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
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
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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Does following an “excellent” candidate in the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) affect your checklist score?
Higher Education Teaching and Learning conference - 2023Contributions to Conferences: Posters- [ONLINE] Book of Abstracts
Higher dose corticosteroids in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 who are hypoxic but not requiring ventilatory support (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial
Lancet (London, England), vol. 401, no. 10387, pp. 1499-1507Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAntithrombotic use and mortality outcomes in ischaemic stroke patients with atrial fibrillation: a Scottish database study
Heart, vol. 109, no. Suppl 2, 19Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-scf-2023.19
Xanthine oxidase inhibition and white matter hyperintensity progression following ischaemic stroke and transient ischaemic attack (XILO-FIST): a multicentre, double-blinded, randomised, placebo-controlled trial
EClinicalMedicine, vol. 57, 101863Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUsing national electronic health records for pandemic preparedness: validation of a parsimonious model for predicting excess deaths among those with COVID-19-a data-driven retrospective cohort study
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, vol. 116, no. 1, pp. 10-20Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/01410768221131897
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/b43e4b4b-fb83-467d-9dd1-c2844c9a70dd/download
- [ONLINE] https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61933#details
- [ONLINE] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9909113/
- [ONLINE] https://figshare.le.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/Using_national_electronic_health_records_for_pandemic_preparedness_validation_of_a_parsimonious_model_for_predicting_excess_deaths_among_those_with_COVID-19-a_data-driven_retrospective_cohort_study_/21590604
Dual endothelin antagonist aprocitentan for resistant hypertension (PRECISION): a multicentre, blinded, randomised, parallel-group, phase 3 trial
The Lancet, vol. 400, no. 10367, pp. 1927-1937Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736
Is stroke incidence increased in survivors of adult cancers?: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Journal of Cancer Survivorship, vol. 16, pp. 1414–1448Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAllopurinol versus usual care in UK patients with ischaemic heart disease (ALL-HEART): a multicentre, prospective, randomised, open-label, blinded-endpoint trial
The Lancet, vol. 400, no. 10359, pp. 1195-1205Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIntravenous Thrombolysis with Tenecteplase for the Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke
Annals of Neurology, vol. 92, no. 3, pp. 349-357Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ana.26445
Marine-derived n-3 fatty acids therapy for stroke (Review-Intervention)
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, vol. 2022, no. 6, CD012815Contributions to Journals: Review articlesPhasic alertness and multisensory integration contribute to visual awareness of weak visual targets in audio-visual stimulation under Continuous Flash Suppression
Vision, vol. 6, 31Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUsing National Electronic Health Records for Pandemic Preparedness: Validation of a Parsimonious Model for Predicting Excess Deaths Among Those With COVID-19
Working Papers: Preprint Papers- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4066712
Research protocol – Assessing Post-Stroke Psychology Longitudinal Evaluation (APPLE) study: A prospective cohort study in stroke
Cerebral Circulation - Cognition and Behavior, vol. 3, 100042Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cccb.2022.100042
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/6a8ee236-573f-4310-82a9-3e66cf1ec110/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Joint multi-field T1 quantification for fast field-cycling MRI
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, vol. 86, no. 4, pp. 2049-2063Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.28857
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/52362916-4d1e-448c-8ba2-e72fe76c5415/download
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Safety and early outcomes after intravenous thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke patients with prestroke disability
International Journal of Stroke, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 710-718Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1747493020954605
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Conscious awareness modulates processing speed in the Redundant Signal Effect
Experimental Brain Research, vol. 239, pp. 1877–1893Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-020-06008-1
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/b429ab59-411a-421b-836b-9e0b681abf95/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Urgent introduction of iPAD-based WPB programmatic assessment due to the COVID-19 pandemic for final year medical students
NES Annual Virtual Conference 2021Contributions to Conferences: PostersFollowing a star: Does who you follow in an OSCE station affect your checklist score?
NES Annual Virtual Conference 2021Contributions to Conferences: Posters- [ONLINE] Conference Link
- [ONLINE] https://www.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.17206.22088
Tocilizumab in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial
The Lancet, vol. 397, no. 10285, pp. 1637-1645Contributions to Journals: ArticlesStatin Therapy is Associated With Lower Mortality One Year After Ischemic Stroke: A National Data Linkage Study
Stroke, vol. 52, no. Supplement 1, P660Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/str.52.suppl_1.P660
VARIATIONS BY AGE, SEX AND DEPRIVATION CATEGORY IN THE PRESCRIBING OF SECONDARY PREVENTION MEDICATIONS AFTER STROKE IN SCOTLAND: A NATIONAL DATABASE STUDY.
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1747493020963387
Neurological and neuropsychiatric complications of COVID-19 in 153 patients: a UK-wide surveillance study
The lancet. Psychiatry, vol. 7, no. 10, pp. 875-882Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30287-X
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Real-world user acceptability of the FreeStyle Libre: A pilot study on human factors and technology acceptance
Diabetic Medicine, vol. 37, no. S1, pp. 106-107Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.32_14245
Brain hyperintensities in magnetic resonance imaging of patients with mild acute focal neurology
Neurological Sciences, vol. 41, no. 6, pp. 1633-1635Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-020-04256-1
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/dda49684-e74f-46f7-a9a2-6697a3e79591/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Anaemia and incidence of post stroke dementia
Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, vol. 191, 105688Contributions to Journals: Articles