Professor Mary MacLeod | The University of Aberdeen

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

Baseline characteristics of patients recruited to the mannitol for cerebral oedema after acute intracerebral haemorrhage (MACE-ICH) trial
2026 - Published
Krishnan, K., Grace, E., Woodhouse, L., Roffe, C., Dawson, J., England, T. J., Hewson, D. W., Dineen, R. A., Law, Z. K., Pszczolkowski, S., Wells, K., Buck, A., Craig, J., Havard, D., Macleod, M. J., Werring, D. J., Doubal, F. N., Sprigg, N., Bath, P. M.
Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, vol. 264, 109342
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030384672600034X
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clineuro.2026.109342
Use of Andexanet-Alfa in non-traumatic intracerebral bleeds for patients on direct oral anticoagulants in Aberdeen royal infirmary: a retrospective analysis
2026 - Published
Anderson, E., Cooper, J., Macleod, M. J., Carter, K., Irvine, J.
Royal College of Emergency Medicine Annual Conference 2026, 3934
Contributions 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
2026 - Published
Sterling, K., Turner, M., Langhorne, P., Macleod, M.
Cerebrovascular Diseases, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 63-71
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1159/000546261
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/3d0b7aba-4f38-4a03-a45a-986a2ba03c86/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
A scoping review of randomised controlled trials of vaccines that recruited care home residents: lessons for future trials
2025 - Published
Subbarayan, S., Smith-Dodd, I., Nicolson, G., Burton, J. K., Vasan, S. S., Shenkin, S. D., Soiza, R., The WATCH Consortium, Treweek, S., Stewart, C., Macleod, M.
Age and Ageing, vol. 54, no. 12, afaf355
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaf355
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/042377b1-a7c0-4f28-b2be-141e5228d177/download
Factors influencing time spent in hospital for unscheduled readmissions after stroke discharge
2025 - Published
Turner, M., McLernon, D., Murchie, P., Langhorne, P., Macleod, M.
International Journal of Stroke, vol. 20, no. 10, pp. 1290 - 1300
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/17474930251355864
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/f9d66105-841c-4590-9fd8-e49727648046/download

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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

Publications

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THE MEDICINES ACT 1968 – 20 50 YEARS ON
2018 - Published
Macleod, M.
Pharmacology Matters, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 20-21
Contributions to Journals: Special Issues
- [ONLINE] https://www.bps.ac.uk/getmedia/3083cdcc-0d0f-433e-9b2e-4b43a76ef106/Pharmacology-Matters-July-2018.pdf.aspx?ext=.pdf
Intravenous Thrombolysis for Ischemic Stroke Patients on Dual Antiplatelets
2018 - Published
Tsivgoulis, G., Katsanos, A. H., Mavridis, D., Gdovinova, Z., Karliński, M., Macleod, M. J., Strbian, D., Ahmed, N.
Annals of Neurology, vol. 84, no. 1, pp. 89-97
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ana.25269
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/03731bec-1a90-4dc2-bfc6-799636e3e48e/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Practice patterns and outcomes after stroke across countries at different economic levels (INTERSTROKE): an international observational study
2018 - Published
Langhorne, P., O'Donnell, M. J., Chin, S. L., Zhang, H., Xavier, D., Avezum, A., Mathur, N., Turner, M., Macleod, M. J., Lopez-Jaramillo, P., Damasceno, A., Hankey, G. J., Dans, A. L., Elsayed, A., Mondo, C., Wasay, M., Czlonkowska, A., Weimar, C., Yusufali, A. H., Hussain, F. A., Lisheng, L., Diener, H., Ryglewicz, D., Pogosova, N., Iqbal, R., Diaz, R., Yusoff, K., Oguz, A., Wang, X., Penaherrera, E., Lanas, F., Ogah, O. S., Ogunniyi, A., Iversen, H. K., Malaga, G., Rumboldt, Z., Magazi, D., Nilanont, Y., Rosengren, A., Oveisgharan, S., INTERSTROKE collaborators, Yusuf, S.
The Lancet, vol. 391, no. 10134, pp. 2019-2027
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30802-X
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/be8b3f46-56ae-40dc-a18a-495c592a6054/download
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/4c54a7e6-f3b5-4bd4-8298-8f79b9163644/download
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/9e4f7e4a-1d88-4d3c-bb12-b04f62b83c97/download
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/5db7f92c-16fe-48f5-9150-fbd15cb0096e/download
The REstart or STop Antithrombotics Randomised Trial (RESTART) after stroke due to intracerebral haemorrhage: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
2018 - Published
Al-Shahi Salman, R., Dennis, M., Murray, G. D., Innes, K., Drever, J., Dinsmore, L., Williams, C., White, P. M., Whiteley, W., Sandercock, P. A., Sudlow, C., Newby, D. E., Sprigg, N., Werring, D. J., Dennis, M., Sudlow, C., Whiteley, W., Lerpiniere, C., McCormick, K., Perry, J., Parakramawansha, R., Hunter, N., Doubal, F., Paulton, R., O'Brien, R., Burgess, S., Mead, G., Taylor, P., MacLeod, M. J., Maclennan, B., Clarke, R., Taylor, V., Klaasen, K., Crouch, N., Jagpal, B., Furnace, J., Irvine, J., Gow, H., Joyson, A., Nelson, S., Ross, S., Davies, R., Jose, D., Robinson, N., Codd, L., Dodd, A., Moroney, H., Weir, P., Little, V., Gott, V., RESTART collaborators
Trials, vol. 19, 162
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-018-2542-6
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/1429777d-4f92-444f-8f26-2da7244cf33e/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Abstract WP255: Omega-3 Fatty Acids as a Treatment for Experimental Ischaemic Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
2018 - Published
Fulton, L., McCann, S., Macleod, M., Macleod, M., Thies, F.
Stroke, vol. 49, AWP255
Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/str.49.suppl_1.WP255
The Influence of Diabetes on Subtype, Treatment and Outcome in Stroke Patients in Scotland
2018 - Published
Sterling, K., Turner, M., Macleod, M.
Stroke, vol. 49, WP185
Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/str.49.suppl_1.WP185
Avoiding unseen obstacles: Subcortical vision is not sufficient to maintain normal obstacle avoidance behaviour during reaching
2018 - Published
Ross, A. I., Schenk, T., Billino, J., Macleod, M. J., Hesse, C.
Cortex, vol. 98, pp. 177-193
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2016.09.010
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/7952241c-7e68-49d3-b22e-1ab45321ea82/download
The effects of stroke severity on door-to-needle time delays - a retrospective analysis
2017 - Published
Ying, L., Turner, M. E., Macleod, M.
12th UK Stroke Forum Conference, pp. 8-9
Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1747493017732216
Marine-derived n-3 fatty acids therapy for stroke
2017 - Published
Alvarez Campano, C. G., Macleod, M. J., Thies, F., Aucott, L., Macleod, M. R.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 2017, no. 10, pp. 1-12
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD012815
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/33ed0107-5525-4117-84a0-452ae2bcb096/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Simple prediction scores predict good and devastating outcomes after stroke more accurately than physicians
2017 - Published
Reid, J. M., Dai, D., Delmonte, S., Counsell, C., Phillips, S. J., Macleod, M. J.
Age and Ageing, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 421-426
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afw197
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/db69da7a-c299-4d0a-8c31-bb0b3d5d1c0b/download

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Baseline characteristics of patients recruited to the mannitol for cerebral oedema after acute intracerebral haemorrhage (MACE-ICH) trial

Use of Andexanet-Alfa in non-traumatic intracerebral bleeds for patients on direct oral anticoagulants in Aberdeen royal infirmary: a retrospective analysis

Association of neighbourhood deprivation with secondary prevention prescribing and all-cause mortality among stroke patients in Scotland: a population-based study

A scoping review of randomised controlled trials of vaccines that recruited care home residents: lessons for future trials

Factors influencing time spent in hospital for unscheduled readmissions after stroke discharge

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THE MEDICINES ACT 1968 – 20 50 YEARS ON

Intravenous Thrombolysis for Ischemic Stroke Patients on Dual Antiplatelets

Practice patterns and outcomes after stroke across countries at different economic levels (INTERSTROKE): an international observational study

The REstart or STop Antithrombotics Randomised Trial (RESTART) after stroke due to intracerebral haemorrhage: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Abstract WP255: Omega-3 Fatty Acids as a Treatment for Experimental Ischaemic Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

The Influence of Diabetes on Subtype, Treatment and Outcome in Stroke Patients in Scotland

Avoiding unseen obstacles: Subcortical vision is not sufficient to maintain normal obstacle avoidance behaviour during reaching

The effects of stroke severity on door-to-needle time delays - a retrospective analysis

Marine-derived n-3 fatty acids therapy for stroke

Simple prediction scores predict good and devastating outcomes after stroke more accurately than physicians

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