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
Baseline characteristics of patients recruited to the mannitol for cerebral oedema after acute intracerebral haemorrhage (MACE-ICH) trial
Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, vol. 264, 109342Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUse of Andexanet-Alfa in non-traumatic intracerebral bleeds for patients on direct oral anticoagulants in Aberdeen royal infirmary: a retrospective analysis
Royal College of Emergency Medicine Annual Conference 2026, 3934Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2026-rcem.27
Association of neighbourhood deprivation with secondary prevention prescribing and all-cause mortality among stroke patients in Scotland: a population-based study
Cerebrovascular Diseases, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 63-71Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1159/000546261
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- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
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: ArticlesFactors influencing time spent in hospital for unscheduled readmissions after stroke discharge
International Journal of Stroke, vol. 20, no. 10, pp. 1290 - 1300Contributions 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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Pre-hospital notification is associated with improved stroke thrombolysis timing
Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 190-195Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe scope for improvement in hyper-acute stroke care in Scotland
Operations Research for Health Care, vol. 6, pp. 50-60Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orhc.2015.09.003
Prevalence of CADASIL and Fabry Disease in a Cohort of MRI Defined Younger Onset Lacunar Stroke
PloS ONE, vol. 10, no. 8, e0136352Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe role of emotion regulation on social participation following stroke
British Journal of Clinical Psychology, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 181-199Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12068
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Implementing a Simple Care Bundle Is Associated With Improved Outcomes in a National Cohort of Patients With Ischemic Stroke
Stroke, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 1065-1070Contributions to Journals: ArticlesStroke: Stroke outcomes after 90 days-out of sight, out of mind?
Nature Reviews Neurology, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 187-188Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneurol.2015.28
The impact of stroke unit care on outcome in a Scottish stroke population, taking into account case mix and selection bias
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, vol. 86, no. 3, pp. 314-318Contributions to Journals: ArticlesComparison of predictive scores of symptomatic intracerebral haemorrhage after stroke thrombolysis in a single centre
Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 127-132Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDiabetes in a stroke population: Incidence and mortality
International Journal of Stroke, vol. 9, no. Suppl 4, 038Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ijs.12374_15
Stroke recovery and lesion reduction following acute isolated bilateral ischaemic pontine infarction: a case report
BMC Research Notes, vol. 7, 728Contributions to Journals: Articles