Joanna Wardlaw

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Joanna Wardlaw

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Joanna Marguerite Wardlaw

radiologist, and academic specialising in neuroradiology and pathophysiology. Wardlaw worked as a junior doctor before specialising as a radiologist. She continues to practice medicine as an Honorary Consultant Neuroradiologist with NHS Lothian. She has spent her entire academic career at the University of Edinburgh
.

Early life and education

Wardlaw was born on 4 November 1958 in

ischaemic stroke,[3] and was titled "Imaging and treatment of acute ischaemic stroke: the application and verification of non-invasive imaging techniques in the investigation and treatment of acute ischaemic stroke".[4]

Career and research

Having worked as a

neuroradiologist at the Institute of Neurological Sciences in Glasgow (now part of Queen Elizabeth University Hospital).[3][5] Since 1994 she has been an honorary consultant neuroradiologist with NHS Lothian.[3]

From 1994 to 1998, Wardlaw was a

Professor of Applied Neuroimaging in 2002.[1][2] She was the founding director of the Scottish Imaging Network: A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE), leading the organisation until 2010.[7]

Wardlaw is recognised as an expert in brain blood vessel diseases and

cerebral small vessel diseases.[2] She is also interested in the use of imaging in pathophysiology.[6]

Awards and honours

In 2005, Wardlaw was elected a

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) "for services to neuroimaging and clinical science".[12][13]

In 2008, Wardlaw was awarded the President's Medal of the British Society of Neuroradiologists.[3] In May 2017, she was awarded the Presidential Award of the European Stroke Organisation.[14] In 2018, she received both the Karolinska Stroke Award for Lifetime Contribution to Excellence in Advancing Knowledge in Stroke and the American Stroke Associations' William M. Feinberg Award for Excellence in Clinical Stroke.[15]

Selected works

References

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    Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 4 Nov 2017
  2. ^ a b c d e "Joanna Wardlaw". Edinburgh Research Explorer. The University of Edinburgh.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Prof. Dr. Joanna Marguerite Wardlaw". AcademiaNet. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
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  5. ^ "Inpatient Information: The Institute of Neurological Sciences, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow". Neurology in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Joanna-Wardlaw". Scottish Imaging Network: A Platform for Scientific Excellence. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  7. ^ "New SINAPSE Director: Prof Alison Murray". Scottish Imaging Network: A Platform for Scientific Excellence. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Women in medicine: Joanna Wardlaw and Marie Curie". Royal College of Physicians. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Professor Joanna Wardlaw CBE FRSE FMedSci". The Academy of Medical Sciences. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  10. ^ "Professor Joanna Marguerite Wardlaw CBE, FRSE, FMedSci". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  11. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help
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  12. ^ "No. 61450". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2015. pp. N8–N10.
  13. ^ "CBE for Professor Joanna Wardlaw". Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences. The University of Edinburgh. January 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  14. ^ "Professor Joanna Wardlaw receives the European Stroke Organisation Presidential Award 2017". Edinburgh Neuroscience. The University of Edinburgh. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  15. ^ Wardlaw, Joanna. "Prizes". Edinburgh Research Explorer. The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
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