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: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clineuro.2026.109342
- [ONLINE] AAM in University of Nottingham repository
Use 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
Barriers and facilitators to recruiting older adult care home residents into clinical trials of medicines and vaccines: a scoping review
Age and Ageing, vol. 55, no. 4, afag077Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAssociation 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
- [OPEN ACCESS] https://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
Age and Ageing, vol. 54, no. 12, afaf355Contributions 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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Simple prediction scores predict good and devastating outcomes after stroke more accurately than physicians
Age and Ageing, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 421-426Contributions to Journals: ArticlesReasons for non-recruitment of eligible patients to a randomised controlled trial of secondary prevention after intracerebral haemorrhage: observational study
Trials, vol. 18, 162Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe cost savings of newer oral anticoagulants in atrial fibrillation-related stroke prevention
International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 220-230Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.5414/CP202651
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Reciprocal Interaction of 24-Hour Blood Pressure Variability and Systolic Blood Pressure on Outcome in Stroke Thrombolysis
Stroke, vol. 48, no. 7, pp. 1827-1834Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAngina and Future Cardiovascular Events in Stable Patients With Coronary Artery Disease: Insights From the Reduction of Atherothrombosis for Continued Health (REACH) Registry
Journal of the American Heart Association, vol. 5, no. 10, e004080Contributions to Journals: ArticlesStroke: Are care and outcomes better for participants of stroke trials?
Nature Reviews Neurology, vol. 12, no. 9, pp. 498-499Contributions to Journals: Review articlesStroke patients admitted within normal working hours are more likely to achieve process standards and to have better outcomes
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, vol. 87, no. 2, pp. 138-143Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDisappearance of the hyperdense MCA sign after stroke thrombolysis: implications for prognosis and early patient selection for clot retrieval
Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 81-86Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.4997/JRCPE.2016.203
Cause of Death and Predictors of All‐Cause Mortality in Anticoagulated Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation: Data From ROCKET AF
JAMA, vol. 5, no. 3, e002197Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAgreement between routine electronic hospital discharge and Scottish Stroke Care Audit (SSCA) data in identifying stroke in the Scottish population
BMC Health Services Research, vol. 15, 583Contributions to Journals: Articles