Biography
Meg Murray is a Research Assistant employed by Deakin University, Deakin Rural Health (DRH). She has a background in Psychology and has completed the Bachelor of Science (Psychology and Psychophysiology) Honours Degree at Swinburne University of Technology.
Meg has previously worked as a casual researcher for the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) in the field of childhood ADHD. Meg’s primary area of research has focused on contributing to rural population health, with additional interests in the field of Mental Health and Dementia research. She has been an investigator for a research and development grant worth more than AUS$40,000 in the past two years and was an author on the resulting peer reviewed journal article on Farm Injury. Meg has also undertaken an ‘Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training' (ASIST)’ to due to her research on rural suicide, and has qualifications in ‘Conducting and Designing Research Interviews’, from the University of Melbourne.
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Journal Articles
Beattie J, McLeod C, Murray M, Pedler D, Brumby S, Gabbe B. What Happens to the Farm? Australian Farmers’ Experiences after a Serious Farm Injury. Journal of Agromedicine. 2018;23(2):134-43. doi: 10.1080/1059924X.2017.1422836
Downey LA, Kean J, Nemeh F, Lau A, Poll A, Gregory R, Murray M, Rourke J, Patak B, Pase MP, Zangara A, Lomas J, Scholey A, Stough C. An acute, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study of 320 mg and 640 mg doses of a special extract of Bacopa monnieri (CDRI 08) on sustained cognitive performance. Phytother Res. 2013;27(9):1407-13. 10.1002/ptr.4864
Research interests
Mental Health
Cognitive Impairment
Quality of hospital staff education
Rural Health
Farm Safety
Suicide Prevention
Quality Improvement
Quantitative methodology
Qualitative methodology
Publications
M Malakellis, A Wong Shee, M Murray, L Alston, V Versace, S Allender, K Mc Namara
(2023), Vol. 9, pp. 1-13, Heliyon, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
M Murray, J Beattie, C McLeod, D Pedler, S Brumby, B Gabbe
(2019), Vol. 19, pp. 1-7, Rural and remote health, Cairns, Qld., C1
Impact of the Dementia Care in Hospitals Program on acute hospital staff satisfaction
M Murray, A Wong Shee, E West, M Morvell, M Theobald, V Versace, M Yates
(2019), Vol. 19, BMC Health Services Research, C1
What Happens to the Farm? Australian Farmers' Experiences after a Serious Farm Injury
J Beattie, C McLeod, M Murray, D Pedler, S Brumby, B Gabbe
(2018), Vol. 23, pp. 134-143, Journal of Agromedicine, England, C1
Luke Downey, James Kean, Fiona Nemeh, Angela Lau, Alex Poll, Rebecca Gregory, Margaret Murray, Johanna Rourke, Brigit Patak, Matthew Pase, Andrea Zangara, Justine Lomas, Andrew Scholey, Con Stough
(2013), Vol. 27, pp. 1407-1413, Phytotherapy research, Chichester, Eng., C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Industry and Other Funding
Farm-related major trauma in Victoria and both the long-term and immediate impact on recovery
Prof Daryl Pedler, Miss Meg Murray, Ms Jessica Beattie, Prof Belinda Gabbe, Prof Susan Brumby
Western Alliance
- 2016: $40,000
Supervisions
No completed student supervisions to report