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Rachel Murphy

ResearcherSchool of Population and Public HealthUniversity of British Columbia

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Rachel Murphy

Researcher

School of Population and Public Health

Health Sciences

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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7 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Principal investigator on 7 research grants (7 CIHR), most recently in 2026.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2022.

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Research

Dietary Intake Cancer Prevention Population Health Metabolism Gut Microbiome Ultra-Processed Foods Health Equity Precision Nutrition

Latest papers

Polygenic risk scores stratify breast cancer risk among women with benign breast disease.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2025
Disentangling the relationships of body mass index and circulating sex hormone concentrations in mammographic density using Mendelian randomization.
Breast cancer research and treatment · 2024
Omega-3 Blood Levels and Stroke Risk: A Pooled and Harmonized Analysis of 183 291 Participants From 29 Prospective Studies.
Stroke · 2024

All 14 publications

Latest funding

UPHEAVAL - Ultra-Processed foods and HEAlth: uncoVering biologicAL mechanisms through which components of UPFs affect health
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
$10,000
Cancer Prevention and Survivorship Trainee Research Day 2026
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$10,000
Ultra-processed foods and cancer: advancing evidence on the biological mechanisms linking the gut microbiome, ultra-processed foods and colorectal cancer (UPFront)
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$1,000,000

All 12 grants and awards

14 publications.

Polygenic risk scores stratify breast cancer risk among women with benign breast disease.

Sherman ME, Winham SJ, Vierkant RA, McCauley BM, Scott CG, Schrup S, Gaudet MM, Troester MA, Pruthi S, Radisky DC, Degnim AC, Couch FJ, Bolla MK, Wang Q, Dennis J, Michailidou K, Guenel P, Truong T, Chang-Claude J, Obi N, Aronson KJ, Murphy R, Garcia-Closas M, Chanock S, Ahearn T, Yang X, Dunning AM, Mavaddat N, Pharoah PDP, Easton DF, Vachon CM

Journal of the National Cancer Institute2025

DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djae255 PMID: 39412492

Disentangling the relationships of body mass index and circulating sex hormone concentrations in mammographic density using Mendelian randomization.

Haas CB, Chen H, Harrison T, Fan S, Gago-Dominguez M, Castelao JE, Bolla MK, Wang Q, Dennis J, Michailidou K, Dunning AM, Easton DF, Antoniou AC, Hall P, Czene K, Andrulis IL, Mulligan AM, Milne RL, Fasching PA, Haeberle L, Garcia-Closas M, Ahearn T, Gierach GL, Haiman C, Maskarinec G, Couch FJ, Olson JE, John EM, Chenevix-Trench G, Berrington de Gonzalez A, Jones M, Stone J, Murphy R, Aronson KJ, Wernli KJ, Hsu L, Vachon C, Tamimi RM, Lindström S

Breast cancer research and treatment2024

DOI: 10.1007/s10549-024-07306-w PMID: 38653906

Omega-3 Blood Levels and Stroke Risk: A Pooled and Harmonized Analysis of 183 291 Participants From 29 Prospective Studies.

O'Keefe JH, Tintle NL, Harris WS, O'Keefe EL, Sala-Vila A, Attia J, Garg GM, Hure A, Bork CS, Schmidt EB, Venø SK, Chien KL, Chen YA, Egert S, Feldreich TR, Ärnlöv J, Lind L, Forouhi NG, Geleijnse JM, Pertiwi K, Imamura F, de Mello Laaksonen V, Uusitupa WM, Tuomilehto J, Laakso M, Lankinen MA, Laurin D, Carmichael PH, Lindsay J, Leander K, Laguzzi F, Swenson BR, Longstreth WT, Manson JE, Mora S, Cook NR, Marklund M, Melo van Lent D, Murphy R, Gudnason V, Ninomiya T, Hirakawa Y, Qian F, Sun Q, Hu F, Ardisson Korat AV, Risérus U, Lázaro I, Samieri C, Le Goff M, Helmer C, Steur M, Voortman T, Ikram MK, Tanaka T, Das JK, Ferrucci L, Bandinelli S, Tsai M, Guan W, Garg P, Verschuren WMM, Boer JMA, Biokstra A, Virtanen J, Wagner M, Westra J, Albuisson L, Yamagishi K, Siscovick DS, Lemaitre RN, Mozaffarian D

Stroke2024

DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.123.044281 PMID: 38134264

Evaluation of European-based polygenic risk score for breast cancer in Ashkenazi Jewish women in Israel.

Levi H, Carmi S, Rosset S, Yerushalmi R, Zick A, Yablonski-Peretz T, BCAC Consortium, Wang Q, Bolla MK, Dennis J, Michailidou K, Lush M, Ahearn T, Andrulis IL, Anton-Culver H, Antoniou AC, Arndt V, Augustinsson A, Auvinen P, Beane Freeman L, Beckmann M, Behrens S, Bermisheva M, Bodelon C, Bogdanova NV, Bojesen SE, Brenner H, Byers H, Camp N, Castelao J, Chang-Claude J, Chirlaque MD, Chung W, Clarke C, NBCS Collaborators, Collee MJ, Colonna S, CTS Consortium, Couch F, Cox A, Cross SS, Czene K, Daly M, Devilee P, Dork T, Dossus L, Eccles DM, Eliassen AH, Eriksson M, Evans G, Fasching P, Fletcher O, Flyger H, Fritschi L, Gabrielson M, Gago-Dominguez M, García-Closas M, Garcia-Saenz JA, Genkinger J, Giles GG, Goldberg M, Guénel P, Hall P, Hamann U, He W, Hillemanns P, Hollestelle A, Hoppe R, Hopper J, ABCTB Investigators, Jakovchevska S, Jakubowska A, Jernström H, John E, Johnson N, Jones M, Vijai J, Kaaks R, Khusnutdinova E, Kitahara C, Koutros S, Kristensen V, Kurian AW, Lacey J, Lambrechts D, Le Marchand L, Lejbkowicz F, Lindblom A, Loibl S, Lori A, Lubinski J, Mannermaa A, Manoochehri M, Mavroudis D, Menon U, Mulligan A, Murphy R, Nevelsteen I, Newman WG, Obi N, O'Brien K, Offit K, Olshan A, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Olson J, Panico S, Park-Simon TW, Patel A, Peterlongo P, Rack B, Radice P, Rennert G, Rhenius V, Romero A, Saloustros E, Sandler D, Schmidt MK, Schwentner L, Shah M, Sharma P, Simard J, Southey M, Stone J, Tapper WJ, Taylor J, Teras L, Toland AE, Troester M, Truong T, van der Kolk LE, Weinberg C, Wendt C, Yang XR, Zheng W, Ziogas A, Dunning AM, Pharoah P, Easton DF, Ben-Sachar S, Elefant N, Shamir R, Elkon R

Journal of medical genetics2023

DOI: 10.1136/jmg-2023-109185 PMID: 37451831

Associations between perceptions of shared decision making and health among hysterectomy patients: A prospective observational study.

Saleeb M, Mohtashami F, Gadermann A, Murphy R, Flexman A, Crump T, Liu G, Sutherland JM

International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics2023

DOI: 10.1002/ijgo.14802 PMID: 37078494

A comparison of patient-reported outcomes among Canadian women having hysterectomies.

Saleeb M, Mohtashami F, Gadermann A, Murphy R, Flexman A, Crump T, Liu G, Sutherland JM

Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2023

DOI: 10.1007/s11136-022-03326-5 PMID: 36547860

Socioeconomic Inequalities Impact the Ability of Pregnant Women and Women of Childbearing Age to Consume Nutrients Needed for Neurodevelopment: An Analysis of NHANES 2007-2018.

Murphy R, Marshall K, Zagorin S, Devarshi PP, Hazels Mitmesser S

Nutrients2022First author

DOI: 10.3390/nu14183823 PMID: 36145198

Examining the etiology of early-onset breast cancer in the Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow's Health (CanPath).

Pader J, Basmadjian RB, O'Sullivan DE, Mealey NE, Ruan Y, Friedenreich C, Murphy R, Wang E, Quan ML, Brenner DR

Cancer causes & control : CCC2021

DOI: 10.1007/s10552-021-01460-y PMID: 34173131

Active With Whom? Examining the Social Context of Physical Activity in Individuals After Stroke and Their Partners.

Pauly T, Ashe MC, Murphy R, Gerstorf D, Linden W, Madden KM, Hoppmann CA

Frontiers in public health2021

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.754046 PMID: 34660523

Fatty acids in the de novo lipogenesis pathway and incidence of type 2 diabetes: A pooled analysis of prospective cohort studies.

Imamura F, Fretts AM, Marklund M, Ardisson Korat AV, Yang WS, Lankinen M, Qureshi W, Helmer C, Chen TA, Virtanen JK, Wong K, Bassett JK, Murphy R, Tintle N, Yu CI, Brouwer IA, Chien KL, Chen YY, Wood AC, Del Gobbo LC, Djousse L, Geleijnse JM, Giles GG, de Goede J, Gudnason V, Harris WS, Hodge A, Hu F, InterAct Consortium, Koulman A, Laakso M, Lind L, Lin HJ, McKnight B, Rajaobelina K, Riserus U, Robinson JG, Samieri C, Senn M, Siscovick DS, Soedamah-Muthu SS, Sotoodehnia N, Sun Q, Tsai MY, Tuomainen TP, Uusitupa M, Wagenknecht LE, Wareham NJ, Wu JHY, Micha R, Lemaitre RN, Mozaffarian D, Forouhi NG

PLoS medicine2020

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003102 PMID: 32530938

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Rachel Murphy

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Polygenic risk scores stratify breast cancer risk among women with benign breast disease.

Disentangling the relationships of body mass index and circulating sex hormone concentrations in mammographic density using Mendelian randomization.

Omega-3 Blood Levels and Stroke Risk: A Pooled and Harmonized Analysis of 183 291 Participants From 29 Prospective Studies.

Evaluation of European-based polygenic risk score for breast cancer in Ashkenazi Jewish women in Israel.

Associations between perceptions of shared decision making and health among hysterectomy patients: A prospective observational study.

A comparison of patient-reported outcomes among Canadian women having hysterectomies.

Socioeconomic Inequalities Impact the Ability of Pregnant Women and Women of Childbearing Age to Consume Nutrients Needed for Neurodevelopment: An Analysis of NHANES 2007-2018.

Examining the etiology of early-onset breast cancer in the Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow's Health (CanPath).

Active With Whom? Examining the Social Context of Physical Activity in Individuals After Stroke and Their Partners.

Fatty acids in the de novo lipogenesis pathway and incidence of type 2 diabetes: A pooled analysis of prospective cohort studies.

UPHEAVAL - Ultra-Processed foods and HEAlth: uncoVering biologicAL mechanisms through which components of UPFs affect health

Cancer Prevention and Survivorship Trainee Research Day 2026

Ultra-processed foods and cancer: advancing evidence on the biological mechanisms linking the gut microbiome, ultra-processed foods and colorectal cancer (UPFront)

Understanding and Reducing Disparities in Cancer Screening Participation and Retention to Improve Early Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment in British Columbia

CHARacterizing heterogeneity in dietary intake among equity deserving groups using Multidimensional data (CHARM)

CHARacterizing heterogeneity in dietary intake among structurally excluded populations using Multidimensional data (CHARM)

HEALthy Eating and Supportive Environments (HEAL); a Pan-Canadian study

The gut microbiome and estrogen receptor-positive female breast cancer

Allies in Health: Social-cognitive predictors of everyday health behaviors in older dyads

The impact of the built environment on adherence to cancer prevention guidelines and risk of cancer in a cohort of British Columbians

Frequent collaborators

Anne Gadermann

Trafford Crump

Edwin Wang

Joan Lindsay

Jacques Simard

Christine Friedenreich

Danielle Laurin

Mark Goldberg

Rachel Murphy

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Polygenic risk scores stratify breast cancer risk among women with benign breast disease.

Disentangling the relationships of body mass index and circulating sex hormone concentrations in mammographic density using Mendelian randomization.

Omega-3 Blood Levels and Stroke Risk: A Pooled and Harmonized Analysis of 183&#x2009;291 Participants From 29 Prospective Studies.

Evaluation of European-based polygenic risk score for breast cancer in Ashkenazi Jewish women in Israel.

Associations between perceptions of shared decision making and health among hysterectomy patients: A prospective observational study.

A comparison of patient-reported outcomes among Canadian women having hysterectomies.

Socioeconomic Inequalities Impact the Ability of Pregnant Women and Women of Childbearing Age to Consume Nutrients Needed for Neurodevelopment: An Analysis of NHANES 2007-2018.

Examining the etiology of early-onset breast cancer in the Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow's Health (CanPath).

Active With Whom? Examining the Social Context of Physical Activity in Individuals After Stroke and Their Partners.

Fatty acids in the de novo lipogenesis pathway and incidence of type 2 diabetes: A pooled analysis of prospective cohort studies.

Frequent collaborators

Anne Gadermann

Trafford Crump

Edwin Wang

Joan Lindsay

Jacques Simard

Christine Friedenreich

Danielle Laurin

Mark Goldberg

Omega-3 Blood Levels and Stroke Risk: A Pooled and Harmonized Analysis of 183 291 Participants From 29 Prospective Studies.