Murphy Michael J

Biography

Michael Murphy BA(Mod) MB BCh BAO MA MD FRCP Edin FRCPath ARCM graduated in biochemistry and medicine from Trinity College Dublin, and subsequently completed higher specialist training in clinical biochemistry in Dublin and Glasgow. He was appointed to the University of Dundee in 2002 where he is Reader in Biochemical Medicine and Director of Admissions. He also co-ordinates the student-selected strand of the Dundee undergraduate curriculum as SSC Convenor. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, the UK specialty journal for clinical biochemists, and lead author of a bestselling textbook of clinical biochemistry.

Research Interest

Research output reflects a range of interests, with over sixty publications on diverse topics. With colleagues in Dundee he has used a record-linkage approach to address a range of specific questions, e.g. defining the association between raised triglycerides and pancreatitis, examining the effectiveness of statins in a 'real-world' setting, assessing the impact of eGFR reporting on prescribing. As SSC Convenor he has spearheaded SSC initiatives both locally and nationally. Outputs include a series of papers and a chapter on SSCs in the Oxford Textbook of Medical Education. A third strand of activity relates to reflex and reflective ("add-on") testing, a neglected area of biochemical practice. Finally, he maintains links with investigators at the EarlyBird Study in Plymouth, specifically focusing on what can be learnt from studies of gender differences in insulin resistance in childhood. The title of his MD thesis was "Gender differences in insulin resistance in prepubertal British children."