Dr Macey Murray
BSc Hons, PhD
Teaching & Research Fellow, Centre for Paediatric Pharmacy Research
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Areas of Expertise
Pharmacoepidemiology, Paediatric Drug Safety, psychotropic medication use in childhood and adolescence.
Biography
Macey Murray obtained her undergraduate degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Surrey. She has seven years’ experience of working in phase I-III clinical trials, from inception to management of data for statistical analysis. For five years, Macey worked at Imperial College as the trial coordinator and senior data manager for an international phase III chemotherapy trial in early breast cancer. Since joining the School of Pharmacy in 2003, Macey has worked in the area of pharmacoepidemiology, focusing on the use and safety of medicines in children and adolescents. Her PhD researched the epidemiology of antidepressant prescribing in young people in the UK.
Research Interests
Macey Murray’s main area of research is in the use and safety of psychotropic medications in the treatment of childhood and adolescent mental health and behavioural disorders. She has expertise in the use of large clinical research databases including the UK General Practice Research Database, IMS Disease Analyzer and The Health Improvement Network (THIN).
Selected Publications
Wong I, Asherson P, Clifford S, Coghill D, DeSoysa R, Hollis C, McCarthy S, Murray M, Planner C, Potts L, Sayal K, Taylor E. Cessation of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder drugs in the young (CADDY) – a pharmacoepidemiological and qualitative study. Health Technology Assessment 2009 (in press).
Rani FA, Byrne PJ, Murray ML, Carter P, Wong IC. Paediatric Atypical antipsychotic Monitoring Safety (PAMS) Study: pilot study in children and adolescents in secondary- and tertiary-care settings. Drug Safety 2009;32(4):325-33.
Ackers R, Besag FMC, Wade A, Murray ML, Wong ICK. Changing trends in antiepileptic drug prescribing in girls of child-bearing potential. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2009;94(6):443-7 (epub 2009 Mar 22).
McCarthy S, Asherson P, Coghill D, Hollis C, Murray M, Potts L, Sayal K, de Soysa R, Taylor E, Williams T, Wong ICK. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: treatment discontinuation in adolescents and young adults. British Journal of Psychiatry 2009;194:273-277.
Neubert A, Sturkenboom MC, Murray ML, Verhamme KM, Nicolosi A, Giaquinto C, Ceci A, Wong IC; TEDDY Network of Excellence. Databases for pediatric medicine research in Europe--assessment and critical appraisal. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2008;17(12):1155-1167.
Sturkenboom MC, Verhamme KM, Nicolosi A, Murray ML, Neubert A, Caudri D, Picelli G, Sen EF, Giaquinto C, Cantarutti L, Baiardi P, Felisi MG, Ceci A, Wong IC; TEDDY European Network of Excellence. Drug use in children: cohort study in three European countries. British Medical Journal 2008;337:a2245.
Rani F, Murray ML, Byrne PJ, Wong IC. Epidemiologic features of antipsychotic prescribing to children and adolescents in primary care in the United Kingdom. Pediatrics 2008;121(5):1002-1009.
Ackers R, Murray ML, Besag FMC, Wong ICK. Prioritizing children’s medicines for research: a pharmacoepidemiological study of antiepileptic drugs. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 2007;63(6):689-697.
Murray ML, Thompson M, Santosh PJ, Wong ICK. Effects of the Committee on Safety of Medicines advice on antidepressant prescribing to children and adolescents in the UK. Drug Safety 2005;28(12):1151-1157.
Wong ICK, Murray ML. The potential of UK clinical databases in enhancing paediatric medication research. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 2005;59(6):750-755.
Wong ICK, Besag FMC, Santosh PJ, Murray ML. Use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in children and adolescents. Drug Safety 2004;27(13):991-1000.
Murray ML, de Vries CS, Wong ICK. A drug utilisation study of antidepressants in children and adolescents using the General Practice Research Database. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2004;89(12):1098-1102.
Wong ICK, Murray ML, Camilleri-Novak D, Stephens P. Increased prescribing trends of paediatric psychotropic medications. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2004;89(12):1131-1132.