By Dr Cheryl Carcel

Book Chapters

Carcel C; Caso V; Aguiar de Sousa D; Sandset EC, 2022, 'Sex differences in neurovascular disorders', in International Review of Neurobiology, pp. 69 - 99, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/bs.irn.2022.07.001

Journal articles

Zhang G; Chen C; Ren X; Zhao Y; Ouyang M; Billot L; Li Q; Wang X; Zhang L; Ong S; Liu L; You S; Lindley RI; Robinson TG; Li G; Chen X; Sui Y; Anderson CS; Song L; Krause M; Priglinger M; Day S; Jala S; Davies L; Delcourt C; Carcel C; Malavera A; Ray E; Anderson CS; Wijeratne T; Celestino S; Law LY; Ng G; Nagao K; Weiss G; Titton N; Batista C; Zãn D; Carbonera L; Ferreira K; Castro R; Martins Filho RK; Carvalho M; Libardi M; Martins G; Fagundes D; Baron G; Boehringer A; Barbosa J; Bazan R; Braga G; Luvizutto G; Ribeiro P; Winckler F; Moro C; Longo A; Liberato R; Barbosa R; Magalhães P; Portal M; Martin K; Souza A; Cuervo D; Perin D; Marques L; Oliveira F; Battaglini M; Lourenço F; Ferreira K; Silva G; Duarte L; Alves M; Sousa J; Uhehara M; Brunser A; Mazzón E; Spencer M; Acosta I; Rojo A; Rivas R; Klapp C; Carvallo L; Carvallo P; Mansilla E; Flores J; Alvarado M; Herrera A; Reyes C; Jurado F; Bustamante G; Bravo L; Matamala JM; Guerrero R; Chen G; Zhou S; Ping L; Liu W; Liu L; Tian Y; Xu H, 2025, 'Effects of Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering on Brain Swelling in Thrombolyzed Acute Ischemic Stroke: The ENCHANTED Results', Stroke, 56, pp. 1388 - 1395, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.049938

Delfino C; Carcel C; Lin X; Muñoz-Venturelli P; Naismith SL; Woodward M; Peters R; Wijesuriya N; Law M; Harding IH; Wang X; Elliott J; Leder K; Hutchings O; Stecher X; Zoungas S; Anderson CS, 2025, 'STatin TReatment for COVID-19 to Optimise NeuroloGical recovERy (STRONGER): study protocol for a randomised, open label clinical trial in patients with persistent neurological symptoms after COVID-19 infection', BMJ Open, 15, pp. e089382, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-089382

Kelly RK; Harris K; Carcel C; Muntner P; Woodward M, 2025, 'Abstract 024: Should Women Have Lower Blood pressure Goals Than Men? Sex Differences in Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Disease in the UK Biobank', Circulation, 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/cir.151.suppl_1.024

Moelgg K; Karisik A; Buergi L; Carcel C; Christensen H; Silva GS; Dejakum B; Komarek S; Domig L; Rinner H; Granna J; Willeit K; Willeit J; Pechlaner R; Boehme C; Mayer-Suess L; Toell T; Kiechl S; Knoflach M, 2025, 'Sex Differences in the Participation in Secondary Prevention Stroke Studies', Journal of the American Heart Association, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.124.038917

You S; Zheng D; Chen X; Wang X; Ouyang M; Han Q; Cao Y; Delcourt C; Song L; Carcel C; Arima H; Liu CF; Lindley RI; Robinson T; Anderson CS; Chalmers J, 2025, 'Subacute Neurological Improvement Predicts Favorable Functional Recovery After Intracerebral Hemorrhage: INTERACT2 Study', Stroke, 56, pp. 621 - 627, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.048847

Heffernan M; Woodward M; De Silva DA; Chen C; Anderson CS; Kremer C; Harris K; Sandset EC; Ferretti MT; Caso V; Carcel C, 2025, 'Sex and Gender Publications in Brain Health: A Mapping Review of the Asia-Pacific Region', Cerebrovascular Diseases, 54, pp. 89 - 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000537946

Carcel C; Tastula K; Henry A, 2024, 'Stroke in young women: the need for targeted prevention and treatment strategies', Medical Journal of Australia, 221, pp. 571 - 572, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52516

Gadsden T; Hallam L; Carcel C; Norton R; Woodward M; Chappell L; Downey LE, 2024, 'Theory of change for addressing sex and gender bias, invisibility and exclusion in Australian health and medical research, policy and practice', Health Research Policy and Systems, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12961-024-01173-z

Carcel C; Vassallo A; Hallam L; Shanthosh J; Thompson K; Halliday L; Anderst J; Smith AKJ; McKenzie BL; Newman CE; Bennett-Brook K; Wainer Z; Woodward M; Norton R; Chappell L, 2024, 'Policies on the collection, analysis, and reporting of sex and gender in Australian health and medical research: a mixed methods study', Medical Journal of Australia, 221, pp. 374 - 380, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52435

You S; Wang Y; Wang X; Maeda T; Ouyang M; Han Q; Li Q; Song L; Zhao Y; Chen C; Delcourt C; Ren X; Carcel C; Zhou Z; Cao Y; Liu CF; Zheng D; Arima H; Robinson TG; Chen X; Lindley RI; Chalmers J; Anderson CS; Li Q, 2024, 'Twenty-Four-Hour Post-Thrombolysis NIHSS Score As the Strongest Prognostic Predictor After Acute Ischemic Stroke: ENCHANTED Study', Journal of the American Heart Association, 13, pp. e036109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.124.036109

Carcel C; Clancy L; Harris K; Peters R; Byrne A; Bassett K; Freed R; Hoyos CM; Rodgers A; Lindley R; Chalmers J; Xu Y; Woodward M; Ouyang M; Naismith SL; Anderson C, 2024, 'Randomised controlled decentralised feasibility trial of a fixed low-dose combination antihypertensive drug strategy to attenuate cognitive decline in high-risk adults', BMJ Open, 14, pp. e080862, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080862

Shajahan S; Peters R; Carcel C; Woodward M; Harris K; Anderson CS, 2024, 'Hypertension and Mild Cognitive Impairment: State-of-the-Art Review', American Journal of Hypertension, 37, pp. 385 - 393, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ajh/hpae007

Haupt S; Carcel C; Norton R, 2024, 'Neglecting sex and gender in research is a public-health risk', Nature, 629, pp. 527 - 530, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-01372-2

Nguyen MTH; Sakamoto Y; Maeda T; Woodward M; Anderson CS; Catiwa J; Yazidjoglou A; Carcel C; Yang M; Wang X, 2024, 'Influence of Socioeconomic Status on Functional Outcomes After Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis', Journal of the American Heart Association, 13, pp. e033078, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.123.033078

Zhou Z; You S; Sakamoto Y; Xu Y; Ding S; Xu W; Li W; Yu J; Wang Y; Harris K; Delcourt C; Reeves MJ; Lindley RI; Parsons MW; Woodward M; Anderson C; Du X; Pu J; Wardlaw JM; Carcel C, 2024, 'Covert Cerebrovascular Changes in People With Heart Disease', Neurology, 102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000209204

Carcel C; Haupt S; Arnott C; Yap ML; Henry A; Hirst JE; Woodward M; Norton R, 2024, 'A life-course approach to tackling noncommunicable diseases in women', Nature Medicine, 30, pp. 51 - 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02738-1

Haupt S; Carcel C; Halliday L; Billiards S; Carson L; Redman K; Lappan-Newton S; Aubrey KR; Bickendorf X; Bourke JE; Buchert M; Duarte JDG; Dasvarma A; Drake-Brockman TFE; Drysdale K; Dymock SCC; Eadie LN; Eckersley-Maslin M; Eissmann MF; Fazio J; Haire BG; Holder M; Kleppe N; Knight K; Mauclair J; Northcott C; Oliver BGGO; O'Mara TA; Pang K; Philpot S; Purves-Tyson TD; Stewart-Olsen J; Ursich L; Vukelic N; Yakou MH; Graham B; Lamon S; Huxley R; Thompson K; Bennett-Brook K; Jenkins C; Wainer Z; Woodward M; Chappell L; Norton R, 2024, 'Catalysing change in health and medical research policy: an Australian case study of deliberative democracy to reform sex and gender policy recommendations', Frontiers in Public Health, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1522213

Xu Y; Harris K; Pouncey AL; Carcel C; Low G; Peters SAE; Woodward M, 2023, 'Sex differences in risk factors for incident peripheral artery disease hospitalisation or death: Cohort study of UK Biobank participants', Plos One, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292083

Li JXL; Wang X; Henry A; Anderson CS; Hammond N; Harris K; Liu H; Loffler K; Myburgh J; Pandian J; Smyth B; Venkatesh B; Carcel C; Woodward M, 2023, 'Sex differences in pain expressed by patients across diverse disease states: individual patient data meta-analysis of 33,957 participants in 10 randomized controlled trials', Pain, 164, pp. 1666 - 1676, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002884

Carcel C; Haghdoost F; Shen J; Nanda P; Bai Y; Atkins E; Torii-Yoshimura T; Clough AJ; Davies L; Cordato D; Griffiths LR; Balicki G; Wang X; Vidyasagar K; Malavera A; Anderson CS; Zagami AS; Delcourt C; Rodgers A, 2023, 'The effect of blood pressure lowering medications on the prevention of episodic migraine: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Cephalalgia, 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03331024231183166

Wang X; You S; Zhou Z; Delcourt C; Wardlaw J; Mair G; Robinson T; Chen X; Yoshimura S; Torii-Yoshimura T; Carcel C; Malavera A; Anderson C; Lindley RI, 2023, 'Baseline brain imaging signs in patients with ischaemic stroke by the presence of atrial fibrillation: the ENCHANTED trial', Journal of Neurology, 270, pp. 2567 - 2575, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00415-023-11580-x

Wang X; Carcel C; Woodward M, 2023, 'Differences in the pre-hospital management of women and men with stroke by emergency medical services in New South Wales', Medical Journal of Australia, 218, pp. 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51809

Carcel C; Woodward M, 2023, 'Gender diversity of clinical practice guideline panels in Australia: important opportunities for progress', Medical Journal of Australia, 218, pp. 73 - 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51832

Hallam L; Vassallo A; Hallam C; Thompson K; Shanthosh J; Chappell L; Wainer Z; Norton R; Woodward M; Carcel C, 2023, 'Sex and gender reporting in Australian health and medical research publications', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 47, pp. 100005, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2022.100005

Shajahan S; Sun L; Harris K; Wang X; Sandset EC; Yu AYX; Woodward M; Peters SAE; Carcel C, 2023, 'Sex differences in the symptom presentation of stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis', International Journal of Stroke, 18, pp. 144 - 153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17474930221090133

Harris K; Gong J; Shah M; Hajat S; Xu Y; Carcel C; Woodward M; Chalmers J, 2023, 'ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN RISK FACTORS FOR COGNITIVE DECLINE AND DEMENTIA, IN INDIVIDUALS WITH DIABETES: RESULTS FROM THE ADVANCE TRIAL', JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION, 41, pp. E163 - E163

Carcel C; Neal B; Rogers K; Oparil S; Narkiewicz K; Wang J; Schiffrin EL; Azizi M; Poulter N; Chalmers J, 2023, 'S-16-1: RESISTANT HYPERTENISION: CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL', Journal of Hypertension, 41, pp. e42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.hjh.0000913112.64878.4e

Connolly D; Hynd AM, 2023, 'The construction and enforcement of East Asia’s air defence identification zones: Grey volumes in the sky?', Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, 41, pp. 1029 - 1046, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23996544231169378

Pinho-Gomes A-C; Carcel C; Woodward M; Hockham C, 2023, 'Women's representation in clinical trials of patients with chronic kidney disease', Clinical Kidney Journal, 16, pp. 1457 - 1464, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sfad018

Grundtvig J; Ovesen C; Steiner T; Carcel C; Gaist D; Christensen L; Marstrand J; Meden P; Rosenbaum S; Iversen HK; Kruuse C; Christensen T; Ægidius K; Havsteen I; Christensen H, 2022, 'Corrigendum: Sex-differences in oral anticoagulant-related intracerebral hemorrhage(Front. Neurol., (2022), 13, (832903), 10.3389/fneur.2022.832903)', Frontiers in Neurology, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2022.1055360

Yang M; Cheng H; Wang X; Ouyang M; Shajahan S; Carcel C; Anderson C; Kristoffersen ES; Lin Y; Sandset EC; Wang X; Yang J, 2022, 'Antithrombotics prescription and adherence among stroke survivors: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Brain and Behavior, 12, pp. e2752, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/brb3.2752

Pinho-Gomes AC; Gong J; Harris K; Woodward M; Carcel C, 2022, 'Dementia clinical trials over the past decade: are women fairly represented?', BMJ Neurology Open, 4, pp. e000261, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjno-2021-000261

Wang X; Carcel C; Hsu B; Shajahan S; Miller M; Peters S; Randall DA; Havard A; Redfern J; Anderson CS; Jorm L; Woodward M, 2022, 'Differences in the pre-hospital management of women and men with stroke by emergency medical services in New South Wales', Medical Journal of Australia, 217, pp. 143 - 148, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51652

Hsu B; Carcel C; Wang X; Peters SAE; Randall DA; Havard A; Miller M; Redfern J; Woodward M; Jorm LR, 2022, 'Erratum to “Sex differences in emergency medical services management of patients with myocardial infarction: Analysis of routinely collected data for over 110,000 patients” [Am Heart J (2021) 87-91](S0002870321001885)(10.1016/j.ahj.2021.07.009)', American Heart Journal, 248, pp. 175 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2021.11.007

Zhou Z; Xia C; Mair G; Delcourt C; Yoshimura S; Liu X; Chen Z; Malavera A; Carcel C; Chen X; Wang X; Al-Shahi Salman R; Robinson TG; Lindley RI; Chalmers J; Wardlaw JM; Parsons MW; Demchuk AM; Anderson CS, 2022, 'Thrombolysis outcomes according to arterial characteristics of acute ischemic stroke by alteplase dose and blood pressure target', International Journal of Stroke, 17, pp. 566 - 575, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17474930211025436

Hallam L; Vassallo A; Pinho-Gomes AC; Carcel C; Woodward M, 2022, 'Does Journal Content in the Field of Women's Health Represent Women's Burden of Disease? A Review of Publications in 2010 and 2020', Journal of Women's Health, 31, pp. 611 - 619, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2021.0425

Wang X; Carcel C; Woodward M; Schutte AE, 2022, 'Blood Pressure and Stroke: A Review of Sex-and Ethnic/Racial-Specific Attributes to the Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Management of Raised Blood Pressure', Stroke, 53, pp. 1114 - 1133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.035852

Madsen TE; Samaei M; Pikula A; Yu AYX; Carcel C; Millsaps E; Yalamanchili RS; Bencie N; Dula AN; Leppert M; Rundek T; Dreyer RP; Bushnell C, 2022, 'Sex Differences in Physical Activity and Incident Stroke: A Systematic Review', Clinical Therapeutics, 44, pp. 586 - 611, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinthera.2022.02.006

Grundtvig J; Ovesen C; Steiner T; Carcel C; Gaist D; Christensen L; Marstrand J; Meden P; Rosenbaum S; Iversen HK; Kruuse C; Christensen T; Ægidius K; Havsteen I; Christensen H, 2022, 'Sex-Differences in Oral Anticoagulant-Related Intracerebral Hemorrhage', Frontiers in Neurology, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2022.832903

Rexrode KM; Madsen TE; Yu AYX; Carcel C; Lichtman JH; Miller EC, 2022, 'The Impact of Sex and Gender on Stroke', Circulation Research, 130, pp. 512 - 528, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.121.319915

Pinho-Gomes AC; Vassallo A; Carcel C; Peters S; Woodward M, 2022, 'Gender equality and the gender gap in life expectancy in the European Union', BMJ Global Health, 7, pp. e008278, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-008278

Carcel C; Bushnell C, 2022, 'Can Dietary Patterns That Support Planetary Health Benefit Population Health?', Stroke, 53, pp. 164 - 166, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.037314

Hallam L; McKenzie BL; Gong J; Carcel C; Hockham C, 2022, 'Contextualising sex and gender research to improve women's health: An early- and mid-career researcher perspective', Frontiers in Global Women S Health, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2022.942876

Gomes ACP; Peters SA; Nambatingue N; Carcel C; Woodward M; Vassallo A, 2022, 'Did the Digital Experience improve womens representation at the European Society of Cardiology congress?', Heart, 108, pp. 982 - 985, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2021-320716

Muñoz-Venturelli P; González F; Urrutia F; Mazzon E; Navia V; Brunser A; Lavados P; Olavarría V; Almeida J; Guerrero R; Rojo A; Gigoux JP; Vallejos J; Conejan N; Esparza T; Escobar A; Soto A; Pontes-Neto O; Arauz A; Abanto C; Carcel C; Zafra-Tanaka JH; Liu H; Song L; Miranda JJ; Anderson CS, 2022, 'Stroke care and collaborative academic research in Latin America', Salud Publica De Mexico, 64, pp. 40 - 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.21149/12803

Ouyang M; Shajahan S; Liu X; Sun L; Carcel C; Harris K; Anderson CS; Woodward M; Wang X, 2022, 'Sex differences in the utilization and outcomes of endovascular treatment after acute ischemic stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 3, pp. 1032592, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2022.1032592

Xia C; Wang X; Lindley RI; Delcourt C; Chen X; Zhou Z; Guo R; Carcel C; Malavera A; Calic Z; Mair G; Wardlaw JM; Robinson TG; Anderson CS, 2021, 'Early decompressive hemicraniectomy in thrombolyzed acute ischemic stroke patients from the international ENCHANTED trial', Scientific Reports, 11, pp. 16495, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96087-z

Haghdoost F; Carcel C; Chandrasekhar D; Rodgers A; Delcourt C, 2021, 'The impact of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic on migraine disorder', Journal of Neurology, 268, pp. 4429 - 4435, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00415-021-10590-x

Carcel C; Harris K; Peters SAE; Sandset EC; Balicki G; Bushnell CD; Howard VJ; Reeves MJ; Anderson CS; Kelly PJ; Woodward M, 2021, 'Representation of Women in Stroke Clinical Trials: A Review of 281 Trials Involving More Than 500,000 Participants', Neurology, 97, pp. E1768 - E1774, http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000012767

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