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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The impact of large core and late treatment trials: An update on the modelled annual thrombectomy eligibility of UK stroke patients.
Journal article
McMeekin P. et al, (2024), European stroke journal
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Update on the INTEnsive ambulance-delivered blood pressure Reduction in hyper-ACute stroke Trial (INTERACT4): progress and baseline features in 2053 participants.
Journal article
Chen C. et al, (2023), Trials, 24
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Pragmatic solutions to reduce the global burden of stroke: a World Stroke Organization-Lancet Neurology Commission.
Journal article
Feigin VL. et al, (2023), The Lancet. Neurology, 22, 1160 - 1206
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Optimizing lipid management-impact of the COVID 19 pandemic upon cardiovascular risk in England.
Journal article
Newton JL. et al, (2023), Br Med Bull, 146, 19 - 26
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Is bureaucracy being busted in research ethics and governance for health services research in the UK? Experiences and perspectives reported by stakeholders through an online survey.
Journal article
Snooks H. et al, (2023), BMC Public Health, 23
ORCID
0000-0001-8719-4968