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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
Prof 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. Current research projects include:
- 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 (the "YESS" study).
- Workpackage lead for a Horizon 2020 European Union research grant around lung cancer screening, with particular focus on effective recruitment strategies into screening programmes, led by Harry de Koning.
- Smoking cessation expert on the PREHABS study around prehabilitation for patients undergoing radiotherapy for lung cancer led by Kevin Franks and Carole Burnett
Prof 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.