Mark T. Mackay

I am a Paediatric Neurologist and Director of the Royal Children’s Hospital Department of Neurology and the Childhood Stroke Program. I am a Professor at the University of Melbourne and a Clinician Scientist Fellow at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, where I lead a multidisciplinary stroke research team. My research focuses on three broad areas of interest: (i) childhood stroke, (ii) dietary therapies for epilepsy and (iii) infantile spasms. I have authored 5 book chapters and over 210 publications, (>80 in the past 5 years). My H-Index is 64, with >68,000 citations (Google Scholar). I supervise 2 PhDs. My research funding over the past 5 years is >$4.2 million. My PhD study focused on strategies to improve recognition, assessment and acute management of childhood stroke. I am principal investigator on (i) the Australian Paediatric Acute Code Stroke study (MRFSF000001 2020), which aims to decrease time to stroke diagnosis of childhood stroke and increase access to reperfusion therapies, and (ii) the NIMBUS study (NHMRC Ideas grant 2020902), which aims to develop innovative MRI and blood based predictive tools to guide interventions following neonatal arterial ischaemic stroke. I am a member of the International Pediatric Stroke Study Executive Committee and founding Board Member of the International Pediatric Stroke Organisation.