School of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Health

Dr Michael Stringer

  • MVLS Futures Fellow (Cardiovascular & Metabolic Health)

Biography

I am an MVLS Futures Fellow in the School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health. My current work focuses on improving the accuracy and sensitivity of in vivo measurements of vascular dysfunction, and applying them across several studies on patients with small vessel disease, which causes many strokes and dementias. Originally from a mathematics background (BSc (Hons) Glasgow, MSc Heriot-Watt), I previously completed a PhD in medical imaging at the University of Aberdeen in 2016.

Research interests

Research Theme: Vascular Diseases and Comorbidities

Developing and using quantitative MRI methods to assess haemodynamic and metabolic properties in patients is my main research focus. Working closely with clinicians, I have played a leading role in several multicentre imaging studies (e.g. H2020 funded SVDs@Target, Leducq Network for Research Excellence on perivascular spaces), including clinical trials (LACI-1 and Treat-SVDs), cross-sectional (Sleep Apnea and Investigate-SVDs) and longitudinal studies (Mild Stroke Study 3).

My research covers three main strands:

  • Methodological development 
  • Clinical studies in stroke and small vessel disease 
  • Improving translational imaging:

Publications

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Number of items: 5.

2026

Ridge, Keelin N., Wardlaw, Joanna M., Thrippleton, Michael and Stringer, Michael ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3811-4439 (2026) Cerebrovascular reactivity delay measured by blood oxygen level dependent magnetic resonance imaging and gas challenges: a systematic review. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, (doi: 10.1177/0271678X261473390) (PMID:42477900) (Early Online Publication)

Stringer, M. S. et al. (2026) Gadolinium- and water-based blood-brain barrier dysfunction measures in patients with sporadic small vessel disease. Cerebral Circulation - Cognition and Behavior, 10, 100528. (doi: 10.1016/j.cccb.2026.100528)

2025

Stringer, M. S. et al. (2025) Cerebrovascular function in sporadic and genetic cerebral small vessel disease. Annals of Neurology, 97(3), pp. 483-498. (doi: 10.1002/ana.27136) (PMID:39552538) (PMCID:PMC11831873)

2023

Kopczak, A. et al. (2023) Effect of blood pressure-lowering agents on microvascular function in people with small vessel diseases (TREAT-SVDs): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, crossover trial. Lancet Neurology, 22(11), pp. 991-1004. (doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(23)00293-4) (PMID:37863608)

Sennfält, Stefan, Thrippleton, Michael J., Stringer, Michael ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3811-4439, Arteaga Reyes, Carmen, Chappell, Francesca, Doubal, Fergus, Garcia, Daniela J., Zhang, Junfang, Cheng, Yajun and Wardlaw, Joanna (2023) Visualising and semi-quantitatively measuring brain fluid pathways, including meningeal lymphatics, in humans using widely available MRI techniques. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 43(10), pp. 1779-1795. 37254892. (doi: 10.1177/0271678X231179555) (PMID:PMC1058123)

This list was generated on Wed Aug 19 16:35:21 2026 BST.
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Number of items: 5.

Articles

Ridge, Keelin N., Wardlaw, Joanna M., Thrippleton, Michael and Stringer, Michael ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3811-4439 (2026) Cerebrovascular reactivity delay measured by blood oxygen level dependent magnetic resonance imaging and gas challenges: a systematic review. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, (doi: 10.1177/0271678X261473390) (PMID:42477900) (Early Online Publication)

Stringer, M. S. et al. (2026) Gadolinium- and water-based blood-brain barrier dysfunction measures in patients with sporadic small vessel disease. Cerebral Circulation - Cognition and Behavior, 10, 100528. (doi: 10.1016/j.cccb.2026.100528)

Stringer, M. S. et al. (2025) Cerebrovascular function in sporadic and genetic cerebral small vessel disease. Annals of Neurology, 97(3), pp. 483-498. (doi: 10.1002/ana.27136) (PMID:39552538) (PMCID:PMC11831873)

Kopczak, A. et al. (2023) Effect of blood pressure-lowering agents on microvascular function in people with small vessel diseases (TREAT-SVDs): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, crossover trial. Lancet Neurology, 22(11), pp. 991-1004. (doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(23)00293-4) (PMID:37863608)

Sennfält, Stefan, Thrippleton, Michael J., Stringer, Michael ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3811-4439, Arteaga Reyes, Carmen, Chappell, Francesca, Doubal, Fergus, Garcia, Daniela J., Zhang, Junfang, Cheng, Yajun and Wardlaw, Joanna (2023) Visualising and semi-quantitatively measuring brain fluid pathways, including meningeal lymphatics, in humans using widely available MRI techniques. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 43(10), pp. 1779-1795. 37254892. (doi: 10.1177/0271678X231179555) (PMID:PMC1058123)

This list was generated on Wed Aug 19 16:35:21 2026 BST.

Supervision

I am a PhD supervisor for Keelin Ridge (Keelin Ridge | The University of Edinburgh) and Grant Kirkwood (Grant Kirkwood | The University of Edinburgh), both entering 3rd year.

I was a co-supervisor for Emily Sleight (now a postdoc at EPFL) on the project "Advanced signal processing and MRI to assess cerebrovascular health in small vessel disease and dementia" which implemented and assessed novel approaches for calculating cerebrovascular reactivity using MRI.

Emilie Claire Sleight — People - EPFL


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