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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
Acute 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: ArticlesAssociations Between Prior Oral Anticoagulant Use and Stroke Outcomes in a National Stroke Cohort: A Scottish Database Study
INTERNATIONAL STROKE CONFERENCE 2024, Abstract TP163Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/str.55.suppl_1.tp163
- 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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Acute 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: ArticlesAssociations Between Prior Oral Anticoagulant Use and Stroke Outcomes in a National Stroke Cohort: A Scottish Database Study
INTERNATIONAL STROKE CONFERENCE 2024, Abstract TP163Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/str.55.suppl_1.tp163
Association between pre-stroke comorbidity and post-stroke prescribing in a Scottish ischaemic stroke survivor population:: A national data linkage study
18th UK Stroke Forum Conference 2023, pp. 122-122Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/17474930241228206
Assessing severity of cerebral small vessel disease using field-cycling MRI and automated segmentation: Proffered Conference Abstract - World Stroke Congress 2023
International Journal of Stroke, vol. 18, no. 3_suppl, EP201Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/17474930231192010
Detection of haematoma and peri-haematomal regions of intracerebral haemorrhage using lowfield field-cycling imaging – preliminary study results
8th World Intracranial Hemorrhage Conference (WICH 2023), OP-10Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1159/000534450
Trends in intracerebral haemorrhage admissions, prior anticoagulant use, acute stroke care, and mortality outcomes 2011-2018:: A national Scottish database study.
8th World Intracranial Hemorrhage Conference (WICH 2023), pp. 1-107Contributions to Journals: AbstractsCerebral edema in intracerebral hemorrhage: pathogenesis, natural history and potential treatments from translation to clinical trials
Frontiers in Stroke, vol. 2, 125666Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDetection of cerebral small vessel disease using denoised field-cycling MRI: Book of Abstracts ESMRMB 2023
Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine, vol. 36, no. Suppl 1, pp. s297Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10334-023-01130-x
Phase II randomised, placebo-controlled, clinical trial of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist in intracerebral haemorrhage: BLOcking the Cytokine IL-1 in ICH (BLOC-ICH)
European Stroke Journal , vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 819-827Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAutomated segmentation of cerebral small vessel disease from field-cycling MRI: Proffered Conference Abstract - MIUA 2023
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsDoes following an “excellent” candidate in the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) affect your checklist score?
Higher Education Teaching and Learning conference - 2023Contributions to Conferences: PostersAntithrombotic use and mortality outcomes in ischaemic stroke patients with atrial fibrillation: a Scottish database study
Heart, vol. 109, no. Suppl 2, 19Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-scf-2023.19
Xanthine oxidase inhibition and white matter hyperintensity progression following ischaemic stroke and transient ischaemic attack (XILO-FIST): a multicentre, double-blinded, randomised, placebo-controlled trial
EClinicalMedicine, vol. 57, 101863Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUsing national electronic health records for pandemic preparedness: validation of a parsimonious model for predicting excess deaths among those with COVID-19-a data-driven retrospective cohort study
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, vol. 116, no. 1, pp. 10-20Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/01410768221131897
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/21983/2/Mizani_etal_JRSM_Using_National_Electronic_AAM.pdf
- [ONLINE] https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61933#details
- [ONLINE] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9909113/
- [ONLINE] https://figshare.le.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/Using_national_electronic_health_records_for_pandemic_preparedness_validation_of_a_parsimonious_model_for_predicting_excess_deaths_among_those_with_COVID-19-a_data-driven_retrospective_cohort_study_/21590604
Dual endothelin antagonist aprocitentan for resistant hypertension (PRECISION): a multicentre, blinded, randomised, parallel-group, phase 3 trial
The Lancet, vol. 400, no. 10367, pp. 1927-1937Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736
Is stroke incidence increased in survivors of adult cancers?: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Journal of Cancer Survivorship, vol. 16, pp. 1414–1448Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAllopurinol versus usual care in UK patients with ischaemic heart disease (ALL-HEART): a multicentre, prospective, randomised, open-label, blinded-endpoint trial
The Lancet, vol. 400, no. 10359, pp. 1195-1205Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIntravenous Thrombolysis with Tenecteplase for the Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke
Annals of Neurology, vol. 92, no. 3, pp. 349-357Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ana.26445
Phasic alertness and multisensory integration contribute to visual awareness of weak visual targets in audio-visual stimulation under Continuous Flash Suppression
Vision, vol. 6, 31Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUsing National Electronic Health Records for Pandemic Preparedness: Validation of a Parsimonious Model for Predicting Excess Deaths Among Those With COVID-19
Working Papers: Preprint Papers- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4066712
Research protocol – Assessing Post-Stroke Psychology Longitudinal Evaluation (APPLE) study: A prospective cohort study in stroke
Cerebral Circulation - Cognition and Behavior, vol. 3, 100042Contributions to Journals: ArticlesJoint multi-field T1 quantification for fast field-cycling MRI
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, vol. 86, no. 4, pp. 2049-2063Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSafety and early outcomes after intravenous thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke patients with prestroke disability
International Journal of Stroke, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 710-718Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1747493020954605
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Conscious awareness modulates processing speed in the Redundant Signal Effect
Experimental Brain Research, vol. 239, pp. 1877–1893Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUrgent introduction of iPAD-based WPB programmatic assessment due to the COVID-19 pandemic for final year medical students
NES Annual Virtual Conference 2021Contributions to Conferences: PostersFollowing a star: Does who you follow in an OSCE station affect your checklist score?
NES Annual Virtual Conference 2021Contributions to Conferences: Posters- [ONLINE] Conference Link
- [ONLINE] https://www.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.17206.22088
Tocilizumab in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial
The Lancet, vol. 397, no. 10285, pp. 1637-1645Contributions to Journals: ArticlesStatin Therapy is Associated With Lower Mortality One Year After Ischemic Stroke: A National Data Linkage Study
Stroke, vol. 52, no. Supplement 1, P660Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/str.52.suppl_1.P660
VARIATIONS BY AGE, SEX AND DEPRIVATION CATEGORY IN THE PRESCRIBING OF SECONDARY PREVENTION MEDICATIONS AFTER STROKE IN SCOTLAND: A NATIONAL DATABASE STUDY.
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1747493020963387
Neurological and neuropsychiatric complications of COVID-19 in 153 patients: a UK-wide surveillance study
The lancet. Psychiatry, vol. 7, no. 10, pp. 875-882Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30287-X
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Real-world user acceptability of the FreeStyle Libre: A pilot study on human factors and technology acceptance
Diabetic Medicine, vol. 37, no. S1, pp. 106-107Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.32_14245
Brain hyperintensities in magnetic resonance imaging of patients with mild acute focal neurology
Neurological Sciences, vol. 41, no. 6, pp. 1633-1635Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAnaemia and incidence of post stroke dementia
Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, vol. 191, 105688Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPatient Factors Influencing Oral Anticoagulant Prescribing for Atrial Fibrillation After Stroke
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/str.51.suppl_1.WP222
Increased wholegrain intake does not reduce blood pressure and other markers of cardiovascular disease risk in unmedicated pre-hypertensive/stage 1 hypertensive volunteers
Nutrition Society Live 2020, E789Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0029665120007752
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Patient-related FActors Influencing Blood Pressure Lowering Medication Prescribing after Index Stroke in Scotland: A National Database Study
Journal of Human Hypertension, vol. 34, no. Abstracts CollectionContributions to Journals: AbstractsScanning Conditions in Functional Connectivity Magnetic Resonance Imaging: How to Standardise Resting-State for Optimal Data Acquisition and Visualisation?
Biomedical Visualisation. Rea, P. M. (ed.). Springer, pp. 35-52, 18 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37639-0_3
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The impact of pre-stroke comorbidities on home-time following stroke: a national data linkage study
International Journal of Stroke, vol. 14, no. 4 Suppl. , pp. 23Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1747493019882907
Marine-derived n-3 fatty acids therapy for stroke
Stroke, vol. 50, no. 11, pp. e314-e315Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMarine-Derived n-3 Fatty Acids Therapy for Stroke
Stroke, vol. 50, no. 11, pp. e314-e315Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.119.026919
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
Diabetes, vol. 68, no. 9, pp. 1861-1869Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2337/db19-0440
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/12425/1/db19_0440.full.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Mendeley
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
A whole-body Fast Field-Cycling scanner for clinical molecular imaging studies
Scientific Reports, vol. 9, 10402Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-46648-0
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/12597/1/s41598_019_46648_0.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Nature
- [ONLINE] View publication in Mendeley
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Marine-derived n-3 fatty acids therapy for stroke (Review)
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 2019, no. 6, CD012815Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHome-Time Is a Feasible and Valid Stroke Outcome Measure in National Datasets
Stroke, vol. 50, no. 5, pp. 1282-1285Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.118.023916
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/12972/1/Home_Time_210219_Combined_Files.pdf
- [ONLINE] Online-only Data Supplement
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- [ONLINE] View publication in Mendeley
Effects of fluoxetine on functional outcomes after acute stroke (FOCUS): a pragmatic, double-blind, randomised, controlled trial
The Lancet, vol. 393, no. 10168, pp. 265-274Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Association of Atrial Fibrillation and Ischemic Stroke in Patients on Hemodialysis: A Competing Risk Analysis
Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease, vol. 6, pp. 1-13Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe positive predictive value of an ambulance prealert for stroke and transient ischaemic attack
European journal of emergency medicine, vol. 25, no. 6, pp. 411-415Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000475
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus