Malcolm Macleod MBChB, PhD, FRCP

Malcolm Macleod (born in Edinburgh in 1965) is a Scottish neurologist. He spent his early years in Achiltibuie and Inverness. He attended the Leachkin Primary School, Jedburgh Grammar School and Loretto School, Musselburgh, before studying Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. His research interests are diverse and include the development of effective treatments for acute ischaemic stroke; the optimal use of animal models of disease; the neurobiology of the mineralocorticoid receptor; and impact of social deprivation on the incidence and management of neurological diseases. Pdfs of recent publications are available, and with Suvankar Pal and Marion Simpson, he has recently written a Neurology Textbook for medical undergraduates. He is currently Professor of Neurology and Translational Neuroscience at the University of Edinburgh; Head of Neurology at Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Honorary Principal Research Fellow, Florey Neurosciences Unit, Melbourne, Australia; and co-ordinator of the Collaborative Approach to Meta-Analysis and Review of Animal Data in Experimental Studies (CAMARADES).