Malcolm Macleod, BSc(Hons) MBChB PhD FRCP Ed, is Professor of Neurology and Translational Neuroscience at the University of Edinburgh, head of Neurology at Forth Valley Royal Hospital, and Honorary Principal Research Fellow, Florey Neurosciences Unit, Melbourne, Australia.

Prof. Macleod was a founding co-ordinator of the Collaborative Approach to Meta-Analysis and Review of Animal Data in Experimental Studies (CAMARADES), leader in advancing education about systematic reviews in animal research. Prof. Macleod is a member of the UK Home Office Animals in Science Committee.

Publication highlights:

Macleod MR, Lawson McLean A, Kyriakopoulou A, Serghiou S, de Wilde A, Sherratt N, Hirst T, Hemblade R, Bahor Z, Nunes-Fonseca C, Potluru A, Thomson A, Baginskitae J, Egan K, Vesterinen H, Currie GL, Churilov L, Howells DW, Sena ES (2015) Risk of Bias in Reports of In Vivo Research: A Focus for Improvement. PLoS Biol 13 (10): e1002273.

Macleod MR, Michie S, Roberts I, Dirnagl U, Chalmers I, Ioannidis JP, Al-Shahi Salman R, Chan AW, Glasziou P (2014) Biomedical research: increasing value, reducing waste. Lancet 383 (9912): 101-4.

Landis SC, Amara SG, Asadullah K, Austin CP, Blumenstein R, Bradley EW, Crystal RG, Darnell RB, Ferrante RJ, Fillit H, Finkelstein R, Fisher M, Gendelman HE, Golub RM, Goudreau JL, Gross RA, Gubitz AK, Hesterlee SE, Howells DW, Huguenard J, Kelner K, Koroshetz W, Krainc D, Lazic SE, Levine MS, Macleod MR, McCall JM, Moxley RT 3rd, Narasimhan K, Noble LJ, Perrin S, Porter JD, Steward O, Unger E, Utz U, Silberberg SD (2012) A call for transparent reporting to optimize the predictive value of preclinical research. Nature 490 (7419): 187-91.