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Dr. Gillian Mead

Dr. Gillian Mead

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Gillian (MB BChir MA MD FRCP) is a Consultant geriatrician and stroke physician, NHS Lothian. She holds a demanding clinical post as well as teaching medical students, post-graduate students and being an examiner for the University of Edinburgh and University of Glasgow for medical finals and higher degrees e.g. PhD.  Gillian is a proud mother and has ascended all 284 Scottish Mountains over 3000 feet (the Munros), also climbed Mount Cook (New Zealand) and the Matterhorn (Switzerland)!  She is a co-developer of the EfS course. 

She has published extensively - a few of her publications include:
- Mead GE Exercise after stroke BMJ 1st August 2009
- Ali M, Ashburn A, Bowen A, Brodie E, Corr S, Drummond A, Edmans J, Gladman J, Kalra L, Langhorne P, Lees KR, Lincoln N, Logan P, Mead G, Patchick E, Pollock A, Pomeroy V, Sackley C, Sunnerhagen KS, van Vliet P, Walker M, Brady M, On behalf of the VISTA-Rehab Investigators, VISTA-Rehab: A Resource for Stroke Rehabilitation Trials, International Journal of Stroke, 2010 (In Press).
- Saunders DH, Greig CA, Mead GE, Young A. Physical fitness training for stroke patients. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD003316. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003316.pub3
- Mead GE. Morley W. Campbell P. Greig CA. McMurdo M. Lawlor DA. Exercise for depression (summary of systematic review) Mental health and physical activity, in press 
- Wevers L, van de Port I, Vermue M, Mead G, Kwakkel G. Effects of Task-OrientedCircuit Class Training on Walking Competency After Stroke. A Systematic Review.Stroke. 2009 May 21. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 19461035.
- McGeough E, Pollock A, Smith LN, Dennis M, Sharpe M, Lewis S, Mead GE. Interventions for post-stroke fatigue. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD007030. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007030.pub2.
- Carin-Levy G. Kendall M. Young A. Mead G. The psychosocial effects of exercise and relaxation classes for persons surviving a stroke. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy - Revue Canadienne d Ergotherapie. 76(2):73-80, 2009
- Mead GE. Morley W. Campbell P. Greig CA. McMurdo M. Lawlor DA. Exercise for depression. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. (4):CD004366, 2008.
- Carin-Levy G, Greig CA, Lewis SJ, Stewart A, Young A, Mead GE The effect of different body positions on anthropometric measurements and derived estimates of body composition  International Journal of Body Composition Research Volume 6, Number 1, 2008 17-20
- Saunders DS, Greig CA, Young A Mead GE Activity limitations in ambulatory individuals with stroke are associated with impaired explosive extensor power in both lower limbs. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2008; 89:677-83
- Henderson GR. Mead GE. van Dijke ML. Ramsay S. McDowall MA. Dennis M. Use of statistical process control charts in stroke medicine to determine if clinical evidence and changes in service delivery were associated with improvements in the quality of care. Quality & Safety in Health Care. 17(4):301-6, 2008 
- Mead GE Lynch J Greig CA Young A Lewis SJ Sharpe M  Evaluation of Fatigue scales in stroke Stroke 2007; 38:2090-2095
- Lynch J, Mead GE, Greig CA, Young A, Sharpe M Development and evaluation of a case definition for fatigue after stroke  J Psychosomatic Research 2007 ;63:539-44.
- Mead G,  Greig CA, Cunningham I, Lewis SJ, Dinan S, Fitzsimons C Young A STroke: A Randomised Trial of Exercise or Relaxation (STARTER) J American Geriatrics Soc 2007; 55:892-9.