Richard Cooper, MD: Resume

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Date of Birth: June 7, 1945-Little Rock, Arkansas

Marital Status: Married, three children

Education:

• University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1963-1967
• University of Arkansas Medical School, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1967-1971

Professional Training:

• Internship: Medicine, Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, Bronx, New York,1971-1972
• Residency: Medicine, Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, Bronx, New York, 1972-1974
• Fellowship I: Clinical Cardiology, Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, Bronx, New York, 1974-1976
• Fellowship II: National Institutes of Health Traineeship: Epidemiology, Nutrition, Biostatistics and Preventive Cardiology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, 1976-1978

Degrees:

• Bachelor of Arts, 1967, University of Pennsylvania, Major-English
• Doctor of Medicine, 1971, University of Arkansas

Board Certification: Internal Medicine, 1974, Cardiovascular Disease, 1977

Honors and Awards:

• Honors Award, Department of English, University of Pennsylvania, 1967
• Seham Prize, Senior Essay, University of Pennsylvania, 1967
• Faculty Gold Key, University of Arkansas, School of Medicine, 1971
• MERIT Award, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, September, 1998
• Scholar, Donald W. Reynolds Cardiovascular ClinicalResearch Center, 1999-2003
• Bernard Pimstone Memorial Lecture, 2006, University of Cape Town, Republic of South Africa
• Robert Wood Johnson Scholar, Health Policy, 2005-2008
• Alvan R. Feinstein Memorial Award, American College of Physicians, 2007
• John C. Cassel Memorial Lecture, Society for Epidemiologic Research, 2007
• Robert Wood Johnson Scholar Award, 2006-2008
• Visiting Chair in Biomedicine, Foundation BBVA, Spain, 2008-9
• National Advisory Council, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, 2009-

Academic Achievements:

• Assistant Professor, Northwestern University Medical School,
• Department of Medicine and Community Health and Preventive Medicine, 1978-1983
• Director, Masters Program in Public Health Northwestern University Medical School, Department of Medicine and Community Health and Preventive Medicine, 1978-1983
• Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, 1985-1989
• Anthony B. Traub Professor and Chairman, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, 1989-
• Associate Director for Cancer Prevention and Control, Loyola University Cancer Center, 1995-2000
• Adjunct Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, 1995-
• Adjunct Professor, University of Ibadan College of Medicine, Ibadan, Nigeria, 2007-
• Visiting Professor, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica, 2010 - 2013

Athletics: Freshman Crew, Varsity Crew, University of Pennsylvania, 1964-1966

Society and Organization Affiliations and Offices:

• American Heart Association, Fellow, Council on Epidemiology and Prevention
• American Heart Association, Fellow, Council for High Blood Pressure Research
• American College of Cardiology, Fellow
• American Public Health Association
• American Epidemiological Society
• American Federation of Clinical Research
• Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine
• International Society and Federation of Cardiology, Council on Epidemiology
• American College of Epidemiology
• Physicians National Housestaff Association, Member National Council, 1973-1975
• NIH Review Panel, Trials of Mild Hypertension, 1988
• NIH ad hoc Study Section Member, Epidemiology, 1989-1992
• Executive Committee, Foster McGaw Memorial Hospital, 1989-2000
• International Society on Hypertension in Blacks, Member, Board of Directors, 1992-1997
• NIH, Contract Review Committee, "Health ABC" Study, 1995
• NIH Study Section Member, Epidemiology and Disease Control-1, 1993-1997; 1998-2005
• NHLBI Working Group on Coronary Heart Disease in Blacks, 1992-94
• Executive Faculty Committee, Loyola Stritch School of Medicine, 1994-
• Chairman, Data Safety and Monitoring Board, Bogalusa Heart Study, NHLBI, 1998-
• Member, Adult Treatment Panel, National Cholesterol Education Program, NHLBI, 1999-2001
• Chair, Ancillary Study Committee, Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, 1999-2001
• Chair, NIH Study Section, Epidemiology and Disease Control-1, 2000-2002
• Member, World Health Organization/International Society of Hypertension, Hypertension Guideline Development Group, 2001
  Member, American College of Cardiology Task Force on Prevention, 2001
• Member, CDC/AHA Task for on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Cardiovascular Services, 2000-2001
• National Research Council Panel, Race, Ethnicity and Health in Later Life, 2001
• Member, Institute of Medicine Panel on Preventable Mortality, 2004
• Honorary Professor, Tropical Metabolism Research Institute, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, 2001-
• Editor-in-Chief, Ethnicity & Disease, 1989-1995
• Editorial Board, Ethnicity & Disease, 1995-2000
• Editorial Board, Hypertension, 2001-2004
• Editorial Board, Epidemiologic Reviews, 2003
• Course Director, CDC Cardiovascular Health Promotion Seminars in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2003-9
• Editorial Board, American Journal of Hypertension, 2006-2009
• Chair, Evaluation Panel, NHLBI, Resequencing and Genotyping Program, 2006-2008
• Editorial Board, The Application of Clinical Genetics, 2008-
• Scientific Steering Committee, Jackson Heart Study, 2008-2009
• Editorial Board, Obesity Insights, 2008
• External Scientific Advisory Committee, Institute for Personalized Medicine, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, 2009-
• Editorial Board, Journal of Health Disparities, 2010 -

Major Research Interests:

• Epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases, with emphasis on black populations
• Hypertension in blacks
• Genetics of hypertension
• Racial differentials in disease and the concept of race in public health and epidemiology

Teaching Experience:

• Lecturing to medical students, Northwestern University Medical School, 1977-1983, and University of Illinois College of Medicine, 1979-1989; Course director for Preventive Medicine, Loyola Medicine School, 1989-1995.
• Thesis supervision and teaching of public health graduate students, Northwestern University Medical School, 1977-1983
• Clinical supervision of house officers, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 1978-1983; Cook County Hospital, 1979-1989; Loyola University Foster G. McGaw Hospital, 1989 to present.
• Course Director, Preventive Medicine, Loyola University Medical School, 1989-1996.
• Co-course Organizer, Introduction to the Practice of Medicine, Loyola University Medical School, 1996-1999.
• Co-Course Director, Epidemiology I/II. Masters in Clinical Research Methods, Loyola University Medical School, 2006-2009

License Examinations: Arkansas, New York, Illinois

Present Activities: Anthony B. Traub Professor and Chairman, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine.

Address: Department of Public Health Sciences, Loyola University Medical Center, 2160 S. First Ave. Maywood, IL. 60153; Email rcooper@lumc.edu.

Papers:

• PDF-complete list of Published Papers
• Readable files of Published Papers