The University of Sheffield
Public Health

Richard Cooper BSc, LLB, MA, PhD, MRPharmS

Richard Cooper

Section of Public Health

ScHARR
University of Sheffield
Regent Court
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
Room 2037, 2nd Floor, Regent Court

Tel: +44 (0) 114 222 0683
Fax: +44 (0) 114 272 4095

email : : richard.cooper@sheffield.ac.uk


Biography

I studied Pharmacy as a first degree and undertook various community pharmacist roles before studying Law, then Health Care Ethics at the University of Leeds; my PhD was undertaken at the University of Nottingham.

I have been at the University of Sheffield since 2007 and am currently working as a Lecturer in Public Health. 

Research interests

Teaching Interests

I am the Course Director for the Master of Public Health (MPH) and MPH (Health Service Research) degrees and contribute variously to teaching and assessment on these, as well as the MBChB Medical Degree; I am co-ordinator of assessing needs and addressing inequalitites module; contributor to qualitative methods, research methods, sociology of health & illness, & introduction to global public health modules; I run masterclasses in public health ethics and teach and assess ethics on the MBChB.

I supervise masters dissertations and four current PhD students (in the areas of prescribing governance, influences on prescribing practice and regulation and experiences of acupuncture ).

I am a member of the ScHARR ethics committee; I am the ScHARR alumni co-ordinator/editor of S1 newsletter, and the ScHARR English Language Teaching co-ordinator.

Professional Activities

Registered pharmacist
Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Member of the British Sociological Association
Member of the Pharmacy Law and Ethics Association
Regular journal peer reviewer and reviewer of grant applications

Recent projects

Exploring the Misuse and Abuse of Over the Counter (OTC) Medicines in the UK. Principal Investigator. £45,000 Jul 08-Dec 10
Over-the-Counter Medicine Abuse: a pilot study. £4970 Aug 11-Jul 12

Key Publications

Cooper RJ 'Over-the-counter medicine abuse - a review of the literature.' Journal of Substance Use  posted on-line October 3, 2011  (doi 10.3109/14659891.2011.615002)
Cooper RJ, Anderson C, Avery T et al. 'Nurse and Pharmacist Supplementary Prescribing in the UK - a Thematic Review of the Literature' Health Policy 2008;85(3):277-292
Cooper RJ 'Solo Doctors and Ethical Isolation' Journal of Medical Ethics 2009;35(11):692-695
Cooper RJ, Anderson C, Avery A et al 'Learning to prescribe - pharmacists' experiences of supplementary prescribing training in England' BMC Medical Education 2008;5(8):57
Cooper RJ, Bissell P and Wingfield J. `The Ethical Significance of Isolation and Subordination in UK Community Pharmacy' Health: London 2009;13(3):297-316
Cooper RJ 'Ethical Issues in the Use of Electronic Health Records for Pharmacy Medicines Sales.' Journal of Information, Communication & Ethics in Society 2007;5(1):7-19
Cooper RJ, Bissell P & Wingfield J. `A New Prescription for Empirical Pharmacy Ethics: a Critical Review of the Literature´ Journal of Medical Ethics 2007;33:82-86