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

Field-Cycling Magnetic Resonance Imaging for identifying Minor Ischemic Stroke below 0.2 tesla
2024 - Accepted/In press
Ross, J., Mallikourti, V., Maier, O., Guzman Gutierrez, G., Franko, E., Lurie, D., Broche, L., Macleod, M.
Radiology
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/23512/1/Ross_R_Field-Cycling_Magnetic_Resonance_AAM.pdf
Does following an “excellent” candidate in the Objective Structured Clinical Examination affect your checklist score?
2024 - Published
Brown, C. W., Watson, W., Macleod, M., Nath, M.
Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/JARHE-02-2023-0079
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/21557/1/Brown_etal_JARHE_Does_Following_an_Excellent_AAM.pdf
Allopurinol and Blood Pressure Variability Following Ischemic Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack: A Secondary Analysis of XILO-FIST
2024 - E-pub ahead of print
MacDonald, A. S., McConnachie, A., Dickie, D. A., Bath, P. M., Forbes, K., Quinn, T. J., Broomfield, N. M., Dani, K. A., Doney, A. S. F., Muir, K. W., Struthers, A., Walters, M. R., Barber, M., Bhalla, A., Cameron, A., Guyler, P., Hassan, A., Kearney, M. T., Keegan, B. C., Sekaran, L., Macleod, M., Randall, M., Shaw, L., Subramanian, G., Werring, D. J., Dawson, J.
Journal of Human Hypertension
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41371-024-00906-5
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/22914/1/Macdonald_etal_JHH_Allopurinol_And_Blood_VoR.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Associations Between Prior Oral Anticoagulant Use and Stroke Outcomes in a National Stroke Cohort: A Scottish Database Study
2024 - Published
Sterling, K., Macleod, M., Turner, M.
INTERNATIONAL STROKE CONFERENCE 2024, Abstract TP163
Contributions 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
2024 - Published
Sterling, K., Macleod, M., Turner, M.
18th UK Stroke Forum Conference 2023, pp. 122-122
Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/17474930241228206

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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

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Latest Publications

Field-Cycling Magnetic Resonance Imaging for identifying Minor Ischemic Stroke below 0.2 tesla

Does following an “excellent” candidate in the Objective Structured Clinical Examination affect your checklist score?

Allopurinol and Blood Pressure Variability Following Ischemic Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack: A Secondary Analysis of XILO-FIST

Associations Between Prior Oral Anticoagulant Use and Stroke Outcomes in a National Stroke Cohort: A Scottish Database Study

Association between pre-stroke comorbidity and post-stroke prescribing in a Scottish ischaemic stroke survivor population:: A national data linkage study

Teaching Responsibilities

Poster Presentation - Using the TOAST Criteria for Retrospective Classification of Ischemic Stroke Patients

Spatial channels of visual processing in cortical blindness

Hypertension in Diabetes: A Perspective from Clinical Pharmacology

Paraoxonase genes (PON1, 2 and 3) polymorphisms and ischaemic stroke in a Scottish population

Paraxonase 3 gene (PON3) polymorphism, ischaemic stroke and lipid profile in a Scottish population

Paraxonase genes (PON1, PON2 and PON3) polymorphisms and lipid profile in a Scottish population

Effects of mailed dissemination of the Royal College of Radiologists' guidelines on general practitioner referrals for radiography: a time series analysis

Genotype and Haplotype Analysis of Paraoxanase Genes (PON 1&2 ) and Ishcaemic Stroke in a Northern Scottish Population

Lack of association between apolipoprotein E genotype and ischaemic stroke in a Scottish population

Predicted impact of intravenous thrombolysis

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