Dr. Murphy is an Assistant Professor of Medicine with a secondary appointment as Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences. Dr. Murphy is a staff physician at the Rhode Island Department of Corrections where he manages a number of population health programs including HIV prevention programming, Hepatitis C treatment and gender affirming care. Additionally, he has held a number of public health leadership positions within Brown and affiliated institutions including as Director of Research for Brown's Internal Medicine Residency program (current), co-leader of the Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research's Sexual and Gender Minority Research Working Group (former) and Medical Director of Open Door Health (former), an initiative of the Rhode Island Public Health Institute, and Rhode Island's first comprehensive primary care clinic dedicated to meeting the needs of the state's LGBTQ+ population.
Dr. Murphy's research interests align with his clinical work, which focus on reducing health disparities among multiply marginalized populations. Dr. Murphy has significant experience working with vulnerable populations both in the United States as well as internationally. His work has been supported by the NIH, the CDC, the World Health Organization, the Pan American Health Organization and the European Commission. He was a Fulbright research fellow in Morocco where he conducted descriptive analyses of the country's national HIV program. He was an Erasmus Mundus fellow and completed the European Masters of Public Health in Spanish at the Andalucian School of Public Health in Granada, Spain and defended his Master's thesis on global health system reform in French at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sante Public, France's preeminent public heath training institution. Through his global health work, he has acquired a fluency in Spanish, French and Arabic.
He has authored a number of articles that have been published in high impact journals such as the Lancet, the Bulletin of the World Health Organization and the American Journal of Public Health. For his contributions to public health, he has received national recognition from the United States' Public Health Service and the American Medical Association.
| Murphy M, Streed C Jr, Rich JD. "Gender-Affirming Surgical Care in Carceral Settings." New England Journal of Medicine, 2025. |
| Crippin T, Tounkara K, Diarra I, Kamate P, Beseme S, Murphy M, Munir H, Daou AK, Dabo G, Téguété I, Koita O, De Groot AS. "Vaccine Confidence During Public Health Challenges and Prior to HPV Vaccine Introduction in Mali." Vaccines, vol. 13, no. 5, 2025. |
| Rogers B, Ramsey S, Ames E, Gomes N, Murphy M. "Addressing barriers to implementing and scaling PrEP in carceral settings: Applying insights from implementation science." JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 2024. |
| Ma EC, Rogers BG, Chan PA, Toma E, Almonte A, Napoleon S, Galipeau D, Ahluwalia JS, Murphy M. "Characterizing Interest in and Uptake of Preexposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention Among Men in a US State Correctional System." Sexually Transmitted Diseases, vol. 51, no. 3, 2024, pp. 162-170. |
| Murphy M, Gomes N, Kane K, Rich JD, Goldsamt L, Ahluwalia JS, Guthrie KM, Ramsey SE, Vargas S. "Developing an ethical framework for the recruitment of people who inject drugs experiencing incarceration in HIV prevention research: a qualitative study." Harm Reduction Journal, vol. 21, no. 1, 2024, pp. 223. |
| Murphy, Matthew, Rogers, Brooke, Galipeau, Drew, Toma, Emily, Almonte, Alexi, Napoleon, Siena, Schmid, Christopher H., Ahluwalia, Jasjit S., Chan, Philip. "HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Use among Men Experiencing Incarceration in the United States: A Prospective Cohort Study." JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 2024. |
| Rodrigues, Kiran, Murphy, Matthew, Jack, Helen E., Berk, Justin. "Participation With Compensation: Ethical Considerations for Research Payment Practices With People Who Are Incarcerated." Journal of Correctional Health Care, 2024. |
| Rogers BG, Murphy M, Zanowick-Marr A, Chambers L, Maynard M, Galipeau D, Toma E, Almonte A, Napoleon S, Chan PA. "Characterizing HIV Syndemics and the Role of Incarceration Among Men Who have Sex with Men Presenting for Care at a Sexually Transmitted Infections Clinic." AIDS and Behavior, 2023. |
| Murphy M, White-Hughto J, Rich JD. "Cruel and Unusual: Reforming Carceral Systems to Protect and Affirm Transgender and Gender-Diverse Communities." Journal of Urban Health, 2023. |
| Tao J, Kapadia J, Fenn N, Almonte AA, Toma E, Murphy M, Nunn A, Su LJ, Chan PA. "Human papillomavirus vaccination coverage among sexually active young adults aged 18 to 26 at a sexually transmitted infections clinic." International journal of STD & AIDS, 2023, pp. 9564624221146605. |
| Murphy M, Rogers BG, Ames E, Galipeau D, Uber J, Napoleon S, Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Toma E, Byrne S, Teitelman AM, Berk J, Chan PA, Ramsey S. "Implementing Preexposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention in a Statewide Correctional System in the United States." public health reports, 2023, pp. 333549231186576. |
| Berk J, Litwin A, Murphy M. "US Hepatitis C Elimination Plan." JAMA, vol. 330, no. 9, 2023, pp. 877-878. |
| Jonathan Ho, Mica Kane, Mohammed Haji, Nirav Haribhakti, Thomas Fritz Siegert, Tiffany Ho, Matthew Murphy. "Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Annual Research Forum: Resident Project Winners." Brown Journal of Hospital Medicine, vol. 2, no. 3, 2023, pp. 1-4. |
| Murphy MJ, Rogers BG, Chambers LC, Zanowick-Marr A, Galipeau D, Noh M, Scott T, Napoleon SC, Rose J, Chan PA. "Characterization of Risk Factors Among Individuals with a History of Incarceration Presenting to a Sexually Transmitted Infections Clinic: Implications for HIV and STI Prevention and Care." AIDS Patient Care and STDs, vol. 36, no. 8, 2022, pp. 291-299. |
| Murphy M, Sosnowy C, Rogers B, Napoleon S, Galipeau D, Scott T, Tao J, Berk J, Clarke J, Nunn A, Chan PA. "Defining the Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Care Continuum Among Recently Incarcerated Men at High Risk for HIV Infection: Protocol for a Prospective Cohort Study." JMIR Research Protocols, vol. 11, no. 2, 2022, pp. e31928. |
| Murphy M, Rogers BG, Streed C, Hughto JMW, Radix A, Galipeau D, Napoleon S, Scott T, Noh M, Sutten Coats C, Hubbard L, Chan PA, Nunn A, Berk J. "Implementing Gender-Affirming Care in Correctional Settings: A Review of Key Barriers and Action Steps for Change." Journal of Correctional Health Care, 2022. |
| Rogers BG, Tao J, Almonte A, Toma E, Nagel K, Fain R, Napoleon SC, Maynard MA, Murphy M, Sarkar IN, Chan PA. "Statewide evaluation of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Rhode Island." PLoS ONE, vol. 17, no. 6, 2022, pp. e0268587. |
| Anna Hardesty, Arun Muthiah, Charles Fox Sherrod, Hyun Lee, Suleiman Ilyas, Vishnu Kadiyala, Matthew Murphy. "Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Annual Research Forum: Resident Project Winners." Brown Journal of Hospital Medicine, vol. 1, no. 4, 2022, pp. 1-3. |
| Murphy, Matthew, Dhrolia, Imshan, Zanowick-Marr, Alexandra, Tao, Jun, Coats, Cassie Sutten, Napoleon, Siena, Malyuta, Yelena, Adams, Emily, Arnold, Trisha, Chan, Philip A., Nunn, Amy. "A Community-Adapted Approach to SARS-CoV-2 Testing for Medically Underserved Populations, Rhode Island, USA." Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 27, no. 9, 2021, pp. 2445-2449. |
| Arnold T, Haynes T, Foster P, Parker S, Monger M, Malyuta Y, Cain O, Coats CS, Murphy M, Thomas G, Sockwell L, Klasko-Foster L, Galipeau D, Dobbs TE, Smith M, Mena L, Nunn A. "African American Clergy Recommendations to Enhance the Federal Plan to End the HIV Epidemic: A Qualitative Study." AIDS and Behavior, 2021. |
| Murphy M, Tao J, Goedell WC, Berk J, Chu CT, Nunn A, Sosnowy C, Chan P. "Characterizing substance use among men who have sex with men presenting to a sexually transmitted infection clinic." International journal of STD & AIDS, vol. 32, no. 4, 2021, pp. 314-321. |
| Berk J, Murphy M, Kane K, Chan P, Rich J, Brinkley-Rubinstein L. "Initial SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Uptake in a Correctional Setting: Cross-sectional Study." JMIRx med, vol. 2, no. 3, 2021, pp. e30176. |
| Murphy M, Ding A, Berk J, Rich J, Bayliss G. "Kidney Disease among People Who Are Incarcerated." Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, vol. 16, no. 11, 2021, pp. 1766-1772. |
| Ramsey SE, Ames EG, Uber J, Habib S, Hunt L, Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Teitelman AM, Clarke J, Kaplan C, Phillips NJ, Murphy M. "Linking Women Experiencing Incarceration to Community-Based HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Care: A Qualitative Study." AIDS Education and Prevention, vol. 33, no. 3, 2021, pp. 216-233. |
| Arnold, Trisha, Stopka, Thomas J., Gomillia, Courtney E. S., Murphy, Matthew, Johnson, Kendra, Chan, Philip A., Klasko-Foster, Lynne, Rogers, Brooke, Soler, Jorge H., Monger, Mauda L., Jacque, Erin, Sutten Coats, Cassandra, Willie, Tiara C., Ogunbajo, Adedotun, Mena, Leandro, Nunn, Amy. "Locating the Risk: Using Participatory Mapping to Contextualize Perceived HIV Risk across Geography and Social Networks among Men Who Have Sex with Men in the Deep South." The Journal of Sex Research, 2021, pp. 1-8. |
| Tao J, Montgomery MC, Williams R, Patil P, Rogers BG, Sosnowy C, Murphy M, Zanowick-Marr A, Maynard M, Napoleon SC, Chu C, Almonte A, Nunn AS, Chan PA. "Loss to Follow-Up and Re-Engagement in HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Care in the United States, 2013-2019." AIDS Patient Care and STDs, vol. 35, no. 7, 2021, pp. 271-277. |
| Berk J, Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Murphy M, Chan P, Rich J. "MAb for symptomatic COVID-19 in correctional facilities: an important opportunity." The Lancet, vol. 397, no. 10277, 2021, pp. 877-878. |
| Murphy M, Li WS, Gentilesco B, Toma E, Napoleon SC, Roussel B, Maynard MA, Lu S, Chan PA. "Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 among Internal Medicine Residents at a Major Academic Medicine Residency Program." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 104, no. 5, 2021, pp. 20-23. |
| Rogers, Brooke G., Paradis-Burnett, Annaka, Nagel, Katherine, Yolken, Annajane, Strong, Sabrina H., Arnold, Trisha, Napoleon, Siena C., Maynard, Michaela, Sosnowy, Collette, Murphy, Matthew, Daley Ndoye, Colleen, Holcomb, Richard, Schierberl Scherr, Anna, Pinkston, Megan, Chan, Philip A. "Sex Workers and Syndemics: A Population Vulnerable to HIV and COVID-19." Archives of Sexual Behavior, vol. 50, no. 5, 2021, pp. 2007-2016. |
| Rogers B, Tao J, Murphy M, Chan PA. "The COVID-19 Pandemic and Sexually Transmitted Infections: Where Do We Go From Here?." Sexually Transmitted Diseases, vol. 48, no. 7, 2021, pp. e94-e96. |
| Rogers BG, Tao J, Darveau SC, Maynard M, Almonte A, Napoleon S, Murphy M, Chan PA. "The Impact of COVID-19 on Sexual Behavior and Psychosocial Functioning in a Clinical Sample of Men who have Sex with Men Using HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis." AIDS and Behavior, 2021. |
| Sosnowy C, Tao J, Nunez H, Montgomery MC, Ndoye CD, Biello K, Mimiaga MJ, Raifman J, Murphy M, Nunn A, Maynard M, Chan PA. "Awareness and use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among people who engage in sex work presenting to a sexually transmitted infection clinic." International journal of STD & AIDS, vol. 31, no. 11, 2020, pp. 1055-1062. |
| Rogers BG, Coats CS, Adams E, Murphy M, Stewart C, Arnold T, Chan PA, Nunn A. "Development of Telemedicine Infrastructure at an LGBTQ+ Clinic to Support HIV Prevention and Care in Response to COVID-19, Providence, RI." AIDS and Behavior, vol. 24, no. 10, 2020, pp. 2743-2747. |
| Nunn AS, Goedel WC, Gomillia CE, Coats CS, Patel RR, Murphy MJ, Chu CT, Chan PA, Mena LA. "False information on PrEP in direct-to-consumer advertising." The lancet. HIV, vol. 7, no. 7, 2020, pp. e455-e456. |
| Goedel WC, Sutten Coats C, Sowemimo-Coker G, Moitra E, Murphy MJ, van den Berg JJ, Chan PA, Nunn AS. "Gay and Bisexual Men’s Recommendations for Effective Digital Social Marketing Campaigns to Enhance HIV Prevention and Care Continuity." AIDS and Behavior, vol. 25, no. 5, 2020, pp. 1619-1625. |
| Murphy M, Howe K, Marak T, Bertrand T, Maynard M, Ndoye CD, Joseph R, Fingerut J, Chan PA. "Public Health Approaches Toward Eliminating Hepatitis C Virus in Rhode Island." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 103, no. 5, 2020, pp. 22-25. |
| Fortune K, Becerra-Posada F, Buss P, Galvão LAC, Contreras A, Murphy M, Rogger C, Keahon GE, de Francisco A. "Health promotion and the agenda for sustainable development, WHO Region of the Americas." Bulletin of the World Health Organization, vol. 96, no. 9, 2018, pp. 621-626. |
| Murphy M, Berns AL, Bandyopadhyay U, Rich J, Quilliam DN, Clarke J, Kane K, Salas C, Yousaf A, Reece R. "Varicella in the prison setting: A report of three outbreaks in Rhode Island and a review of the literature." Vaccine, vol. 36, no. 37, 2018, pp. 5651-5656. |
| Ruiz-Perez I, Murphy M, Pastor-Moreno G, Rojas-García A, Rodríguez-Barranco M. "The Effectiveness of HIV Prevention Interventions in Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Ethnic Minority Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis." American Journal of Public Health, vol. 107, no. 12, 2017, pp. e13-e21. |
| Calzón Fernández S, Fernández Ajuria A, Martín JJ, Murphy MJ. "The impact of the economic crisis on unmet dental care needs in Spain." Journal of epidemiology and community health, vol. 69, no. 9, 2015, pp. 880-5. |
| Murphy M, Fernápndez A, Daponte A. "The Spanish public health workforce." Perspectives in public health, vol. 134, no. 5, 2014, pp. 257-8. |
ACTIVE:
NIDA 1R34DA061732, 2024-2026, "Implementing a Low-Threshold Hepatitis C Treatment in a Jail Setting," PI: Berk, role: co-I
NIDA 1R61DA062365, 2024-2029; "The Hub for Research in Atlanta on Addressing SUD to Promote HIV Elimination at Reentry (THRASHER)"; MPI: Spaulding/Holland; role: co-I
NIDA 1K23DA054003-01A1, 2022-2027, Grant title: "An intervention to improve HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis initiation, adherence and linkage to care for recently incarcerated men who inject drugs." PI: Murphy, role: PI
Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research, P30 AI042853, 2022-present Grant title: "PrEParad@s-a-decidir/PrEPared-to-decide: On-demand PrEP as an approach to promote PrEP uptake among Hispanic/Latinx men who have sex with men in the era of PrEP choices."
EU Regional Development Fund P20_00707, 2021-present Grant title: "The Use of Heuristics in the Management of Patients with COVID-19 in Primary Care, Mental Health and Intensive Care in Spain, Chile and the United States."
NIDA LRP SCSE2410, 2020-present, Grant title: " An intervention to promote pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake among recently incarcerated people who inject drugs."
COMPLETED:
NIDA R25 DA031608, 2021-2023, Grant title: "Developing an ethical framework for the recruitment of people who inject drugs experiencing incarceration in HIV prevention research."
NIDA R34DA045621, 2019-2022, Grant title: "Linkage to Community-Based HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Care Among at Risk Women upon Release from Incarceration"
Gilead Science IN-US-276-5463, 2019-2023, Grant title: "Defining the PrEP Care Continuum Among Recently Incarcerated Men at Risk for HIV" (Co-PI)
NIAID P30 AI042853, 2021-2022, Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research Sexual and Gender Minority Scientific Working Group Co-Leader
RADx-UP Community Grant program, (C0108), 2021-2022, Developing Approaches to Community Adapted COVID-19 Testing (PI)
NIDA R25DA037190, 2017-2019 Lifespan/Brown Criminal Justice Research Training Program (trainee)
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | MD | Loyola University |
| Resident | Brown University Department of Medicine, general internal medicine | 2015-2018 |
Yale/Stanford Global Health Scholar (Cali, Colombia), 2018
Public Health Scholar Award, Rhode Island Department of Health, 2016
Excellence in Public Health Award, United States Public Health Service, 2015
The Leischner Honorary Student Award and Scholarship, Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, 2015
Physician of Tomorrow Award, The American Medical Association, 2015
Thesis Poster Presentation Award, European Public Health Master’s Consortium, 2014
Erasmus Mundus Fellowship, European Public Health Master’s Consortium, 2012
Albert Schweitzer Fellowship, 2011-2012
John W. and Rosemary Croghan Medical Student Scholarship, Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, 2010
Innovation in Research Award, University of Granada, Spain, 2009
Fulbright Research Fellowship (Morocco), United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 2008
Critical Language Enhancement Award (Arabic), United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 2008
Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit Honors Society, Loyola University Chicago, 2007
Cervantes Key, Loyola University Chicago, 2007
Magis Service Learning, Loyola University Chicago, 2007
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Beckwith, Curt | Professor of Medicine |
| Berk, Justin | Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology |
| Chan, Philip | Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Associate Professor of Medicine |
| Hughto, Jaclyn | Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences |
| Ramsey, Susan | Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (Research), Professor of Medicine (Research) |
| Rich, Josiah | Professor of Medicine, Professor of Epidemiology |
| Rogers, Brooke | Assistant Professor of Medicine (Research), Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (Research) |
| Tao, Jun | Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Research), Assistant Professor of Medicine (Research) |
| Director of Resident Research . 2022-2024 |
| Medical Director. Rhode Island Public Health Institute, 2020-2022 |
| Hospitalist. Rhode Island Hospital, 2018-2022 |
| Staff Physician . Rhode Island Department of Corrections, 2018-2024 |
