Andrea L. Murphy

Education

• BSc(Pharm) (Dalhousie)
• PharmD (UBC)
• ACPR
• Fellowship, Drug Use Management and Policy  

Research interests

My program of research is focused on health services and health outcomes. I work with multidisciplinary teams exploring the impact of interventions on health care quality and its dimensions (e.g., safety, acceptability, accessibility).  As an implementation scientist, my research includes the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of interventions alongside translating research products for interested parties ranging from members of the public to politicians.

Selected awards/honours

• 2024 Best Paper Award: Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy for Murphy, A.L., Turner, J.P., Rajda, M., Allen, K.G., Pinter, K., Gardner, D.M. (2023). Effectiveness and cost analysis of methods used to recruit older adult sedative users to a deprescribing randomized controlled trial during the COVID-19 pandemic. Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy. 8, 100214. DOI: 10.1016/j.rcsop.2022.100214
• 2023 Outstanding Advocate Award, Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia (co-awarded to Dr. David Gardner)

Selected publications

• Murphy, A., *Sawires, K., *Peltekian, S.M., Helwig, M., Macdonald, M., Martin-Misener, R., Saini, B., Neyedli, H., Giacomantonio, C., Gardner, D.M. (2024). A scoping review of motor vehicle operator performance assessments for benzodiazepine receptor agonists. Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy. 16(100538): 1-37. DOI: 10.1016/j.rcsop.2024.100538.
• Gardner, D., Turner, J., Magalhaes, S., Rajda, M., Murphy, A. (2024) A randomized controlled trial of direct-to-patient self-guided interventions to reduce sedative use and improve sleep: the YAWNS NB study. JAMA Psychiatry. 81(12), 1187-1197. DOI:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2024.2731
• El-Den, S., *Birkness, K., Pham, L., Murphy, A., Moles, R. J., O'Reilly, C. L., Raynes-Greenow, C., Chen, T. F., Raduescu, C., Gardner, D., & Carter, S. R. (2024). Development and validation of measures of pharmacists' acceptability and willingness to screen for perinatal depression. Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy. 20(10), 995-1005. DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2024.06.012
• *Katmeh, T., Gardner, D., Macdonald, M., Kiepek, N., Murphy, A. (2024). Sleep should not be this difficult: an interpretive descriptive study of older adults’ perspectives on behaviour change elements in Sleepwell and experiences with benzodiazepine discontinuation. Journal of Sleep Research. 34(1), e14282. DOI: 10.1111/jsr.14282
• Haslam, L., Gardner, D.M., Murphy, A.L. (2020). A retrospective analysis of patient care activities in a community pharmacy mental illness and addictions program. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy. 16(4), 522-528. DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2019.07.003
  
  *trainees at the time of the work