Marie Murphy is Professor of Exercise & Health at the University of Ulster where she leads the Centre for Physical Activity and Health Research.
Having completed her undergraduate degree and PGCE at Ulster, Marie worked as a PE teacher before completing an MSc and PhD at Loughborough University.
Marie’s research interests include the role of exercise, in particular walking, on health. Her PhD work considered the role of continuous and short accumulated bouts of physical activity on postprandial lipaemia. Her research has included observational and empirical studies of the effects of exercise on cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes risk in a range of healthy and diseased populations from childhood to older adults. Marie’s current research includes outcome measures ranging from the behavioural to the biochemical and she embraces a multidisciplinary approach to physical activity and exercise research questions. Marie’s work has contributed to the evidence base underlying the current physical activity guidelines in the US, UK and Ireland and she was a member of the editorial group for the most recent guidelines issued by the 4 Chief Medical Officers in the report “Start Active Stay Active” (DoH 2011).
Marie is a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, the British Association of Sport & Exercise Sciences and the Higher Education Academy. She has over 100 scientific publications and has presented to scientific and professional audiences on the role of walking in promoting good health and preventing disease. She is an associate editor of BMC Public Health and on the Advisory Board of the Journal of Sport Sciences.
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