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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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: ArticlesFactors influencing time spent in hospital for unscheduled readmissions after stroke discharge
International Journal of StrokeContributions to Journals: ArticlesAcute care, secondary prevention, and outcomes after ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke in men and women: a data-linkage study
Cerebrovascular Diseases, vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 371-378Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1159/000540371
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/72e1b2eb-0be2-45f8-8717-ae34bb8d57fa/download
Effects of Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering on Brain Swelling in Thrombolyzed Acute Ischemic Stroke: The ENCHANTED Results
Stroke, vol. 56, no. 6, pp. 1388-1395Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.049938
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Association of neighbourhood deprivation with secondary prevention prescribing and all-cause mortality among stroke patients in Scotland: a population-based study
Cerebrovascular DiseasesContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1159/000546261
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/a565bdbc-1c17-4a36-af08-51f3df3524ae/download
Impact of Rurality and Geographical Accessibility on Stroke Care and Outcomes
Stroke, vol. 56, no. 5, pp. 1210-1217Contributions to Journals: Articles