Research
Particularly interested in R-based Clinical Research
PUBLICATIONS (ORCID)
Assessment of the alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor as an imaging marker of cardiac repair-associated processes using NS14490
EJNMMI Res., (DOI Link, Published Online Jan. 11 2024)
Victoria J. M. Reid, Wesley K. X. McLoughlin, Kalyani Pandya, Holly Stott, Monika Iškauskienė, Algirdas Šačkus, Judit A. Marti, Dominic Kurian, Thomas M. Wishart, Christophe Lucatelli, Dan Peters, Gillian A. Gray, Andrew H. Baker, David E. Newby, Patrick W. F. Hadoke, Adriana A. S. Tavares and Mark G. MacAskill
Half-dose Photodynamic Therapy recommended in the management of central serous chorioretinopathy during era of limited supplies of verteporfin
Ophthalmologica, (DOI Link, Published Online Jan. 4 2023)
Kah Long Aw*, Wesley McLoughlin*, Peter Cackett
*Co-Authors
P3 α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor expression in vascular cells during normoxia and hypoxia
Heart, (DOI Link, Heart 105, Suppl. 4, May 2019)
Wesley McLoughlin, Christophe Lucatelli, Dan Peters, Andrew H Baker, David E Newby, Patrick Hadoke, Adriana AS Tavares, Mark G MacAskill
Book Chapter
Medical Innovation: Concepts, Innovation and the Future of Healthcare (Eds. Rahul Kanegaonkar, James Tysome)
Published by Routledge, Feb 8 2023. | ISBN 9780367703004
Ch. 20 - Wearable and Implantable Medical Devices – A Fantastic Voyage
Wesley McLoughlin and Ian McLoughlin
Contribution
Changing Roles of Medical Students (Dr. Jeni Harden & Prof. Ron Harden)
Published by Elsevier, April 14 2023 | ISBN 9780323870221
PAST RESEARCH PROJECTS
Dissertation Research, 2020
Mechanisms of manipulating cebpa-mediated adipogenesis in zebrafish
Minchin Lab, Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, QMRI, UoE
MRS Vacation Scholarship, 2019
R-based Logistic Regression on UK Biobank Biomarker data on depression
Prof. Andrew McIntosh, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, UoE
Summer Research, 2018
Alpha7nAChR expression in vascular cells in normoxia and hypoxia (heart abstract here)
Dr. Mark MacAskill and Tavares Lab, Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, QMRI, UoE
CONFERENCES (PARTICIPATED)
Scottish Ophthalmological Club, Winter Conference, Glasgow
Oral Presentation - best oral presentation prize
Taking the pressure off outpatients: Home IOP measurement pilot study
DoHAD 2022 World Congress, Vancouver, Canada
Poster Presentation
The protective effect of sunspot number on preterm birth rates: Scottish and Western Australian population data linkage study
Funded by The Royal Medical Society's Travel & Study Award and Edinburgh Medical School.
INSPIRE@Ed 2020 Symposium, Edinburgh - WT-funded, AcadMedSci Scheme
Main Stage Oral Presentation
Elucidating mechanisms of manipulating Cebpa-mediated adipogenesis in zebrafish
Meet the Researcher Showcase (MRS), Glasgow and Dundee, 2020
Showcase and Poster Presentations in Glasgow and Dundee to school students
Big Data – A solution to the (mis)diagnosis of depression (poster and event links)
Scottish Cardiovascular Forum 2019, UHI, Inverness
Poster Presentation (abstract in BMJ’s Heart Journal, May 2019, Heart 105 suppl.4)
a7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor expression in vascular cells during normoxia and hypoxia
National GMC MLA Conference 2018, London
Represented Edinburgh Medical School