Mary Kathleen Murphy PhD

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Biographical Info

Dr. Murphy is a clinical researcher specializing in the use of screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) methodology and motivational counseling interventions to help improve the identification of emergency department patients in need of alcohol services and promote their engagement in needed treatments. Her current research program focuses on the use of computerized SBIRT for adult emergency department patients for a wide array of health behaviors including alcohol, smoking, and risky driving behaviors.

Education & Training

M.A.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Ferkauf Graduate School (2004)

Ph.D. Clin

Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology (2007)

Honors & Recognition

• Emergency medicine career development award
  Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2011)
• NIH Clinical Research LRP award
  National Institutes of Health (2011)