Prof Rachael Murray

Professor of Population Health

The University of Nottingham

Biography

Rachael Murray is a Professor of Population Health at the University of Nottingham and specialises in tobacco control research in multiple health settings.  She is currently the Principal Investigator on a trial investigating the addition of a personalised smoking cessation intervention to a lung cancer screening programme (the Yorkshire Enhanced Stop Smoking Study, YESS; delivered as part of the Yorkshire Lung Screening Trial, YLST) and the upcoming trial comparing the use of a digital app, telephone support and telephone support plus financial incentives within a lung cancer screening setting. Rachael is also Co-Investigator on a number of other research projects focussed around lung cancer screening, particularly delivering smoking cessation and lifestyle interventions within screening and lung cancer treatment. In addition, Rachael is a member of the Royal College of Physicians Tobacco Advisory Group and the Tobacco Control and Smoking Cessation Committee for the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.