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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

• RAW, M., MCNEILL, A. and MURRAY, R., 2010. Case studies of tobacco dependence treatment in Brazil, England, India, South Africa and Uruguay Addiction. 105(10), 1721-1728
• 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

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• Murray RL, Callister M, Britton J, Brain K, McCutchan G, Quaife S, Crosbie P, Neal R, Lewis S, Baldwim D, Parrott S, Wu Q. (2018). Yorkshire Cancer Research. The effect of adding a personalised smoking cessation intervention to a lung cancer screening programme (The Yorkshire Enhanced Stop Smoking study, YESS). (£917,978.78)
• Taylor A, Aveyard P, Creanor S, Greaves C, Green C, Hayward C, Murray R, Preece D, Thompson T, Ussher M. (2016). NIHR HTA. A Multi-centered Trial of physical Activity assisted Reduction of Smoking (TARS) (£1,821,614).
• Murray RL, Britton J, Lewis S, Bains M. (2015). NIHR. Preventing relapse to smoking in patients temporarily abstinent in the secondary care setting (£298,000).
• 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 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

• BARKER AB, OPAZO BRETON M, CRANWELL J, BRITTON J and MURRAY RL, 2018. Population exposure to smoking and tobacco branding in the UK reality show 'Love Island'. Tobacco control.
• MURRAY R, BRETON MO, BRITTON J, CRANWELL J and GRANT-BRAHAM B, 2018. Carlsberg alibi marketing in the UEFA euro 2016 football finals: implications of Probably inappropriate alcohol advertising. BMC public health. 18(1), 553
• NILAN K, MCNEILL A, MURRAY RL, MCKEEVER TM and RAW M, 2018. A survey of tobacco dependence treatment guidelines content in 61 countries. Addiction (Abingdon, England). (In Press.)
• NILAN K, RAW M, MCKEEVER TM, MURRAY RL and MCNEILL A, 2017. Progress in implementation of WHO FCTC Article 14 and its guidelines: A survey of tobacco dependence treatment provision in 142 countries. Addiction (Abingdon, England). (In Press.)
• JAYES LR, RATSCHEN E, MURRAY RL, DYMOND-WHITE S and BRITTON J, 2016. Second-hand smoke in four English prisons: an air quality monitoring study. BMC public health. 16, 119
• CRANWELL, J, MURRAY, R, LEWIS, S, LEONARDI-BEE, J, DOCKRELL, M and BRITTON, J, 2015. Adolescents' exposure to tobacco and alcohol content in YouTube music videos Addiction. 110(4), 703-711
• KRUSE GR, RIGOTTI NA, RAW M, MCNEILL A, MURRAY R, PINÉ-ABATA H, BITTON A and MCEWEN A, 2015. Tobacco Dependence Treatment Training Programs: An International Survey. Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. 18(5), 1012-8
• BAINS M, BRITTON J, MARSH J, JAYES L and MURRAY RL, 2014. Patients' and healthcare professionals' views on a specialist smoking cessation service delivered in a United Kingdom hospital: a qualitative study. Tobacco induced diseases. 12(1), 2
• SZATKOWSKI L, MURRAY R, HUBBARD R, AGRAWAL S, HUANG Y and BRITTON J, 2014. Prevalence of smoking among patients treated in NHS hospitals in England in 2010/2011: a national audit. Thorax. (In Press.)
• VENN A, DICKINSON A, MURRAY R, JONES L, LI J, PARROTT S and MCNEILL A, 2014. Effectiveness of a mobile, drop-in stop smoking service in reaching and supporting disadvantaged UK smokers to quit. Tobacco control. 25(1), 33-8
• MURRAY RL, SZATKOWSKI L and USSHER M, 2013. Evaluation of a Refined, Nationally Disseminated Self-Help Intervention for Smoking Cessation ("Quit Kit-2"). Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. (In Press.)
• PINÉ-ABATA, H., MCNEILL, A., RAW, M., BITTON, A., RIGOTTI, N. and MURRAY, R., 2013. A survey of tobacco dependence treatment guidelines in 121 countries Addiction. 108(8), 1470-1475
• PINÉ-ABATA H, MCNEILL A, MURRAY R, BITTON A, RIGOTTI N and RAW M, 2013. A survey of tobacco dependence treatment services in 121 countries. Addiction (Abingdon, England). 108(8), 1476-1484
• MURRAY, R.L., LEONARDI-BEE, J., MARSH, J., JAYES, L., LI, J., PARROTT, S. and BRITTON, J., 2013. Systematic identification and treatment of smokers by hospital based cessation practitioners in a secondary care setting: cluster randomised controlled trial BMJ. 347(7917), f4004
• MURRAY RL and MCNEILL A, 2012. Reducing the social gradient in smoking: initiatives in the united kingdom. Drug and alcohol review. 31(5), 693-7
• LAWLER, T, LAWLER, F, GIBSON, J and MURRAY, R, 2012. Does the African-American–White Mortality Gap Persist After Playing Professional Basketball? A 59-Year Historical Cohort Study Annals of Epidemiology. 22(6), 406-412
• MURRAY RL, BRITTON J and LEONARDI-BEE J, 2012. Second hand smoke exposure and the risk of invasive meningococcal disease in children: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC public health. 12, 1062
• 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.
• 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
• 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. 107(1), 188-196
• 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, M., MCNEILL, A. and MURRAY, R., 2010. Case studies of tobacco dependence treatment in Brazil, England, India, South Africa and Uruguay Addiction. 105(10), 1721-1728
• 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
• 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
• MURRAY RL, MCNEILL A, LEWIS S, BRITTON J and COLEMAN T, 2010. Unplanned attempts to quit smoking: a qualitative exploration. Addiction (Abingdon, England). 105(7), 1299-302
• 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, 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
• 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