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Biography
Professor 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. She since achieved a Masters degree in Health Care Policy and Management and was promoted to Associate Professor of Health Policy in August 2016 and Professor of Population Health in August 2020.
Expertise Summary
Keywords:
Tobacco control policy, health inequalities and disadvantage
Teaching Summary
Dr Murray jointly convenes and teaches on the specialist Masters-level tobacco control module administered by the UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies 'Tobacco Control Interventions', and the… read more
Research Summary
Rachael Murray's current areas of general research interest are smoking and disadvantage, as well as tobacco control policy development. She is the Chief Investigator on a research project funded by… 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 MURRAY, R.L., LEWIS, S.A., COLEMAN, T., BRITTON, J. and MCNEILL, A., 2009. Unplanned attempts to quit smoking: missed opportunities for health promotion? Addiction. 104(11), 1901-1909 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
Dr Murray jointly convenes and teaches on the specialist Masters-level tobacco control module administered by the UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies 'Tobacco Control Interventions', and the Dissertation' module. She also jointly convenes and teaches on the 'Health Care Systems and Management module in conjunction with the Business School at the University of Nottingham.
Current Research
Rachael Murray's current areas of general research interest are smoking and disadvantage, as well as tobacco control policy development. She is the Chief Investigator on a research project funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research investigating the effectiveness of an enhanced personalised stop smoking intervention delivered to smokers attending for a lung health check in Leeds. She is also the site lead for an NIHR funded project investigating the use of physical activity for smoking reduction in smokers who do not currently want to quit.
Past Research
Rachael Murray's current areas of general research interest are smoking and disadvantage, as well as tobacco control policy development. Recent research projects include:
- Delivery of systematic smoking cessation support in secondary care
- Provision of smoking cessation support for smokers recently discharged from hospital
- 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