Dr Marie Murphy PhD MSc BSc

Dr Marie Murphy

Department of Applied Health Sciences
Research Fellow

Contact details

Address
Room 248 Murray Learning Centre
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham B15 2TT

Dr. Marie Murphy is Research Fellow and Research Coordinator for the PHRESH Public Health Intervention Rapid Studies Team (PHIRST). Marie’s research interests are centred around improving child and adolescent nutrition and addressing dietary inequalities and food insecurity through public health policy and intervention. Marie has led on studies evaluating school food policy in secondary schools and is currently leading a project exploring support for health eating in special schools. Marie is a member of the School for Public Health Research, working collaboratively with colleagues on a range of projects, including evaluation of the Holiday Activities and Food Programme. As a mixed methods researcher, Marie is interested in developing innovative and inclusive qualitative and mixed methods approaches for engaging young people in all stages of research.

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Qualifications

  • PhD Medical Sciences 2019
  • PGA Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 2016
  • MSc Public Health Nutrition 2007
  • BSc Biology 2003

Teaching

Marie is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and contributes to teaching on the Masters in Public Health and the MBChB. Marie co-leads to MPH Health Improvement module and is interested in incorporating novel teaching approaches, such as Open Space Learning, to public health teaching.

Teaching activities:

Teaching interests:

    • Public Health Nutrition
    • Qualitative Methods and Mixed Methods Research
    • Novel teaching approaches
    • Supervising postgraduate research students

Other activities

Within the Institute, Marie is a representative for the Early Career Researcher Academic Group and co-founder of the Institute’s special interest group on food, nutrition and weight. Externally, Marie is a member of the School for Public Health Research, and a committee member for their ResNet Early Career Researcher network. Marie co-chairs the UK Society for Behavioural Medicine Special Interest Group on Child Health.

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Murphy, M, Coffey, A, Pallan, M & Oyebode, O 2024, 'Changing the food environment in secondary school canteens to promote healthy dietary choices: a qualitative study with school caterers', BMC Public Health, vol. 24, no. 1, 1970. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19513-7

Pallan, M, Murphy, M, Morrison, B, Sitch, A, Adamson, A, Bartington, S, Dobell, A, Duff, R, Frew, E, Griffin, T, Hurley, K, Lancashire, E, McLeman, L, Passmore, S, Pokhilenko, I, Rowland, M, Ravaghi, V, Spence, S & Adab, P 2024, 'National school food standards in England: a cross-sectional study to explore compliance in secondary schools and impact on pupil nutritional intake', The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, vol. 21, 123. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-024-01672-w

Pallan, M, Murphy, M, Morrison, B, Pokhilenko, I, Sitch, A, Frew, E, Rawdin, C, Adams, R, Adamson, A, Bartington, S, Dobell, A, Duff, R, Griffin, T, Hurley, K, Lancashire, E, McLeman, L, Passmore, S, Ravaghi, V, Spence, S & Adab, P 2024, 'School food policy in secondary schools in England and its impact on adolescents’ diets and dental health: the FUEL multiple-methods study', Public Health Research, vol. 12, no. 12, pp. 1-167. https://doi.org/10.3310/TTPL8570

Kipping, R, Pallan, M, Hannam, K, Willis, K, Dobell, A, Metcalfe, C, Jago, R, Johnson, L, Langford, R, Martin, CK, Hollingworth, W, Cochrane, M, White, J, Blair, P, Toumpakari, Z, Taylor, J, Ward, D, Moore, L, Reid, T, Pardoe, M, Wen, L, Murphy, M, Martin, A, Chambers, S & Simpson, SA 2023, 'Protocol to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an environmental nutrition and physical activity intervention in nurseries (Nutrition and Physical Activity Self Assessment for Child Care - NAP SACC UK): a multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial', BMC Public Health, vol. 23, no. 1, 1475. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16229-y

Murphy, M, Mensah, D, Mylona, E & Oyebode, O 2021, 'Acceptability and feasibility of strategies to promote healthy dietary choices in UK secondary school canteens: a qualitative study', BMC Research Notes, vol. 14, no. 1, 365 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-021-05778-3

Murphy, M, Boardman, F, Robertson, W & Johnson, R 2021, 'Children's perspectives and experiences of health, diet, physical activity and weight in an urban, multi-ethnic UK population: A qualitative study', Child: Care, Health & Development, vol. 47, no. 5, pp. 597-607. https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.12867

Murphy, M, Pallan, M, Lancashire, E, Duff, R, Adamson, A, Bartington, S, Frew, E, Griffin, T, Hurley, K, Parry, J, Passmore, S, Ravaghi, V, Sitch, A, Spence, S, Rowland, MK, Wheeldon, S & Adab, P 2020, 'The Food provision, cUlture and Environment in secondary schooLs (FUEL) study: protocol of a mixed methods evaluation of national School Food Standards implementation in secondary schools and their impact on pupils’ dietary intake and dental health', BMJ open, vol. 10, no. 10, e042931. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042931

Johnson, R, Murphy, M & Griffiths, F 2019, 'Conveying troublesome concepts:: Using an open-space learning activity to teach mixed-methods research in the health sciences', Methodological Innovations, vol. 12, no. 2. https://doi.org/10.1177/2059799119863279

Murphy, M, Johnson, R, Parsons, NR & Robertson, W 2019, 'Understanding local ethnic inequalities in childhood BMI through cross-sectional analysis of routinely collected local data', BMC Public Health, vol. 19, 1585 , pp. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7870-2

Al‐Khudairy, L, Loveman, E, Colquitt, JL, Mead, E, Johnson, R, Fraser, H, Olajide, J, Murphy, M, Velho, RM, O'Malley , C, Azevedo, LB, Ells, LJ, Metzendorf, M-I & Rees, K 2017, 'Diet, physical activity and behavioural interventions for the treatment of overweight or obesity in adolescents aged 12 to 17 years', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 6. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD012691

Murphy, M, Robertson, W & Oyebode, O 2017, 'Obesity in international migrant populations', Current Obesity Reports, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 314-323. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13679-017-0274-7

Robertson, W, Murphy, M & Johnson, R 2016, 'Evidence base for the prevention and management of child obesity', Paediatrics and Child Health (United Kingdom), vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 212-218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paed.2015.12.009

Yusuf, H, Kolliakou, A, Ntouva, A, Murphy, M, Newton, T, Tsakos, G & Watt, RG 2016, 'Predictors of dentists' behaviours in delivering prevention in primary dental care in England: using the theory of planned behaviour', BMC Health Services Research, vol. 16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1293-x

Chapter

Murphy, M & Pallan, M 2023, The role of schools in supporting healthy eating in children and young people. in GS Lalli, A Turner & M Rutland (eds), Food Futures in Education and Society. 1st edn, Routledge, pp. 87-101. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003294962-8

Conference article

GENIUS network, Woodside, JV, O'Kane, N, Pallan, M, Evans, CEL, Defeyter, G, Brownlee, I, Murphy, M, Parnham, JC, Lalli, GS, Bryant, M, McKinley, MC, Gallagher, AM, Schliemann, D, McConnell, C, Olgacher, D & Spence, S 2024, 'The Generating Excellent Nutrition in UK Schools (GENIUS) network: working towards a more health-promoting food and nutrition system in UK schools', The Proceedings of the Nutrition Society. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0029665124007560

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