Professor Thompson G Robinson
B Med Sci, Nottingham, 1985
BM, BS, Nottingham, 1987
MRCP, 1990
MD, Leicester, 1998
FRCP, 2002
FESO, 2012
Tel: 0116 252 3187
Email: tgr2@le.ac.uk
Address: Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Level 2 Room 224, RKCSB, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Infirmary Square, Leicester LE2 7LX.
For University related enquiries please email Carole Patrick, Tel: 0116 252 3183, for NHS enquiries email Jennifer Kerry (PA) Tel: 0116 252 3182 and Stroke Research Network enquiries email trentsrn@le.ac.uk or telephone 0116 258 7250
Research Interests
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Blood Pressure and Acute Stroke
- Autonomic Dysfunction and Acute Stroke
- Cerebrovascular Autoregulation and Acute Stroke
- Other Multi-centre Stroke Trials
- Predicting Disability in an Ageing Population
More about Professor Robinson's research interests
External Positions
National Clinical Lead for Stroke, NHS Improvement 2012 to date.
Chair, Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board Speciality Advisory Committee in Stroke Medicine, 2010 to date
Chair Elect, UK Stroke Forum, 2011 to date
Member, NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research Panel, 2011 to date
Supplements Editor, Age and Ageing, 2003 to date
Associate Editor (Stroke/Neurology), Age and Ageing, 2003 to date
Director, National Institute of Health Rescue, Trent Stroke Local Research Network, 2006 to date
Member, NIHR Research for Patient Benefit East Midlands Funding Committee, 2011 to date
Clinical Director, Cardiovascular Disease for East Midlands Strategy Clinical Network 2013 to date
Various Trial Steering and Data and Safety Monitoring Committees
Full list of External Positions
Key Publications
Salem MK, Sayers RD, Bown MJ, Eveson DJ, Robinson TG, Naylor AR. Rapid Access Carotid Endarterectomy can be Performed in the Hyperacute Period without a Significant Increase in Procedural Risks. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2011 Feb 41 2 222-
Robinson, T. G., Reid, A., Haunton, V. J., Wilson, A., & Naylor, A. R. (2012, July 4). The face arm speech test: does it encourage rapid recognition of important stroke warning symptoms?. Emerg Med J. 2012 July 4
Saeed NP, Horsfield MA, Panerai RB, Mistri AK, Robinson TG. Measurement of cerebral blood flow responses to the thigh cuff maneuver: a comparison of TCD with a novel MRI method. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2011 May 31 5 1302-10
Panerai RB, Dineen NE, Brodie FG, Robinson TG. Spontaneous fluctuations in cerebral blood flow regulation: contribution of PaCO2. J Appl Physiol. 2010 Dec 109 6 1860-8
Collins K, Winslow M, Reed MW, Walters SJ, Robinson TG, Madan J, Green T, Cocker H and Wyld L. The views of older women towards mammographic screening: a qualitative and quantitative study. British Journal of Cancer 2010; 102:1461-1467
Robinson TG, Potter JF, Ford GA, Bulpitt CJ, Chernova J, Jagger C, James MA, Knight J, Markus HS, Mistri AK, Poulter NR; COSSACS Investigators. Effects of antihypertensive treatment after acute stroke in the Continue Or Stop post-Stroke Antihypertensives Collaborative Study (COSSACS): a prospective, randomised, open, blinded-endpoint trial. Lancet Neurol. 2010 Aug 9 8 767-75
Dineen NE, Brodie FG, Robinson TG, Panerai RB. Continuous estimates of dynamic cerebral autoregulation during transient hypocapnia and hypercapnia. J Appl Physiol. 2010 Mar 108 3 604-13
Potter J, Mistri A, Brodie F, Chernova J, Wilson E, Jagger C, James M, Ford G, Robinson T. Controlling hypertension and hypotension immediately post stroke (CHHIPS)--a randomised controlled trial. Health Technol Assess. 2009 Jan 13 9 1-73
Potter JF, Robinson TG, Ford GA, Mistri A, James M, Chernova J, Jagger C. Controlling hypertension and hypotension immediately post-stroke (CHHIPS): a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind pilot trial. Lancet Neurol. 2009 Jan 8 1 48-56
Mistri A, Robinson TG, Potter JF. Pressor therapy in acute stroke. Systematic review. Stroke 2006; 37: 1565-1571.
