Biographical Profile
Associate Professor Cathryn Murphy, RN, MPH, PhD, CIC holds an academic position in the Faculty of Health Services and Medicine, Bond University, Australia. In 1995-96 she was the elected President of the Australian Infection Control Association and subsequently a Founding member of the Asia Pacific Society for Infection Control (ASPIC). She is currently serving a second term as the only active non-North American member of the APIC Board. Dr. Murphy’s career highlights include working in the Division of Healthcare Quality and Infection Prevention at the CDC, Georgia, USA in 2000 and for WHO throughout Southeast Asia during the height of the 2003 SARS Outbreak. She managed the largest state government HAI Prevention and Control Program in Australia from 1997 until December 2004 with programmatic responsibility for more than 200 hospitals. She is currently an independent, international consultant. In 2006 WHO invited Cath to join its Infection Control Expert Advisory Network. In 2007, the Australian Commission for Safety and Quality in Healthcare invited her to chair their Infection Control Implementation Committee. This committee is similar in function and reach to the USA’s HICPAC Committee. Widely published, Dr. Murphy is a member of the Editorial Boards of the Australian, American and IFIC Journals of Infection Control. She delivers provocative and powerful presentations with respect, humour and compassion. Personally Cath is a novice but committed tri-athlete. She subscribes to the philosophy “Love what you do and do what you love”, hence her long-term commitment to infection prevention. Her “Life is Good” and she dreams of global infection prevention harmonisation. Learn more about Cath’s vision to serve APIC at www.cmurphy.com.au