John E Murphy, PharmD
Associate Dean, Pharmacy Practice & Science ; Professor
Department:
Pharmacy Practice and Science
(520) 626-2327
Secondary Phone:
(520) 626-8247
Fax:
(520) 626-4063
E-mail:
Location:
Drachman Hall B307D
Bio / Research:
John E. Murphy, PharmD, is a professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science and associate dean for academic and professional affairs at the college. He received bachelor of science in pharmacy and PharmD degrees from the University of Florida in Gainesville, where he was a recipient of the Distinguished Pharmacy Alumnus Award in 1998.
Dr. Murphy spent 12 years on the faculty at Mercer University Southern School of Pharmacy in Atlanta, where he also served as director of pharmacokinetic services at a 500-bed medical center.
Long active in pharmacy organizations, Dr. Murphy is currently president of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy and has served as president (1997-1998) and member of the board of directors (1994-1997) of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). He has been awarded fellow status in three organizations: the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, the American College of Clinical Pharmacology, and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
Dr. Murphy has published 200 papers, ~100 abstracts, and four editions of Clinical Pharmacokinetics. His research interests include outcome analysis of pharmacy services and drug therapy, pharmacy education, preventing drug-drug interactions, and clinical pharmacokinetics.
Among various professional and teaching awards received over the years, Dr. Murphy received the Award for Sustained Contributions to the Literature of Pharmacy Practice from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Foundation in 2003.
Dr. Murphy enjoys the outdoors and his passion in that arena is flyfishing.
Education:BS Pharmacy, University of Florida, 1976, Pharmacy
PharmD, University of Florida, 1979
Selected Publications
Murphy JE (ed). Clinical pharmacokinetics pocket reference (4th Edition). American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Bethesda, 2008.
Murphy JE, Malone DC, Olson BM, Grizzle AJ, Armstrong EP, Skrepnek GH. Development of computerized alerts with management strategies for 25 serious drug-drug interactions. Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2009;66:38-44.
Ko Y, Malone DC, Skrepnek GH, Armstrong EP, Murphy JE, Abarca J, Rehfeld RA, Reel SJ, Woosley RL. A national survey on prescriber’s knowledge of and their source of drug-drug interaction information. Drug Safety. 2008;31(6):525-36.
Murphy JE, Roether AM. Two nomograms for determining extended dosing intervals for gentamicin in neonates. Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2008;65:624-30.
Schneider PJ, Murphy JE, Pedersen CA. Adherence and treatment outcomes in elderly outpatients using specially packaged medications. J Am Pharm Assoc. 2008;48:58-63.
Murphy JE, Slack MK, Boesen KP, Kirking DM. Research-related coursework and research experiences in Doctor of Pharmacy Programs. Am J Pharm Educ. 2007;71(6):1-7 (Article 113).
Grizzle AJ, Mahmood M, Ko Y, Murphy JE, Armstrong EP, Skrepnek GH, Jones WN, Schepers GP, Nichol WP, Houranieh A, Dare DC, Hoey CT, Malone DC. Reasons provided by prescribers when overriding drug-drug interaction alerts. Am J Manag Care. 2007;13:573-80.
Malone DC, Abarca J, Skrepnek GH, Murphy JE, Armstrong EP, Grizzle AJ, Rehfeld RA, Woosley RL. Pharmacist workload and pharmacy characteristics associated with the dispensing of potentially clinically important drug-drug interactions. Medical Care. 2007;45(5):456-62.