Rachael Murray

Contact

• workRoom C118 Clinical Sciences Building
  Nottingham City Hospital
  Hucknall Road
  Nottingham
  NG5 1PB
  UK
• work0115 823 1389
• fax0115 823 1337
• rachael.murray@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Dr Rachael Murray achieved a 1st class honours degree in Sport and Exercise Science from the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff. She then went on to complete her Master's in Exercise Physiology from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana USA.

She joined the University of Nottingham in March 2004 as a Research Associate, completed her PhD fellowship funded by Cancer Research UK in June 2009, and was appointed as a lecturer in Health Policy & Promotion from August 2009.

Expertise Summary

Keywords:

Tobacco control policy, health inequalities and disadvantage

Teaching Summary

Dr Murray Jointly convenes and teaches on two specialist Master's-level tobacco control modules administered by the UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies . The first is 'Epidemiology of Tobacco Use… read more

Research Summary

Rachael Murray's current areas of general research interest are smoking and disadvantage, as well as tobacco control policy development. Her main research project involves running a trial that… read more

Selected Publications

• MURRAY, R.L, COLEMAN, T., ANTONIAK, M., STOCKS, J., FERGUS, A., BRITTON, J. and LEWIS, S.A., 2008. The effect of proactively identifying smokers and offering smoking cessation support in primary care populations: a cluster-randomized trial. Addiction. 103(6), 998-1006; discussion 1007-8
• MURRAY, RACHAEL L, LEWIS, SARAH A, COLEMAN, TIMOTHY, BRITTON, JOHN and MCNEILL, ANN, 2009. Unplanned attempts to quit smoking: missed opportunities for health promotion? Addiction (Abingdon, England). 104(11), 1901-9
• MURRAY, R.L., MCNEILL, A., LEWIS, S., BRITTON, J. and COLEMAN, T., 2010. Unplanned attempts to quit smoking: a qualitative exploration Addiction. 105(7), 1299–1302
• RAW, MARTIN, MCNEILL, ANN and MURRAY, RACHAEL, 2010. Case studies of tobacco dependence treatment in Brazil, England, India, South Africa and Uruguay. Addiction (Abingdon, England). 105(10), 1721-8

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• Co-applicant and work stream lead on "Smoking: new approaches to cessation service delivery, prevention of passive smoke exposure in children, and healthcare cost estimation" NIHR programme grants for applied research (£2.1million)
• Epidemiology and Public Health Postgraduate research student co-ordinator (applications)
• Member of the Youth Board for the European Committee on Tobacco or Health conference 2011
• Abstract reviewer, European Conference on Tobacco or Health 'Policy' track
• Member of the Society for Research in Nicotine and Tobacco Europe Board (Treasurer) September 2010-September 2013
• Member of the Society for Research in Nicotine and Tobacco Finance Committee
• Programme Committee for 2011 SRNT Europe-Antalya

Dr Murray Jointly convenes and teaches on two specialist Master's-level tobacco control modules administered by the UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies . The first is 'Epidemiology of Tobacco Use and the Tobacco Industry', the second is 'Tobacco Control Interventions'

Current Research

Rachael Murray's current areas of general research interest are smoking and disadvantage, as well as tobacco control policy development. Her main research project involves running a trial that investigates smoking cessation interventions in secondary care. There was an initial audit of current smoking status recording and cessation support followed by a randomised controlled trial of systematic integration of smoking cessation support in secondary care.

Other research projects:

• Assessment of tobacco dependence treatment internationally
• Evaluation of a nationally disseminated self-help intervention for smoking cessation
• Developing and assessing a mobile, community based smoking cessation service, for disadvantaged smokers

• BAINS M, VENN A, MURRAY RL, MCNEILL A and JONES LL, 2011. A Qualitative Exploration Of Smokers' Views Regarding Aspects Of A Community-Based Mobile Stop Smoking Service In The United Kingdom. Bmc Public Health. 11(1), 873 (In Press.)
• BOGDANOVICA I, MCNEILL A, MURRAY R and BRITTON J, 2011. What Factors Influence Smoking Prevalence And Smoke Free Policy Enactment Across The European Union Member States. Plos One. 6(8), e23889
• BOGDANOVICA I, MURRAY R, MCNEILL A and BRITTON J, 2011. Cigarette Price, Affordability And Smoking Prevalence In The European Union. Addiction (Abingdon, England). (In Press.)
• USSHER, MICHAEL, CHAMBERS, MELANIE, ADAMS, RYAN, CROGHAN, EMMA and MURRAY, RACHAEL, 2011. Evaluation of a nationally disseminated self-help intervention for smoking cessation ('Quit Kit'). Tobacco control.
• COOPER, JAE, BORLAND, RON, YONG, HUA-HIE, MCNEILL, ANN, MURRAY, RACHAEL L, O'CONNOR, RICHARD J and CUMMINGS, K MICHAEL, 2010. To what extent do smokers make spontaneous quit attempts and what are the implications for smoking cessation maintenance? Findings from the International Tobacco Control Four country survey. Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. 12 Suppl, S51-7
• GIBSON, JACK E, MURRAY, RACHAEL L, BORLAND, RON, CUMMINGS, K MICHAEL, FONG, GEOFFREY T, HAMMOND, DAVID and MCNEILL, ANN, 2010. The impact of the United Kingdom's national smoking cessation strategy on quit attempts and use of cessation services: findings from the International Tobacco Control Four Country Survey. Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. 12 Suppl, S64-71
• RAW, MARTIN, MCNEILL, ANN and MURRAY, RACHAEL, 2010. Case studies of tobacco dependence treatment in Brazil, England, India, South Africa and Uruguay. Addiction (Abingdon, England). 105(10), 1721-8
• MURRAY, R.L., MCNEILL, A., LEWIS, S., BRITTON, J. and COLEMAN, T., 2010. Unplanned attempts to quit smoking: a qualitative exploration Addiction. 105(7), 1299–1302
• MURRAY, RACHAEL L, LEWIS, SARAH A, COLEMAN, TIMOTHY, BRITTON, JOHN and MCNEILL, ANN, 2009. Unplanned attempts to quit smoking: missed opportunities for health promotion? Addiction (Abingdon, England). 104(11), 1901-9
• MURRAY, BAULD, HACKSHAW, MCNEILL,, 2009. Improving access to smoking cessation services for disadvantaged groups: a systematic review. Journal of Public Health.
• MURRAY, R.L, COLEMAN, T., ANTONIAK, M., STOCKS, J., FERGUS, A., BRITTON, J. and LEWIS, S.A., 2008. The effect of proactively identifying smokers and offering smoking cessation support in primary care populations: a cluster-randomized trial. Addiction. 103(6), 998-1006; discussion 1007-8
• MURRAY, R.L, COLEMAN, T., ANTONIAK, M., FERGUS, A., BRITTON, J. and LEWIS, S.A., 2008. The potential to improve ascertainment and intervention to reduce smoking in primary care: a cross sectional survey. BMC Health Services Research. 8, 6
• MICKLEBOROUGH, TIMOTHY D, MURRAY, RACHAEL L, IONESCU, ALINA A and LINDLEY, MARTIN R, 2003. Fish oil supplementation reduces severity of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in elite athletes. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine. 168(10), 1181-9