Contact information
gary.ford@rdm.ox.ac.uk
gary.ford@ouh.nhs.uk
Jo Harrison
Jo-Anne.Harrison@oxfordahsn.org
Colleges
Gary Ford
FRCP, FMedSci
Professor of Stroke Medicine
- Chief Executive Officer, Oxford Academic Health Science Network
- Consultant Stroke Physician OUH
My work focuses on developing and evaluating treatments that can reduce brain damage in the first few hours after stroke, and developing better processes of care to deliver for stroke patients.
I have developed and evaluated the performance of stroke recognition instruments such as the Face Arm Speech Test (FAST) and Recognition of Stroke in the Emergency Room Scale (ROSIER) to improve early diagnosis of stroke by the public, ambulance paramedics and Emergency Department teams.
My work has evaluated the risks and benefits of thrombolysis in very elderly stroke patients 80 years or older, who are the population at highest risk of stroke.
In addition to my research in stroke my work more broadly seeks to understand the risks and benefits of drug therapies in older people.
Recent publications
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Co-design of a Mobile Stroke Unit pathway highlights uncertainties and trade-offs for viable system-wide implementation in the English and Welsh NHS.
Journal article
Moseley L. et al, (2025), BMC Emerg Med, 25
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Anticoagulation Timing in Acute Stroke With Atrial Fibrillation According to Chronic Kidney Disease: The OPTIMAS Trial.
Journal article
Nash PS. et al, (2025), Stroke
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Usability testing a web application to support evidence-based commissioning decisions for implementing mobile stroke units.
Journal article
Moseley L. et al, (2025), NPJ Digit Med, 8
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Digitally Enabled Care in Diverse Environments (DECIDE): protocol for a programme of rapid evaluation of technology-enabled remote monitoring in health and social care
Journal article
Shaw SE. et al, (2025), NIHR Open Research, 5, 28 - 28
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WSO Action Plan for Stroke Prehospital Care: Top Two Priorities.
Journal article
Liu R. et al, (2025), CNS Neurosci Ther, 31
ORCID
0000-0001-8719-4968