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Marie Murphy is a Professor of Exercise and Health at the University of Edinburgh and holds a joint appointment at Ulster University (0.2 FTE). She is Director of the Physical Activity for Health Research Centre (PAHRC) and a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, British Association of Sport & Exercise Sciences, and the Higher Education Academy. She chairs the WHO Europe Health Enhancing Physical Activity Steering Committee (HEPA Europe) and previously served on the Board of the International Society of Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH). She led the sub-panel for the UK's Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021.
Education:
- BSc (Hons) Sport & Leisure
- PGCE Physical Education
- MSc Sport Science (Loughborough University)
- PhD Exercise Physiology (Loughborough University)
Her research focuses on physical activity and exercise's impact on health, particularly walking, using multidisciplinary methods spanning behavioral and biochemical measures. She contributed to the 2011 and 2019 UK physical activity guidelines and leads the development of the new UK guidelines. Her work has informed policy in the US, UK, and Ireland.
Funded Projects: She is Principal Investigator on projects such as the Cross-border Healthcare Intervention Trials (CHITIN) and the Walking In ScHools (WISH) trial.
Awards:
- Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (FACSM)
- Fellow of the British Association of Sport & Exercise Sciences (FBASES)
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
Advisory Roles: Member of the UK Chief Medical Officers' expert advisory group on physical activity. She collaborates internationally to advance health-enhancing physical activity policies.
Labs/Teams: Leads the Physical Activity for Health Research Centre (PAHRC), a multidisciplinary team advancing research on physical activity's health benefits.
