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
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: ArticlesDiscrimination of haematoma and peri-haematoma regions of sub-acute intracerebral haemorrhage using Field-Cycling Imaging at field strengths below 0.2 T
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/17474930251379781
Stroke Diagnosis from Field-Cycling Imaging using Machine Learning
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/17474930251379781
Mannitol for cerebral oedema after acute intracerebral haemorrhage (MACE-ICH): protocol for a prospective, randomised, open-label, blinded-endpoint phase IIb trial
BMJ Open, vol. 15, no. 7, e103776Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-103776
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Field-Cycling Imaging yields repeatable brain R1 dispersion measurement at fields strengths below 0.2 Tesla with optimal fitting routine
Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine, vol. 38, pp. 465–474Contributions 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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Practice patterns and outcomes after stroke across countries at different economic levels (INTERSTROKE): an international observational study
The Lancet, vol. 391, no. 10134, pp. 2019-2027Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30802-X
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The REstart or STop Antithrombotics Randomised Trial (RESTART) after stroke due to intracerebral haemorrhage: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Trials, vol. 19, 162Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-018-2542-6
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Abstract WP255: Omega-3 Fatty Acids as a Treatment for Experimental Ischaemic Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Stroke, vol. 49, AWP255Contributions 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
Stroke, vol. 49, WP185Contributions 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
Cortex, vol. 98, pp. 177-193Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe effects of stroke severity on door-to-needle time delays - a retrospective analysis
12th UK Stroke Forum Conference, pp. 8-9Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1747493017732216
Marine-derived n-3 fatty acids therapy for stroke
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 2017, no. 10, pp. 1-12Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD012815
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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
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