Kevin Murray is an Associate Professor in the School of Population and Global Health at the University of Western Australia, where he serves as Head of the Division of Population Studies. Recognized as a highly experienced applied biostatistician, he holds a BSc (Hons), MSc, and PhD. His academic career includes positions as Senior Lecturer in biostatistics within the same school. Murray's expertise supports research across diverse areas including cardiovascular epidemiology, population and public health, child health research, surgery, and multi-disciplinary health studies. He is affiliated with the Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Centre and contributes to the Rural Clinical School in some projects.

Murray has co-authored numerous peer-reviewed publications demonstrating significant impact in the field. Key works include 'Flavonoid intake is associated with lower mortality in the Danish Diet Cancer and Health Cohort' (Nature Communications, 2019), 'Effect of an indwelling pleural catheter vs talc pleurodesis on hospitalization days in patients with malignant pleural effusion: the AMPLE randomized clinical trial' (JAMA, 2017), 'Aggressive versus symptom-guided drainage of malignant pleural effusion via indwelling pleural catheters (AMPLE-2): an open-label randomised trial' (The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 2018), 'Hospital and emergency department use in the last year of life: a baseline for future modifications to end-of-life care' (Medical Journal of Australia, 2011), 'Human leukocyte antigen mismatches associated with increased risk of rejection, graft failure, and death independent of initial immunosuppression in renal transplant recipients' (Clinical Transplantation, 2012), 'Bowel cleansing for colonoscopy: prospective randomized assessment of efficacy and of induced mucosal abnormality with three preparation agents' (Endoscopy, 2011), and 'Dietary pattern trajectories across adolescence and early adulthood and their associations with childhood and parental factors' (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2021). These publications have garnered hundreds of citations each, contributing to over 6,000 total citations. Murray chairs the Research and Scientific Committee at the Patient Blood Management Research Integrative Group (BPMRI) and serves on the Advisory Board of Food & Function. He supervises PhD scholarships in youth care and population global health topics such as treatment of youth depression.

Professional Email: kevin.murray@uwa.edu.au