Professor Gareth AcklandClinical Professor of Perioperative MedicineCentre: Translational Medicine and TherapeuticsEmail: g.ackland@qmul.ac.ukWebsite: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/ccpmg/ Twitter: @AcklandLabProfileResearchKey PublicationsSponsorsCollaboratorsProfileORCID iD: 0000-0003-0565-5164 Gareth graduated from St John’s College, Oxford University Medical School having completed an intercalated PhD supported by a Wellcome Trust Prize Studentship. He completed clinical training in general medicine, anesthesiology and critical care mostly on the UCL-linked clinical rotation, having also spent 18 months as a consultant in anaesthesia at Stanford University Medical Center, California, USA. Having completed an Academy of Medical Sciences/Health Foundation clinician scientist intermediate research training fellowship award at University College London in 2014, Gareth was appointed Senior Lecturer in Perioperative Medicine at Queen Mary University of London in 2015 and Clinical Professor of Perioperative Medicine in 2020, primarily based at the William Harvey Research Institute. Current clinical duties are based in perioperative medicine at the Royal London Hospital providing anaesthesia for patients undergoing major elective surgery and emergency procedures following major trauma. He is an active member of several national and international societies for anaesthesia and intensive care medicine. He teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate students. The focus of Gareth’s research centres on improving outcomes for patients following major surgery and critical illness through developing translational models, specifically focussing on autonomic regulation of tissue injury. In addition, he contributes to many large multi-centre studies including VISION-UK and METS. Gareth was awarded the British Oxygen Company Chair in anaesthesia in 2016, to support further translational laboratory studies focussed on the role of autonomic dysfunction fuelling perioperative organ injury.ResearchGroup membersAna Gutierrez del Arroyo, Jenifer Sanchez and Shamir Karmali SummaryNeurobiology of autonomic control as applied to inflammation, perioperative organ injury and critical illness. Publications Ackland G (publicationYear). Preoperative activation of the renineangiotensin system and myocardial injury in noncardiac surgery: exploratory mechanistic analysis of the SPACE randomised controlled trial. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2024.10.040 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/103266 Sikandar S, Ackland GL (2024). Chronic pain: a modifiable target to reduce perioperative cardiovascular morbidity. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2024.11.019 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/103264 Hughes C, Ackland G, Shelley B (2024). Perioperative myocardial injury. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/j.bjae.2024.06.001 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/100697 Theparambil SM, Kopach O, Braga A et al. (2024). Adenosine signalling to astrocytes coordinates brain metabolism and function. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07611-w QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/97936 Thomas M, Hayes K, White P et al. (2024). Early Intravenous Beta-Blockade with Esmolol in Adults with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Phase 2a Intervention Design Study. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/s12028-024-02029-8 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/97937 Mi Y, Burnham KL, Charles PD et al. (2024). High-throughput mass spectrometry maps the sepsis plasma proteome and differences in patient response. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adh0185 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/97369 Vail EA, Ackland GL (2024). The BJA Editorial Fellowship 2024: a barometer for the state of academic anaesthesiology, perioperative, pain, and critical care medicine. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2024.03.041 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/97009 Janssen H, Jhanji S, Oliver NS et al. (2024). Ward monitoring 4.0: real-time metabolic insights from continuous glucose monitoring into perioperative organ dysfunction. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2024.01.039 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/95278 del Arroyo AG, Patel A, Abbott TEF et al. (2024). Preoperative N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide and myocardial injury after stopping or continuing renin–angiotensin system inhibitors in noncardiac surgery: a prespecified analysis of a phase 2 randomised controlled multicentre trial. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2024.01.010 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/96344 Kellett DO, Aziz Q, Humphries JD et al. (2024). Transcriptional response of the heart to vagus nerve stimulation.. nameOfConference DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.24449590 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/98548 View Profile Publication Page Sponsors British Oxygen Company Chair in Anaesthesia (2016-2020) British Journal of Anaesthesia/ Royal College of Anaesthetists Basic Science fellowship (2014-2019) British Heart Foundation Programme grant (co-PI; 2015-2020) Obstetric Anaesthetists Association (2014-2016) Academy of Medical Sciences/Health Foundation Clinician Scientist award (2009-2014) and National Institute for Health Research, UK CollaboratorsInternal Prof. Rupert Pearse Dr. Michael O’Dwyer Dr. John Prowle Dr. Sian Henson Prof. Andy Tinker External Prof. Alexander Gourine (UCL) Prof. Andrey Abramov (UCL) Prof Andrew Tobin (Univ. Cambridge) Prof. Pierre Lambiase (UCL) Back to top