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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science
  • 2012 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Stephen MacMahon is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to medical research, particularly in the fields of medicine and cardiovascular health. The primary area of their research lies within cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, supported by a significant body of work spanning related subfields such as endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, economics and econometrics, genetics, and surgery.

Their research topics prominently focus on blood pressure and hypertension studies, heart rate variability and autonomic control, hormonal regulation and hypertension, lipoproteins and cardiovascular health, health systems including economic evaluations and quality of life, diabetes with associated cardiovascular risks, as well as dementia and cognitive impairment research.

Stephen MacMahon's recent published works include:

  • Pharmacological blood pressure lowering for primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease across different levels of blood pressure (2021, The Lancet)
  • Age-stratified and blood-pressure-stratified effects of blood-pressure-lowering pharmacotherapy for the prevention of cardiovascular disease and death (2021, The Lancet)
  • Effect of statin therapy on muscle symptoms: an individual participant data meta-analysis of large-scale, randomised, double-blind trials (2022, The Lancet)
  • Obesity as a risk factor for COVID-19 mortality in women and men in the UK biobank: Comparisons with influenza/pneumonia and coronary heart disease (2020, Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism)
  • Antihypertensive treatment and risk of cancer: an individual participant data meta-analysis (2021, The Lancet Oncology)

The scientist frequently publishes in leading journals, with notable venues including:

  • The Lancet
  • Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism
  • The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • Lung Cancer
  • UNC Libraries

Stephen has collaborated regularly with other researchers in the field, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Mark Woodward
  • John Chalmers
  • Colin Baigent
  • Anthony Rodgers
  • Neil R Poulter

Recognition of their scientific contributions is reflected in fellowships granted by several professional academies, including the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science in 2015, the Australian Academy of Science in 2012, and The Academy of Medical Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Intensive blood glucose control and vascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes.

    Anushka Patel;Stephen MacMahon;John Chalmers

  • Prevention of cardiovascular events and death with pravastatin in patients with coronary heart disease and a broad range of initial cholesterol levels

    A. Tonkin;P. Alyward;D. Colquhoun;P. Glasziou

  • Blood pressure, stroke, and coronary heart disease: Part 1, prolonged differences in blood pressure: prospective observational studies corrected for the regression dilution bias

    S Macmahon;R Peto;J E Cutler;R Collins

  • Blood pressure, stroke, and coronary heart disease: Part 2, short-term reductions in blood pressure: overview of randomised drug trials in their epidemiological context

    R Collins;R Peto;S MacMahon;P Hebert

  • Randomised trial of a perindopril-based blood-pressure-lowering regimen among 6105 individuals with previous stroke or transient ischaemic attack

    S. MacMahon;B. Neal;C. Tzourio;A. Rodgers

  • Reduction of postoperative mortality and morbidity with epidural or spinal anaesthesia: results from overview of randomised trials.

    Anthony Rodgers;Natalie Walker;S Schug;A McKee

  • Effects of ACE inhibitors, calcium antagonists, and other blood-pressure-lowering drugs: results of prospectively designed overviews of randomised trials. Blood Pressure Lowering Treatment Trialists' Collaboration

    B Neal;S MacMahon;N Chapman

  • ISIS-4: a randomised factorial trial assessing early oral captopril, oral mononitrate, and intravenous magnesium sulphate in 58,050 patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction. ISIS-4 (Fourth International Study of Infarct Survival) Collaborative Group.

    R Collins;R Peto;M Flather;S Parish

  • Interpretation of the evidence for the efficacy and safety of statin therapy.

    Rory Collins;Christina Reith;Jonathan Emberson;Jane Armitage

  • Severe Hypoglycemia and Risks of Vascular Events and Death

    Sophia Zoungas;Sophia Zoungas;Anushka Patel;John Chalmers;Bastiaan E. de Galan;Bastiaan E. de Galan

  • ISIS-3 - A RANDOMIZED COMPARISON OF STREPTOKINASE VS TISSUE PLASMINOGEN-ACTIVATOR VS ANISTREPLASE AND OF ASPIRIN PLUS HEPARIN VS ASPIRIN ALONE AMONG 41,299 CASES OF SUSPECTED ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION

    D Hunt;J Varigos;F Dienstl;P Lechleitner

  • Lower estimated glomerular filtration rate and higher albuminuria are associated with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality.: A collaborative meta-analysis of high-risk population cohorts

    Marije van der Velde;Kunihiro Matsushita;Josef Coresh;Brad C. Astor

  • Effects of blood pressure lowering with perindopril and indapamide therapy on dementia and cognitive decline in patients with cerebrovascular disease.

    Christophe Tzourio;Craig Anderson;Neil Chapman;Mark Woodward

  • Effects of different blood pressure-lowering regimens on major cardiovascular events in individuals with and without diabetes mellitus: results of prospectively designed overviews of randomized trials

    F Turnbull;Bruce Neal;Charles Algert;John Chalmers

  • ISIS-4 - A randomised factorial assessing early oral captopril, oral mononitrate, and intravenous magnesium sulphate in 58.050 patient with suspected acute myocardial-infarction.

    R Collins;R Peto;M Flather;S Parish

  • Albuminuria and Kidney Function Independently Predict Cardiovascular and Renal Outcomes in Diabetes

    Toshiharu Ninomiya;Vlado Perkovic;Bastiaan E de Galan;Bastiaan E de Galan;Sophia Zoungas

  • Blood pressure, antihypertensive drug treatment and the risks of stroke and of coronary heart disease

    R Collins;S MacMahon

  • Effects of different regimens to lower blood pressure on major cardiovascular events in older and younger adults: meta-analysis of randomised trials.

    Fiona Turnbull;B Neal;T. Ninomiya

  • Prevention of pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis with low dose aspirin: Pulmonary Embolism Prevention (PEP) trial

    J O'Brien;H Duncan;G Kirsh;V Allen

  • Effects of intensive blood pressure lowering on cardiovascular and renal outcomes: updated systematic review and meta-analysis

    Xinfang Xie;Emily Atkins;Jicheng Lv;Jicheng Lv;Alexander Bennett

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Woodward
Mark Woodward Imperial College London
John Chalmers
John Chalmers University of New South Wales
Bruce Neal
Bruce Neal George Institute for Global Health
Anushka Patel
Anushka Patel University of New South Wales
Anthony Rodgers
Anthony Rodgers University of New South Wales
Vlado Perkovic
Vlado Perkovic George Institute for Global Health
Craig S. Anderson
Craig S. Anderson George Institute for Global Health
Rory Collins
Rory Collins University of Oxford
Toshiharu Ninomiya
Toshiharu Ninomiya Kyushu University
Bruce E. Kemp
Bruce E. Kemp Australian Catholic University

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