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Dr Damian McLeod

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Position Postdoctoral Fellow
School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy
The University of Newcastle, Australia
Office MS503, Medical Sciences

Qualifications

  • PhD (Human Physiology), University of Newcastle, 2008
  • Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences (Hons), University of Newcastle, 2003

Research

Research keywords

  • Clinical Science
  • Medical Physiology
  • Stroke

Research expertise

  • Stroke / cerebral ischaemia
  • Imaging the ischaemic penumbra using perfusion computed tomography (CTP)
  • Improving outcome and safety for thrombolysis in stroke
  • Mechanisms of hypothermic neuroprotection following ischaemic stroke
  • Effects of therapeutic hypothermia on intracranial pressure following stroke
  • Proteomic changes following stroke and therapeutic hypothermia

  • Cardiovascular and respiratory physiology
  • Neural control of the bronchial circulation during exercise
  • Exercise-induced asthma

Fields of Research

Code Description Percentage
110300 Clinical Sciences 100

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