Professor Claudia Cooper

Profile

I lead the Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health and I am a consultant old age psychiatrist in East London NHS Foundation Trust memory services.

I lead the Alzheimer’s Society Centre of Excellence for Independence at home, in which we are developing interventions to support people living with dementia at home; and the NIHR/ESRC APPLE-Tree programme (Active Prevention in People at risk of dementia: Lifestyle,bEhaviour change/Technology to REducE cognitive decline), investigating how lifestyle and behavioural change can prevent dementia in older people. I co-direct the NIHR Dementia and Neurodegenerative Policy Research Unit (DeNPRU-QM).

I supervise PhD students on topics related to ageing and dementia, funded by ESRC, Alzheimer’s Society, NIHR, Barts Charity and the UCL Dawes Centre for future crime.  I am a member of the UK Cabinet Office Trial Advice Panel, which advises and supports evaluations of national government programmes and policies; and an NIHR Senior Investigator. 

Research

Research Interests:

My research expertise is in dementia and older people’s mental health, and my programmes include big data, qualitative and mixed methodologies. 

Examples of research funding:

I am Principal Investigator of:

• NIDUS: New Interventions for Independence in Dementia Study
• APPLE-Tree: Active Prevention in People at risk of dementia through Lifestyle, bEhaviour change and Technology to build REsiliEnce 
• NIHR Dementia and Neurodegenerative Disease Policy Research Unit 
• Draw Care (multicultural digital care for India)
• Elder abuse - No More Shame study 

Publications

• Havers B, Burton A, Cooper C (2024). Cybercrime victimisation among older adults: A probability sample survey in England and Wales.

  
  

  DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0314380

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/103231
• Bazo‐Alvarez JC, Avgerinou C, Nimmons D et al. (2025). Defining Mental Health Conditions Within Primary Care Data: A Validation Study With a Mixed Qualitative and Quantitative Approach.

  
  

  DOI: 10.1111/jep.14256

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/103113
• Carter C, Roche M, Whitfield E et al. (2024). Equality of opportunity for timely dementia diagnosis (EQUATED): a qualitative study of how people from minoritised ethnic groups experience the early symptoms of dementia and seek help.

  
  

  DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afae244

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/101698
• Brijnath B, Cavuoto MG, Feldman P et al. (2024). Codesigning training for health providers to improve detection and response to elder abuse.

  
  

  DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnae153

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/103117
• Baou CE, Saunders R, Buckman JEJ et al. (2024). Effectiveness of psychological therapies for depression and anxiety in atypical dementia.

  
  

  DOI: 10.1002/alz.14332

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/103119
• Havers B, Tripathi K, Burton A et al. (2024). Exploring the Factors Preventing Older Adults From Reporting Cybercrime and Seeking Help: A Qualitative, Semistructured Interview Study.

  
  

  DOI: 10.1155/2024/1314265

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/102519
• Cooper C, Marshall CR, Schott JM et al. (2024). Preparing for disease-modifying dementia therapies in the UK.

  
  

  DOI: 10.1038/s41582-024-01022-1

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/99874
• Dow B, Savvas S, Dang C et al. (2024). Promoting Independence Through Quality Dementia Care at Home (PITCH): An Australian Stepped‐Wedge Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial Evaluating a Dementia Training Program for Home Care Workers.

  
  

  DOI: 10.1002/gps.6140

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/101434
• Wyman D, Butler LT, Morgan-Trimmer S et al. (2024). Process evaluation of a New psychosocial goal-setting and manualised support intervention for Independence in Dementia (NIDUS-Family).

  
  

  DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afae181

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/103125
• Dar A, Budgett J, Zabihi S et al. (2024). Pre-implementation planning for a new personalised, dementia post-diagnostic support intervention: exploring the perspective of professional stakeholders.

  
  

  DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2024.733

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/101401

Supervision

I am currently first supervisor for:

• Dr Ellen Camboe - Parkinson's Disease Psychosis in a Diverse Population – 2024-7
• Dr Sara Banks - How are binge eating disorder and food addiction experienced, identified and managed in older adults, in primary care, in East London? - 2023-8
• Rosario Isabel Espinoza Jeraldo - Dementia prevention in Chile and Latin America - 2023-7 
• Jessica Budgett – Exploring the methods and validity of Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) as a measure for psychosocial interventions within dementia care. -2020-4
• Ben Havers – Developing an intervention to protect older people from cybercrime. 

I am subsidiary for:

• Tommy Maltby: Accessing arts based intervention through social prescribing, for whom does it work and why?