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
Field-Cycling MRI for Identifying Minor Ischemic Stroke Below 0.2 T
Radiology, vol. 312, no. 2, e232972Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAcute care, secondary prevention, and outcomes after ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke in men and women: a data-linkage study
Cerebrovascular DiseasesContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1159/000540371
Field-Cycling Magnetic Resonance Imaging for identifying Minor Ischemic Stroke below 0.2 tesla
RadiologyContributions to Journals: ArticlesDoes following an “excellent” candidate in the Objective Structured Clinical Examination affect your checklist score?
Journal of Applied Research in Higher EducationContributions to Journals: ArticlesAllopurinol and Blood Pressure Variability Following Ischemic Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack: A Secondary Analysis of XILO-FIST
Journal of Human Hypertension, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 307-313Contributions 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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Saccadic distractor effect and S-cone processing in normal observers and two cases of hemianopia
31st European Conference on Visual Perception, pp. 63Contributions to Journals: AbstractsBlindsight and visual rehabilitation in the cortically blind
Perception, vol. 35, pp. 232-232Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIncreased sensitivity after repeated stimulation of residual spatial channels in blindsight
PNAS, vol. 103, no. 40, pp. 14971-14976Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/PNAS.0607073103
Stress, debt and undergraduate medical student performance
Medical Education, vol. 40, no. 6, pp. 584-589Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02448.x
Study of CETP gene polymophisms and ischaemic stroke in a Scottish population, using pooled DNA samples
Contributions to Conferences: Other ContributionsPoster Presentation - Design and validation of DNA pools in an ischaemic stroke population
Contributions to Conferences: Other ContributionsParaoxonase gene polymorphisms and haplotype analysis in a stroke population
BMC Medical Genetics, vol. 7, 28Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2350-7-28
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/3929/1/paraoxonase_gene.pdf
Association between the gene encoding 5-lipoxygenase-activating protein and stroke replicated in a Scottish population
American Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 76, no. 3, pp. 505-509Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/428066
ABCA1 gene polymoprhism and lipid profile in a Scottish population
Contributions to Conferences: AbstractsAntihypertensive drug prescribing in Grampian
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, vol. 60, no. 3, pp. 300-305Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2125.2005.02414.x