Rate My Professor Kim Murphy

Associate Professor Kim Murphy is an immunologist in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University. She is Associate Professor in the Department of Immunology and Pathology, Central Clinical School, and Associate Professor, Immunology Alfred Hospital. She serves as Head of Teaching in the Department of Immunology, overseeing undergraduate education in immunology. Murphy completed her Bachelor of Science (Honours) in 2001, Graduate Diploma of Education in 2008, PhD in the Department of Medicine focusing on immunology and the treatment of autoimmune diseases in 2008, and Master of Public Health in 2018, all at Monash University. Her early career involved research on experimental autoimmune gastritis models, mechanisms of gastric mucosal cell loss in autoimmunity, and tolerance induction through gene therapy and stem cell engineering targeting autoantigens to the thymus.

Returning to Monash University as a lecturer in the Department of Immunology after her PhD, Murphy teaches units such as IMM2011 Basic immunology: The body's defence system, IMM2022 Immunology in health and disease, and IMM3062 Clinical and research laboratory immunology. Her research interests include immunology, medical education, technology in teaching and learning, pedagogy, and effective study techniques for immunology students. Key publications feature the review 'Antidrug antibodies (ADAb) to tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-specific neutralising agents in chronic inflammatory diseases: a real issue, a clinical perspective' (Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 2013, 325 Scopus citations), 'Gene therapy strategies towards immune tolerance to treat the autoimmune diseases' (Current Gene Therapy, 2006), 'Using inquiry-based learning to enhance immunology laboratory skills' (Frontiers in Immunology, 2019), 'Redefining Academic Identity in an Evolving Higher Education Landscape' (Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2017), and the book chapter 'The Inflammatory Response' (Paramedical Principles and Practice: A Clinical Reasoning Approach 2E, 2020). She performs peer review for Immunology and Cell Biology.