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135
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World Ranking
2012
National Ranking
1145

Overview

Richard S. Cooper is affiliated with Loyola University Chicago in the United States. Their research output primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Physiology, Epidemiology, Surgery, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's work covers a variety of main topics such as Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Diet and Metabolism Studies, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, and Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies.

Richard S. Cooper has contributed to numerous scientific publications, with a frequent presence in journals such as Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, Science, Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, New England Journal of Medicine, and International Journal of STD & AIDS.

Recent notable papers include:

  • Daily energy expenditure through the human life course, 2021, Science
  • A standard calculation methodology for human doubly labeled water studies, 2021, Cell Reports Medicine
  • Energy compensation and adiposity in humans, 2021, Current Biology
  • Utilization of Deep Learning for Subphenotype Identification in Sepsis-Associated Acute Kidney Injury, 2020, Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Variation in human water turnover associated with environmental and lifestyle factors, 2022, Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Richard S. Cooper include:

  • Jacob Plange-Rhule
  • Philip N. Ainslie
  • Liam Anderson
  • Kweku Bedu-Addo
  • Stéphane Blanc

Their research activity demonstrates an interdisciplinary approach that intersects clinical medicine, physiology, epidemiology, and environmental factors affecting human health. The emphasis on respiratory health, infectious diseases, and transplantation methods reflects the scope of the scientist's contributions to both theoretical knowledge and clinical applications within medicine.

Best Publications

  • Detection, evaluation, and treatment of high blood cholesterol in adults (Adult Treatment Panel III)

    Scott M. Grundy;Diane Becker;Luther T. Clark;Richard S. Cooper

  • The Structure of Haplotype Blocks in the Human Genome

    Stacey B. Gabriel;Stephen F. Schaffner;Huy Nguyen;Jamie M. Moore

  • Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

    Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso

  • Subclinical thyroid disease: scientific review and guidelines for diagnosis and management.

    Martin I. Surks;Eduardo Ortiz;Gilbert H. Daniels;Clark T. Sawin

  • Hypertension prevalence and blood pressure levels in 6 European countries, Canada, and the United States.

    Katharina Wolf-Maier;Richard S. Cooper;José R. Banegas;Simona Giampaoli

  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Patricia B. Munroe;Kenneth M. Rice;Murielle Bochud

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • Genome-wide association scan shows genetic variants in the FTO gene are associated with obesity-related traits.

    Angelo Scuteri;Serena Sanna;Wei-Min Chen;Manuela Uda

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • Hypertension Treatment and Control in Five European Countries, Canada, and the United States

    Katharina Wolf-Maier;Richard S. Cooper;Holly Kramer;José R. Banegas

  • Patterns of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in candidate genes for blood-pressure homeostasis

    Marc K. Halushka;Jian Bing Fan;Kimberly Bentley;Linda Hsie

  • Trends and Disparities in Coronary Heart Disease, Stroke, and Other Cardiovascular Diseases in the United States Findings of the National Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention

    Richard Cooper;Jeffrey Cutler;Patrice Desvigne-Nickens;Stephen P. Fortmann

  • Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease

    Ron Do;Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta

  • A common genetic variant is associated with adult and childhood obesity.

    Alan Herbert;Norman P. Gerry;Matthew B. McQueen;Iris M. Heid

  • Estimating African American admixture proportions by use of population-specific alleles.

    Esteban J. Parra;Amy Marcini;Joshua Akey;Jeremy Martinson

  • The prevalence of hypertension in seven populations of west African origin.

    R Cooper;C Rotimi;S Ataman;D McGee

  • Socioeconomic status and health in blacks and whites: the problem of residual confounding and the resiliency of race.

    Jay S. Kaufman;Richard S. Cooper;Daniel L. McGee

  • Race and Genomics

    Richard S. Cooper;Jay S. Kaufman;Ryk Ward

  • Self-reported Health Status and Mortality in a Multiethnic US Cohort

    Daniel L. McGee;Youlian Liao;Guichan Cao;Richard S. Cooper

  • National Cholesterol Education Program Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III)

    Scott M. Grundy;Diane Becker;Luther T. Clark;Richard S. Cooper

Frequent Co-Authors

Terrence Forrester
Terrence Forrester University of the West Indies
Joel N. Hirschhorn
Joel N. Hirschhorn Boston Children's Hospital
Adebowale Adeyemo
Adebowale Adeyemo National Institutes of Health
Georg B. Ehret
Georg B. Ehret University of Geneva
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Aravinda Chakravarti
Aravinda Chakravarti New York University Langone Medical Center
Jay S. Kaufman
Jay S. Kaufman McGill University
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
Charles N. Rotimi
Charles N. Rotimi National Institutes of Health
Steven C. Hunt
Steven C. Hunt Cornell University

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