Professor Mary MacLeod

BSc MBChB PhD FRCP

Personal Chair (Clinical)

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: Chair, Clinical Studies Oversight Group
External Memberships: 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

Allopurinol and Blood Pressure Variability Following Ischemic Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack: A Secondary Analysis of XILO-FIST
2024 - E-pub ahead of print
MacDonald, A. S., McConnachie, A., Dickie, D. A., Bath, P. M., Forbes, K., Quinn, T. J., Broomfield, N. M., Dani, K. A., Doney, A. S. F., Muir, K. W., Struthers, A., Walters, M. R., Barber, M., Bhalla, A., Cameron, A., Guyler, P., Hassan, A., Kearney, M. T., Keegan, B. C., Sekaran, L., Macleod, M., Randall, M., Shaw, L., Subramanian, G., Werring, D. J., Dawson, J.
Journal of Human Hypertension
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41371-024-00906-5
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/22914/1/Macdonald_etal_JHH_Allopurinol_And_Blood_VoR.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Associations Between Prior Oral Anticoagulant Use and Stroke Outcomes in a National Stroke Cohort: A Scottish Database Study
2024 - Published
Sterling, K., Macleod, M., Turner, M.
INTERNATIONAL STROKE CONFERENCE 2024, Abstract TP163
Contributions 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
2024 - Published
Sterling, K., Macleod, M., Turner, M.
18th UK Stroke Forum Conference 2023, pp. 122-122
Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
- [ONLINE] https://europe.nxtbook.com/nxteu/sageuk/ukstrokeforum_202402_supp/index.php?startid=122#/p/122
Assessing severity of cerebral small vessel disease using field-cycling MRI and automated segmentation: Proffered Conference Abstract - World Stroke Congress 2023
2023 - Published
Senn, N., Mallikourti, V., Ross, J., Broche, L., Waiter, G., Macleod, M.
International Journal of Stroke, vol. 18, no. 3_suppl, EP201
Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/17474930231192010
Trends in intracerebral haemorrhage admissions, prior anticoagulant use, acute stroke care, and mortality outcomes 2011-2018:: A national Scottish database study.
2023 - Published
Sterling, K., Macleod, M., Turner, M., Barber, M.
8th World Intracranial Hemorrhage Conference (WICH 2023), pp. 1-107
Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1159/000534450
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/22137/1/Sterling_Etal_8th_World_Intracerebral_Haemorrhage_Conference_Abstract.pdf

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Teaching

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

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Latest Publications

Allopurinol and Blood Pressure Variability Following Ischemic Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack: A Secondary Analysis of XILO-FIST

Associations Between Prior Oral Anticoagulant Use and Stroke Outcomes in a National Stroke Cohort: A Scottish Database Study

Association between pre-stroke comorbidity and post-stroke prescribing in a Scottish ischaemic stroke survivor population: A national data linkage study

Assessing severity of cerebral small vessel disease using field-cycling MRI and automated segmentation: Proffered Conference Abstract - World Stroke Congress 2023

Trends in intracerebral haemorrhage admissions, prior anticoagulant use, acute stroke care, and mortality outcomes 2011-2018:: A national Scottish database study.

Teaching Responsibilities

Risk of stroke and cardiovascular events after ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack in patients with type 2 diabetes or metabolic syndrome: secondary analysis of the Stroke Prevention by Aggressive Reduction in Cholesterol Levels (SPARCL) trial

Improved detection following neuro-eye therapy in patients with post-geniculate brain damage

Statin treatment and stroke outcome in the Stroke Prevention by Aggressive Reduction in Cholesterol Levels (SPARCL) trial

Perceptual Learning in the Blind Field of Hemianopic Patients

Evaluation of spermine as a biomarker for clinical research in stroke

Pharmacokinetics of blood polyamines after an oral bolus of polyamines

Retrospective audit of pre-admission warfarin use in acute stroke patients with pre-existing atrial fibrillation

What is the scale of prescribing errors committed by junior doctors?: A systematic review

Sequence variants on chromosome 9p21.3 confer risk for atherosclerotic stroke

Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio as a Predictor of Stroke Subtype and Outcome

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