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Mark Head is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom and works primarily in the field of Medicine. Their research focuses on hematology, virology, infectious diseases, and pediatrics, with an emphasis on hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and leukemia studies.

Their recent publications include:

  • Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation from an HLA-matched first cousin donor for acute myeloid leukemia: a case report, 2025, PubMed
  • Structural brain differences in school-aged children who are HIV-exposed uninfected, 2025, BMC Medicine

Mark Head has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Qian Xu, Yang Liu, M C Liu, Lizhu Wang, and Xuehong Ran.

Their main fields of study are:

  • Medicine

Within medicine, the subfields of study in which they have contributed include:

  • Hematology
  • Virology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

The key research topics addressed by Mark Head cover:

  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
  • Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects

They have published in venues such as PubMed and BMC Medicine, reflecting a focus on clinical and biomedical research.

Best Publications

  • Preclinical vCJD after blood transfusion in a PRNP codon 129 heterozygous patient

    Alexander H Peden;Mark W Head;L Ritchie Diane;E Bell Jeanne

  • Preclinical variant CJD after blood transfusion in a PRNP codon 129 heterozygous patient

    Alexander Peden;Mark Head;Diane Ritchie;Jeanne Bell

  • Real time quaking-induced conversion analysis of cerebrospinal fluid in sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease

    Lynne I. McGuire;Alexander H. Peden;Christina D. Orrú;Jason M. Wilham

  • Predicting susceptibility and incubation time of human-to-human transmission of vCJD

    Matthew T Bishop;P Hart;L Aitchison;Herbert N Baybutt

  • Genetic influence on the structural variations of the abnormal prion protein

    Piero Parchi;Wenquan Zou;Wen Wang;Paul Brown

  • A prion protein epitope selective for the pathologically misfolded conformation

    Eustache Paramithiotis;Marc Pinard;Trebor Lawton;Sylvie LaBoissiere

  • Variant CJD infection in the spleen of a neurologically asymptomatic UK adult patient with haemophilia.

    A. Peden;L. McCARDLE;M. W. Head;S. Love

  • Fatal encephalopathy with astrocyte inclusions in GFAP transgenic mice

    A Messing;Mark Head;K Galles;EJ Galbreath

  • Prion Protein Accumulation and Neuroprotection in Hypoxic Brain Damage

    Neil F. McLennan;Paul M. Brennan;Alisdair McNeill;Ioan Davies

  • Laboratory diagnosis of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

    J W Ironside;M W Head;J E Bell;L McCardle

  • Peripheral tissue involvement in sporadic, iatrogenic, and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: an immunohistochemical, quantitative, and biochemical study.

    Mark W. Head;Diane Ritchie;Nadine Smith;Victoria McLoughlin

  • Overexpression and abnormal modification of the stress proteins alpha B-crystallin and HSP27 in Alexander disease.

    Mark Head;E Corbin;JE Goldman

  • Detection of type 1 prion protein in variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

    Helen M. Yull;Diane L. Ritchie;Jan P.M. Langeveld;Fred G. van Zijderveld

  • Motif-grafted antibodies containing the replicative interface of cellular PrP are specific for PrPSc

    Gianluca Moroncini;Nnennaya Kanu;Laura Solforosi;Gil Abalos

  • Coordinate and independent regulation of αB-crystallin and hsp27 expression in response to physiological stress

    Mark W. Head;Elaine Corbin;James E. Goldman

  • Prion Protein Heterogeneity in Sporadic but Not Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: U.K. Cases 1991-2002

    Mark W. Head;Tristan J. R. Bunn;Matthew T. Bishop;Victoria McLoughlin

  • Immunohistochemistry for the prion protein: Comparison of different monoclonal antibodies in human prion disease subtypes

    Gábor G. Kovács;Mark W. Head;Ivan Hegyi;Tristan J. Bunn

  • Sensitive and specific detection of sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease brain prion protein using real-time quaking-induced conversion

    Alexander H. Peden;Lynne I. McGuire;Nigel E. J. Appleford;Gary Mallinson

  • Electromagnetic field exposure induces rapid, transitory heat shock factor activation in human cells

    Hana Lin;Mark Opler;Mark Head;Martin Blank

  • Small heat shock proteins, the cytoskeleton, and inclusion body formation.

    Mark Head;JE Goldman

Frequent Co-Authors

James W. Ironside
James W. Ironside University of Edinburgh
Jean Manson
Jean Manson University of Edinburgh
Robert G. Will
Robert G. Will University of Edinburgh
James E. Goldman
James E. Goldman Columbia University
Herbert Budka
Herbert Budka Medical University of Vienna
Moira E. Bruce
Moira E. Bruce University of Edinburgh
Gabor G. Kovacs
Gabor G. Kovacs University of Toronto
Jeanne E. Bell
Jeanne E. Bell University of Edinburgh
Colin Smith
Colin Smith University of Edinburgh
Jan P. M. Langeveld
Jan P. M. Langeveld Wageningen University & Research

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