Gillian Mead
Professor of Stroke and Elderly Care Medicine

- Ageing and Health
- Usher Institute
- College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
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Background
Professor Mead MB BChir MA MD FRCPE, FESO, FRSE
Professor Mead graduated from University of Cambridge in 1987. She trained in general and geriatric medicine in London and Liverpool. Her research training was at University of Manchester, where she performed a trial of carotid endarterectomy in acute stroke, and was awarded an MD (University of Cambridge) in 1996. She completed her clinical training in Edinburgh in 1999. After a six month senior lecturer post in stroke and general medicine in Auckland, New Zealand, she returned to Edinburgh as a clinical academic in 2000. She was promoted to Reader in Geriatric Medicine in 2009 and awarded a personal Chair in 2012.
Research summary
Stroke is the major cause of severe adult disability. Professor Mead’s research focuses on how to improve recovery and quality of life of people who survive a stroke. She employs a variety of research designs, including systematic reviews, observational studies, qualitative research methodology and randomised controlled clinical trials. She co-led the FOCUS Trial (Fluoxetine or control Under Supervision), published in Lancet in 2019.
She has been awarded multiple prizes for her work including William Farr Medal, Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London in 2016, and The Lady Illingworth Award from Tenovus Scotland in 2020.
Her H index is 67 (January 2023). She co-leads Cochrane Stroke (until April 2023). She co-leads the World Stroke Organisation guideline committee. She sits on the editorial board of Stroke. She is President of British and Irish Association of Stroke Physicians (until December 2023).
Affiliated research centres
Research activities
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Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors for Stroke Recovery
In:
Stroke, vol. 53, pp. e426-e428
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.038149
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Comment/debate (E-pub ahead of print) -
Repeated Measures of Modified Rankin Scale Scores to Assess Functional Recovery From Stroke: AFFINITY Study Findings
In:
Journal of the American Heart Association Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, vol. 11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.121.025425
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Predictors of post-stroke cognitive impairment using acute structural MRI neuroimaging: A systematic review and meta-analysis
In:
International Journal of Stroke
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/17474930221120349
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Post stroke intervention trial in fatigue (POSITIF): Randomised multicentre feasibility trial
In:
Clinical Rehabilitation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/02692155221113908
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Informing patients with acute stroke about their risk of dementia: A survey of UK healthcare professionals
In:
Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Accepted/In press)