population: an analysis of a national observational cohort

    Sara Croxford;Sara Croxford;Aileen Kitching;Sarika Desai;Sarika Desai;Meaghan Kall;Meaghan Kall

  • Tenofovir-associated renal and bone toxicity

    Clare L N Woodward;A M Hall;I G Williams;S Madge

  • Methods for sample size determination in cluster randomized trials

    Clare Rutterford;Andrew Copas;Sandra Eldridge

  • Evaluation of respondent-driven sampling.

    Nicky McCreesh;Simon Frost;Janet Seeley;Janet Seeley;Joseph Katongole

  • Selective versus universal antenatal HIV testing: epidemiological and implementational factors in policy choice.

    A. E. Ades;Ramyani Gupta;Diana M Gibb;Trinh Duong

  • Combining multiple imputation and inverse-probability weighting.

    Shaun R. Seaman;Ian R. White;Andrew J. Copas;Leah Li

  • Effect of remote ischaemic conditioning on clinical outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction (CONDI-2/ERIC-PPCI): a single-blind randomised controlled trial.

    Derek J Hausenloy;Rajesh K Kharbanda;Ulla Kristine Møller;Manish Ramlall;Manish Ramlall

  • Pupil-led sex education in England (RIPPLE study): cluster-randomised intervention trial

    JM Stephenson;V Strange;S Forrest;A Oakley

Frequent Co-Authors

Catherine H Mercer
Catherine H Mercer University College London
Anne M Johnson
Anne M Johnson University College London
Kaye Wellings
Kaye Wellings London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Wendy Macdowall
Wendy Macdowall London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Kevin A. Fenton
Kevin A. Fenton Public Health England
Jackie Cassell
Jackie Cassell Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Robert F. Miller
Robert F. Miller University College London
Graham Hart
Graham Hart University College London
Frances M. Cowan
Frances M. Cowan Imperial College London
Richard Gilson
Richard Gilson University College London

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