ProfMargaret Murphy

Professor Margaret Murphy is Professor of Emergency and Critical Care Nursing (Conjoint) at the University of Technology Sydney and Northern Sydney Local Health District. She is an internationally recognised emergency nurse clinician-researcher whose career spans emergency nursing practice, implementation science, health services research, education, and policy leadership.

With more than 38 years of clinical and leadership experience, Professor Murphy has developed a highly influential research program focused on improving patient safety, workforce capability, and outcomes in emergency care. Her work bridges the gap between research and practice through the co-design, implementation, and evaluation of evidence-based models of care that are scalable, sustainable, and embedded within routine clinical practice.

Professor Murphy is a Fellow of the College of Emergency Nursing Australasia (FCENA), a member of the NSW Ministerial Emergency Care Taskforce, and Co-Chair of the Sydney Health Partners Emergency Clinical Academic Group. She completed her PhD at the University of Sydney in 2019 and has established an international reputation for translating research into practice.

Her research impact has been recognised internationally. ScholarGPS ranks her among the top 1.5% of scholars worldwide in Emergency Nursing and Trauma Teams, and among the top 2.5% in Nursing Assessment. SciVal rankings place her third in Australia and twelfth globally for research outputs in Team Dynamics in Resuscitation and Trauma Care (2016-2025).