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
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/a565bdbc-1c17-4a36-af08-51f3df3524ae/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
Discrimination of haematoma and peri-haematoma regions of sub-acute intracerebral haemorrhage using Field-Cycling Imaging at field strengths below 0.2 T
2025 - Published
Senn, N., Mallikourti, V., Ross, J., Levi, R., Oren, N., Broche, L., Waiter, G., Macleod, M.
UK Stroke Forum, pp. 40
Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/17474930251379781
Stroke Diagnosis from Field-Cycling Imaging using Machine Learning
2025 - Published
Ali-Gombe, A., Senn, N., Broche, L., Mallikourti, V., Ross, J., Waiter, G., Macleod, M.
UK Stroke Forum, pp. 41
Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/17474930251379781

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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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Biography

Memberships and Affiliations

Latest Publications

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

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

Discrimination of haematoma and peri-haematoma regions of sub-acute intracerebral haemorrhage using Field-Cycling Imaging at field strengths below 0.2 T

Stroke Diagnosis from Field-Cycling Imaging using Machine Learning

Teaching Responsibilities

Anaemia and incidence of post stroke dementia

Patient Factors Influencing Oral Anticoagulant Prescribing for Atrial Fibrillation After Stroke

Increased wholegrain intake does not reduce blood pressure and other markers of cardiovascular disease risk in unmedicated pre-hypertensive/stage 1 hypertensive volunteers

Patient-related FActors Influencing Blood Pressure Lowering Medication Prescribing after Index Stroke in Scotland: A National Database Study

Scanning Conditions in Functional Connectivity Magnetic Resonance Imaging: How to Standardise Resting-State for Optimal Data Acquisition and Visualisation?

The impact of pre-stroke comorbidities on home-time following stroke: a national data linkage study

Marine-derived n-3 fatty acids therapy for stroke

Marine-Derived n-3 Fatty Acids Therapy for Stroke

Association of Baseline Hyperglycaemia with Outcomes of Diabetic and Non-diabetic Acute Ischaemic Stroke Patients treated with Intravenous Thrombolysis: a Propensity Score Matched Analysis from the SITS-ISTR registry

A whole-body Fast Field-Cycling scanner for clinical molecular imaging studies

Marine-derived n-3 fatty acids therapy for stroke (Review)

Home-Time Is a Feasible and Valid Stroke Outcome Measure in National Datasets

Effects of fluoxetine on functional outcomes after acute stroke (FOCUS): a pragmatic, double-blind, randomised, controlled trial

The Association of Atrial Fibrillation and Ischemic Stroke in Patients on Hemodialysis: A Competing Risk Analysis

The positive predictive value of an ambulance prealert for stroke and transient ischaemic attack

A novel imaging modality (Fast Field-Cycling MRI) identifies ischaemic stroke at ultra-low magnetic field strength

Fast Field-Cycling MRI technology: prototype human scanner and first clinical results

Renal replacement modality and stroke risk in end-stage renal disease-a national registry study

Inequality in Care and Differences in Outcome Following Stroke in People With ESRD

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

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