Professor Richard Murray has a career focused on the healthcare needs of underserved populations, in rural medicine, Aboriginal health, tropical health and socially accountable health professional education. A medical practitioner with qualifications in rural general practice and public health, he is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the Division of Tropical Health and Medicine at James Cook University (JCU) and formerly Dean of the College of Medicine and Dentistry. Professor Murray has a national and international profile in medical education and in rural health and medicine and has held a range of senior leadership positions. He has a record of achievement in shaping Australian health and medical workforce policy. 

In addition to his substantive role at JCU, Professor Murray is the President and Chair of the board of Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand Inc., the peak organisation for the 23 accredited medical schools across the two countries. He is also a Ministerially appointed Director on the board of the Mackay Hospital and Health Service, the Chair of the board of JCU Health Pty Ltd and a member of the Council of the Australian Medical Council (AMC). Professor Murray is also a member of the Medical Workforce Reform Advisory Committee that advises Commonwealth, state and territory health ministers on medical workforce reform priorities.

Past professional leadership roles include an extended term as President and Chair of the board of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) and the Chair of the Federation of Rural Australian Medical Educators (FRAME), the peak forum for Rural Clinical Schools.

Prior to joining JCU as Planning Director of the Rural Clinical School in 2005, Professor Murray spent 14 years in the remote Kimberley region of Western Australia, including 12 years as the Medical Director of the Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council, a position in which he had broad clinical, population health, teaching, research and medical leadership and management roles.

Teaching

• MD1020: Introduction to Integrated Medical Studies Part 2 of 2 (Level 1; TSV)
• MD2012: Integrated Human System Pathophysiology Part 2 of 2 (Level 2; TSV)
• MD4011: Integrated Pathology and Clinical Medicine Part 1 of 3 (Level 4; TSV)
• MD4012: Integrated Pathology and Clinical Medicine Part 2 of 3 (Level 4; TSV)
• MD4013: Integrated Pathology and Clinical Medicine Part 3 of 3 (Level 4; TSV)
• MD5010: Integrated Clinical Practice Part 1 of 3 (Level 5; TSV)
• MD5020: Integrated Clinical Practice Part 2 of 3 (Level 5; TSV)
• MD5030: Integrated Clinical Practice Part 3 of 3 (Level 5; TSV)
• MD6010: Advanced Clinical Medicine Part 1 of 3 (Level 6; TSV)
• MD6020: Advanced Clinical Medicine Part 2 of 3 (Level 6; TSV)
• MD6030: Advanced Clinical Medicine Part 3 of 3 (Level 6; TSV)

Research Disciplines

• Health services and systems (4203)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Evaluation of health and support services (2002)

Awards

• 2001 to 2002 - Masters of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University
• 1994 - Certificate in Health Economics, Monash University
• 1991 - Diploma of Obstetrics, Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
• 1983 to 1987 - MBBS, University of Melbourne

Fellowships

• 1999 to 2013 - Fellow, Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
• 1993 to 2013 - Fellow, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Edelman A, Gauld R, Ovseiko P and Murray R (2021) Developing the multi-professional clinical academic workforce in Australia and New Zealand: a scoping review. Evidence Base: A journal of evidence reviews in key policy areas, 2021 (1).
• Coates D, Dixon R, Murray R, Mayer R and Miller C (2018) Bone mineral density in the tail-bones of cattle: effect of dietary phosphorus status, liveweight, age and physiological status. Animal Production Science, 58 (5). pp. 801-810
• Franklin P, Reid A, Olsen N, Peters S, de Klerk N, Brims F, Threlfall T, Murray R and Musk A (2016) Incidence of malignant mesothelioma in Aboriginal people in Western Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 40 (4). pp. 383-387
• Panzera A, Murray R, Stewart R, Mills J, Beaton N and Larkins S (2016) Regional health workforce planning through action research: lessons for commissioning health services from a case study in Far North Queensland. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 22 (1). pp. 63-68
• Woolley T, Sen Gupta T and Murray R (2016) James Cook University's decentralised medical training model: an important part of the rural workforce pipeline in northern Australia. Rural and Remote Health, 16 (1). pp. 1-11
• Sen Gupta T, Woolley T, Murray R, Hays R and McCloskey T (2014) Positive impacts on rural and regional workforce from the first seven cohorts of James Cook University medical graduates. Rural and Remote Health, 14 (1). pp. 1-13
• Woolley T, Sen Gupta T, Murray R and Hays R (2014) Predictors of rural practice location for James Cook University MBBS graduates at postgraduate year 5. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 22 (4). pp. 165-171
• Sen Gupta T, Murray R, Hays R and Woolley T (2013) James Cook University MBBS graduate intentions and intern destinations: a comparative study with other Queensland and Australian medical schools. Rural and Remote Health, 13 (2). pp. 1-10
• Marley J, Atkinson D, Nelson C, Kitaura T, Gray D, Metcalf S, Murray R and Maguire G (2012) The protocol for the Be Our Ally Beat Smoking (BOABS) study, a randomised controlled trial of an intensive smoking cessation intervention in a remote Aboriginal Australian health care setting. BMC Public Health, 12. pp. 1-9
• Murray R, Larkins S, Russell H, Ewen S and Prideaux D (2012) Medical schools as agents of change: socially accountable medical education. Medical Journal of Australia, 196 (10). pp. 1-5
• Larkins S, Sen Gupta T, Evans R, Murray R and Preston R (2011) Addressing inequities in access to primary health care: lessons for the training of health care professionals from a regional medical school. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 17 (4). pp. 362-368
• Worley P and Murray R (2011) Social accountability in medical education: an Australian rural and remote perspective. Medical Teacher, 33 (8). pp. 654-658

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