President

Cyrus Cooper MA, DM, FRCP, FFPH, FMedSci

Cyrus returned to the UK in 1992 to take up a position as Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology and MRC Senior Clinical Scientist. He was promoted to the foundation Chair in Rheumatology at the University of Southampton in 1997 while continuing as an MRC Senior Clinical Scientist at the MRC Environmental Epidemiology Unit. In 2003, he was appointed Director of the MRC Epidemiology Resource Centre, University of Southampton. He leads an internationally competitive programme of research into the epidemiology of musculoskeletal disorders, most notably osteoporosis. His key research contributions have been: 1) discovery of the developmental influences which contribute to the risk of osteoporosis and hip fracture in late adulthood; 2) demonstration that maternal vitamin D insufficiency is associated with sub-optimal bone mineral accrual in childhood; 3) characterisation of the definition and incidence rates of vertebral fractures; 4) leadership of large pragmatic randomised controlled trials of calcium and vitamin D supplementation in the elderly as immediate preventative strategies against hip fracture.

Cyrus Cooper is also Chair-Elect to the Norman Collisson Chair of Musculoskeletal Science at the University of Oxford; Chairman of the Committee of Scientific Advisors, International Osteoporosis Foundation; and has worked on numerous Department of Health, European Community and World Health Organisation committees and working groups. He is Associate Director of Research at the University of Southampton Medical School, and Associate Editor of Osteoporosis International. He has published extensively (over 350 publications) on osteoporosis and rheumatic disorders and pioneered clinical studies on the developmental origins of peak bone mass.

Updated: 14-aug-08

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