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Ryan Cooper

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Assistant ProfessorMedicine DeptUniversity of Alberta

Ryan Cooper

Assistant Professor

Medicine Dept

Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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7 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.

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Publications

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Research

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Latest papers

Estimated impact of timely, guideline-adherent tuberculosis screening in primary care settings among new permanent residents to British Columbia, Canada: A population-based study.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2026
Epidemiology and Outcomes of Bronchiectasis in Alberta, Canada: A 15-Year Population-Based Study.
Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2026
Cardiovascular risk assessment in patients with bronchiectasis: insights from the Canadian Bronchiectasis and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections Registry.
ERJ open research · 2026

All 20 publications

Latest funding

Functional Outcomes, Lung health, and Livelihood Outcomes among people With Tuberculosis (FOLLOW-TB): a pan-Canadian prospective cohort study
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$2,945,248
A Key Step to Eliminating Tuberculosis in Canada: Informing the Implementation and Scale-up of Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$260,100
Finding the right balance: An adaptive trial to identify the safest regimen with the shortest duration for TB prevention (treatment of TB Infection)
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$4,617,694

All 7 grants and awards

20 publications.

Estimated impact of timely, guideline-adherent tuberculosis screening in primary care settings among new permanent residents to British Columbia, Canada: A population-based study.

Romanowski K, Brode SK, Cook VJ, Cooper R, Narasiah L, Veillard J, Johnston JC, Campbell JR

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2026Open Access

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-026-01198-7 PMID: 41973386

Epidemiology and Outcomes of Bronchiectasis in Alberta, Canada: A 15-Year Population-Based Study.

Somayaji R, Black JE, Whitten TA, Gutierrez MW, Burke-Gaffney J, Cooper R, Jarand J, Leigh R, Smith M, Thornton CS

Annals of the American Thoracic Society2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1093/annalsats/aaoag258 PMID: 42635536

Cardiovascular risk assessment in patients with bronchiectasis: insights from the Canadian Bronchiectasis and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections Registry.

Kim DH, Purighalla S, Jarand J, Smith M, Cooper R, Walker BL, Thornton CS

ERJ open research2026

DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00091-2026 PMID: 42707553

Characterization of Mycobacterium orygis, Mycobacterium bovis, and Mycobacterium caprae Infections in Humans in Western Canada.

Riopel ND, Long R, Heffernan C, Tyrrell GJ, Shandro C, Li V, Islam MR, Stobart M, Sharma MK, Soualhine H, Cooper R

The Journal of infectious diseases202420 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiae124 PMID: 38456644

The Canadian Bronchiectasis and Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Registry: a study protocol.

Thornton CS, Boechler N, Desai V, Somayaji R, Purighalla S, Brode S, Marras TK, Cooper R, Smith M, Jarand J

ERJ open research20242 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00412-2024 PMID: 39588081

Refining the definition of miliary/disseminated tuberculosis in Canada.

Huang Y, Long R, Ferrara G, Egedahl ML, Doroshenko A, Heffernan C, Paulsen C, Cooper R, Lau A

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases20241 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2024.107238 PMID: 39260768

Abandon the Acid-Fast Bacilli Smear for Patients With TB on Effective Treatment.

Cooper R, Williams M, Fennelly KP

Chest2023First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.02.006 PMID: 37423694

Rifampin-resistant/multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis in Alberta, Canada: Epidemiology and treatment outcomes in a low-incidence setting.

Edwards BD, Edwards J, Cooper R, Kunimoto D, Somayaji R, Fisher D

PloS one20214 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246993 PMID: 33592031

Local Transmission Plays No Important Role in the Occurrence of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Immigrants to Canada: An In-depth Epidemiologic Analysis.

Long R, Lau A, Egedahl ML, Paulsen C, Heffernan C, Edwards B, Cooper R

The Journal of infectious diseases20213 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiab045 PMID: 33502538

Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of Alveolar Echinococcosis: An Emerging Infectious Disease in Alberta, Canada.

Houston S, Belga S, Buttenschoen K, Cooper R, Girgis S, Gottstein B, Low G, Massolo A, MacDonald C, Müller N, Preiksaitis J, Sarlieve P, Vaughan S, Kowalewska-Grochowska K

The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2021

DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-1577 PMID: 33755579

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Ryan Cooper

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Estimated impact of timely, guideline-adherent tuberculosis screening in primary care settings among new permanent residents to British Columbia, Canada: A population-based study.

Epidemiology and Outcomes of Bronchiectasis in Alberta, Canada: A 15-Year Population-Based Study.

Cardiovascular risk assessment in patients with bronchiectasis: insights from the Canadian Bronchiectasis and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections Registry.

Characterization of Mycobacterium orygis, Mycobacterium bovis, and Mycobacterium caprae Infections in Humans in Western Canada.

The Canadian Bronchiectasis and Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Registry: a study protocol.

Refining the definition of miliary/disseminated tuberculosis in Canada.

Abandon the Acid-Fast Bacilli Smear for Patients With TB on Effective Treatment.

Rifampin-resistant/multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis in Alberta, Canada: Epidemiology and treatment outcomes in a low-incidence setting.

Local Transmission Plays No Important Role in the Occurrence of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Immigrants to Canada: An In-depth Epidemiologic Analysis.

Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of Alveolar Echinococcosis: An Emerging Infectious Disease in Alberta, Canada.

Functional Outcomes, Lung health, and Livelihood Outcomes among people With Tuberculosis (FOLLOW-TB): a pan-Canadian prospective cohort study

A Key Step to Eliminating Tuberculosis in Canada: Informing the Implementation and Scale-up of Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment

Finding the right balance: An adaptive trial to identify the safest regimen with the shortest duration for TB prevention (treatment of TB Infection)

Finding the right balance: An adaptive trial to identify the safest regimen with the shortest duration for TB prevention (treatment of TB Infection)

Implementing the "Patient's charter of tuberculosis care" in high incidence Indigenous communities and across jurisdictional borders

Implementing the "Patient's charter of tuberculosis care" in high incidence Indigenous communities and across jurisdictional borders

Implementing the "Patient's charter of tuberculosis care" in high incidence Indigenous communities and across jurisdictional borders

Frequent collaborators

Richard Long

Courtney Heffernan

Ranjani Somayaji

Maeve Smith

Gregory Tyrrell

Angela Lau

Ameeta Singh

Sarah Brode

Jennifer Gratrix

Rabia Ahmed

Lynora Saxinger

Alena Tse-Chang

Erin Chapman

Gavin Low

Joan Robinson

Benjamin Adam

Alexander Doroshenko

Jeremy Veillard

Giovanni Ferrara

James Johnston

Maria Codesal

Elissa Rennert-May

Michael Hawkes

Klaus Buttenschoen

Darren Lau

Christina Thornton

Maria Castro Codesal

Kamila Romanowski

Michael Hawkes

Hafid Soualhine

James Johnston