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A/Prof Mark Mackay

A/Prof Mark Mackay

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Role Team Leader / Honorary Fellow Manager
Research area Clinical Sciences

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I am a Paediatric Neurologist and Director of The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) Department of Neurology and the Childhood Stroke Program. I am an Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne and a Clinician Scientist Fellow at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI), 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 five book chapters and over 210 publications, (more than 80 in the past five years). My H-Index is 64, with over 68,000 citations on Google Scholar. I supervise two PhDs. My research funding over the past five years is over $4.2 million.

My PhD study focused on strategies to improve recognition, assessment and acute management of childhood stroke. I am the principal investigator on (i) the Australian Paediatric Acute Code Stroke study (MRFSF000001 2020), which aims to decrease the 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 a founding Board Member of the International Pediatric Stroke Organisation.
I am a Paediatric Neurologist and Director of The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) Department of Neurology and the Childhood Stroke Program. I am an Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne and a Clinician Scientist Fellow at the Murdoch...
I am a Paediatric Neurologist and Director of The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) Department of Neurology and the Childhood Stroke Program. I am an Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne and a Clinician Scientist Fellow at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI), 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 five book chapters and over 210 publications, (more than 80 in the past five years). My H-Index is 64, with over 68,000 citations on Google Scholar. I supervise two PhDs. My research funding over the past five years is over $4.2 million.

My PhD study focused on strategies to improve recognition, assessment and acute management of childhood stroke. I am the principal investigator on (i) the Australian Paediatric Acute Code Stroke study (MRFSF000001 2020), which aims to decrease the 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 a founding Board Member of the International Pediatric Stroke Organisation.

Top Publications

  • Kelly, CE, Chen, J, Beare, R, Stojanovski, B, Shapiro, JS, Grunt, S, Slavova, N, Pastore-Wapp, M, Steinlin, M, Mackay, MT, et al. Predicting Outcome After Newborn Stroke: A Lesion Network Mapping Study Leveraging Large-Scale Data.. Stroke 57(6) : 1706 -1716 2026
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  • Rivkin, MJ, Linds, A, Slim, M, Surmava, A-M, Beslow, LA, Dowling, MM, Mackay, M, Kirton, A, Jordan, LC, Fox, CK, et al. The International Pediatric Stroke Study: Insight into Childhood Stroke from a Developmental Perspective.. J Pediatr 292: 114945 2026
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  • Dalli, LL, Olaiya, MT, Morgan, HJ, Kilkenny, MF, Fahey, MC, Mackay, MT, Cadilhac, DA, Kuo, T-Y, Gall, SL, Clothier, HJ, et al. Incidence of Childhood Stroke and Association With Recent Infection: A Population-Based Study Using Linked Data.. Neurology 106(7) : e214704 2026
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  • Verrall, CE, Yang, JYM, Chen, J, Schembri, A, d'Udekem, Y, Zannino, D, Kasparian, NA, du Plessis, K, Grieve, SM, Welton, T, et al. Correction to: Neurocognitive Dysfunction and Smaller Brain Volumes in Adolescents and Adults With a Fontan Circulation.. Circulation 153(10) : e935 2026
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  • Mackay, M, Nguyen, D, Stojanovski, B, Fearn, N, Fahey, M, Andrews, I, Troedson, C, MITEFF, C, Sinclair, A, Pridmore, C, et al. Abstract A060: Economic Burden and Quality-Adjusted Life Year Loss in Pediatric Ischemic Stroke: A Lifetime Analysis from an Australian Perspective. Stroke 57(Suppl_1) : 2026
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