BSc MBChB PhD FRCP
Personal Chair (Clinical)
- About
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- Email Address
- m.j.macleod@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 437842
- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
Dr Macleod is a Clinical Pharmacologist with a personal chair (Teaching and Research) at the University of Aberdeen and honorary Consultant Physician within NHS Grampian. Her clinical work is largely in the area of acute stroke management, hypertension clinics and primary and secondary cardiovascular prevention. Current research interests include:
Novel imaging markers in stroke and small vessel disease using fast field cycling MRI
Using linked datasets to explore management of stroke including service organisation and secondary prevention
Interactions between stroke and other diseases (e.g. cancer)
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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Chair, Clinical Studies Oversight Group
- External Memberships
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Chair of Scotland A and B Research Ethics Committees
Honorary Deputy Secretary, British and Irish Association of Stroke Physicians
Trustee SHARP (Scottish Heart and Arterial Disease Prevention)
Latest Publications
A scoping review of randomised controlled trials of vaccines that recruited care home residents: lessons for future trials
Age and Ageing, vol. 54, no. 12, afaf355Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDiscrimination of haematoma and peri-haematoma regions of sub-acute intracerebral haemorrhage using Field-Cycling Imaging at field strengths below 0.2 T
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/17474930251379781
Stroke Diagnosis from Field-Cycling Imaging using Machine Learning
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/17474930251379781
Mannitol for cerebral oedema after acute intracerebral haemorrhage (MACE-ICH): protocol for a prospective, randomised, open-label, blinded-endpoint phase IIb trial
BMJ Open, vol. 15, no. 7, e103776Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-103776
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Field-Cycling Imaging yields repeatable brain R1 dispersion measurement at fields strengths below 0.2 Tesla with optimal fitting routine
Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine, vol. 38, pp. 465–474Contributions to Journals: Articles
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Year 5 MBChB OSCE coordinator
Situational Judgement Test lead
Year 1, 3 and 4 Clinical Pharmacology teaching
MSc Clinical Pharmacology: Pharmacovigilance, Medicines Management
Delivers teaching to MSc Cardiovascular and Diabetes, BSc Neurosciences, BSc Genetics
MRCP PACES examiner
- Publications
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Statement on long-term cardiovascular consequences of maternal hypertension: Call for urgent action
Heart, vol. 111, no. 6, pp. 244-245Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/343211/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2024-324610
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Tenecteplase versus alteplase for acute stroke within 4·5 h of onset (ATTEST-2): a randomised, parallel group, open-label trial
The Lancet neurology, vol. 23, no. 11, pp. 1087-1096Contributions to Journals: ArticlesField-Cycling MRI for Identifying Minor Ischemic Stroke Below 0.2 T
Radiology, vol. 312, no. 2, e232972Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.232972
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Randomised Trial of Tenecteplase versus Alteplase for Acute Stroke within 4.5h of onset: the second Alteplase-Tenecteplase Trial Evaluation for Stroke Thrombolysis (ATTEST-2)
Working Papers: Preprint PapersDoes following an “excellent” candidate in the Objective Structured Clinical Examination affect your checklist score?
Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 891-903Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAllopurinol and Blood Pressure Variability Following Ischemic Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack: A Secondary Analysis of XILO-FIST
Journal of Human Hypertension, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 307-313Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41371-024-00906-5
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Associations Between Prior Oral Anticoagulant Use and Stroke Outcomes in a National Stroke Cohort: A Scottish Database Study
INTERNATIONAL STROKE CONFERENCE 2024, Abstract TP163Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/str.55.suppl_1.tp163
Association between pre-stroke comorbidity and post-stroke prescribing in a Scottish ischaemic stroke survivor population:: A national data linkage study
18th UK Stroke Forum Conference 2023, pp. 122-122Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/17474930241228206
Assessing severity of cerebral small vessel disease using field-cycling MRI and automated segmentation
World Stroke Congress 2023, pp. 209Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/17474930231192010
Detection of haematoma and peri-haematomal regions of intracerebral haemorrhage using lowfield field-cycling imaging – preliminary study results
8th World Intracranial Hemorrhage Conference (WICH 2023), OP-10Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1159/000534450