Research Summary

Dr. Murphy is a general internist and clinician investigator whose research focuses on improving physical health care delivery for patients with comorbid serious mental illness and reducing gaps in care quality that disproportionately affect this population. She completed residency training in the Johns Hopkins Osler Internal Medicine Program and the Urban Health Primary Care track, where she developed her clinical interests in caring for marginalized populations, and then completed a general medicine fellowship where she gained advanced training in epidemiology and clinical research. She is interested in using health services research methods, mixed-methods, and implementation science to address gaps in care quality and care processes. Dr. Murphy studies cancer screening and chronic disease management as models of care quality and the strategizes to improve coordination between primary care and mental health providers. She also has ongoing work focused on implicit bias and populations with serious mental illness.

Education

2022 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
2020 - General Internal Medicine Fellowship, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
MHS, 2019 - Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Residency, 2017 - Internal Medicine/Primary Care, Johns Hopkins Medicine
MD, 2014 - Medicine, Harvard Medical School
MSc, 2007 - Biomedical Science, National University of Ireland, Galway
BA, 2006 - Biochemistry, Kenyon College

Honors & Awards

  • 2006
    Phi Beta Kappa, Kenyon College
  • 2006-2007
    George J. Mitchell Scholar
  • 2020
    Trainee of the Year (first place), Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • 2021
    Milton W. Hamolsky Junior Faculty Scientific Presentation Award, Society of General Internal Medicine

Selected Publications

  1. Murphy KA, Gennusa J, Dalcin AT, Cook C, Goldsholl S, Fink T, Daumit GL, Wang NY, Thompson D, McGinty EE. Pilot of a team-based quality improvement strategy to improve cardiovascular risk factors care in community mental health centers. Front Psychiatry. 2025; 16:1446985. View on PubMed
  2. Hwong AR, Murphy KA, Vittinghoff E, Alonso-Fraire P, Crystal S, Walkup J, Hermida R, Olfson M, Cournos F, Sawaya GF, Mangurian C. Cervical Cancer Screening Among Female Medicaid Beneficiaries With and Without Schizophrenia. Schizophr Bull. 2024 11 08; 50(6):1499-1507. View on PubMed
  3. Murphy KA, Sarker E, Stuart EA, Cook C, Goldsholl S, Daumit GL. Effect of Care Management on Cholesterol for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness: a Secondary Analysis of an RCT. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Feb; 39(2):354-356. View on PubMed
  4. Murphy KA, Daumit GL. Establishing a Care Continuum for Cardiometabolic Conditions for Patients with Serious Mental Illness. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2023 04; 25(4):193-202. View on PubMed
  5. White SA, Stone E, Murphy KA, Daumit GL, McGinty EE. Smoking Cessation Medication Prescribing for Smokers With and Without Mental Illness. Psychiatr Serv. 2023 04 01; 74(4):332-340. View on PubMed
  6. Yuan CT, McGinty EE, Dalcin A, Goldsholl S, Dickerson F, Gudzune KA, Jerome GJ, Thompson DA, Murphy KA, Minahan E, Daumit GL. Scaling Evidence-Based Interventions to Improve the Cardiovascular Health of People With Serious Mental Illness. Front Psychiatry. 2022; 13:793146. View on PubMed
  7. Murphy KA, Dalcin A, McGinty EE, Goldsholl S, Heller A, Daumit GL. Applying Care Coordination Principles to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in People With Serious Mental Illness: A Case Study Approach. Front Psychiatry. 2021; 12:742169. View on PubMed
  8. Murphy KA, Daumit GL, McGinty EE, Stone EM, Kennedy-Hendricks A. Predictors of cancer screening among Black and White Maryland Medicaid enrollees with serious mental illness. Psychooncology. 2021 12; 30(12):2092-2098. View on PubMed
  9. Murphy KA, McGinty EE, Daumit GL. Hospitalization, Mechanical Ventilation, and Mortality After COVID-19 Among Adults With or Without Serious Mental Illness. Psychiatr Serv. 2022 03 01; 73(3):335-338. View on PubMed
  10. McGinty EE, Presskreischer R, Breslau J, Brown JD, Domino ME, Druss BG, Horvitz-Lennon M, Murphy KA, Pincus HA, Daumit GL. Improving Physical Health Among People With Serious Mental Illness: The Role of the Specialty Mental Health Sector. Psychiatr Serv. 2021 11 01; 72(11):1301-1310. View on PubMed
  11. Murphy KA, Stone EM, Presskreischer R, McGinty EE, Daumit GL, Pollack CE. Cancer Screening Among Adults With and Without Serious Mental Illness: A Mixed Methods Study. Med Care. 2021 04 01; 59(4):327-333. View on PubMed
  12. McGinty EE, Thompson D, Murphy KA, Stuart EA, Wang NY, Dalcin A, Mace E, Gennusa JV, Daumit GL. Adapting the Comprehensive Unit Safety Program (CUSP) implementation strategy to increase delivery of evidence-based cardiovascular risk factor care in community mental health organizations: protocol for a pilot study. Implement Sci Commun. 2021 Mar 04; 2(1):26. View on PubMed
  13. Kennedy-Hendricks A, Bandara S, Daumit GL, Busch AB, Stone EM, Stuart EA, Murphy KA, McGinty EE. Behavioral health home impact on transitional care and readmissions among adults with serious mental illness. Health Serv Res. 2021 06; 56(3):432-439. View on PubMed
  14. McGinty EE, Murphy KA, Dalcin AT, Stuart EA, Wang NY, Dickerson F, Gudzune K, Jerome G, Thompson D, Cullen BA, Gennusa J, Kilbourne AM, Daumit GL. A Model for Advancing Scale-Up of Complex Interventions for Vulnerable Populations: the ALACRITY Center for Health and Longevity in Mental Illness. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 02; 36(2):500-505. View on PubMed
  15. Murphy KA, Jackson JW, Purnell TS, Shaffer AA, Haugen CE, Chu NM, Crews DC, Norman SP, Segev DL, McAdams-DeMarco MA. Association of Socioeconomic Status and Comorbidities with Racial Disparities during Kidney Transplant Evaluation. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2020 06 08; 15(6):843-851. View on PubMed
  16. McGinty EE, Stone EM, Kennedy-Hendricks A, Bandara S, Murphy KA, Stuart EA, Rosenblum MA, Daumit GL. Effects of Maryland's Affordable Care Act Medicaid Health Home Waiver on Quality of Cardiovascular Care Among People with Serious Mental Illness. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 11; 35(11):3148-3158. View on PubMed
  17. Murphy KA, Daumit GL, Bandara SN, Stone EM, Kennedy-Hendricks A, Stuart EA, Pollack CE, McGinty EE. Association Between the Maryland Medicaid Behavioral Health Home Program and Cancer Screening in People With Serious Mental Illness. Psychiatr Serv. 2020 06 01; 71(6):608-611. View on PubMed
  18. Murphy KA, Greer RC, Roter DL, Crews DC, Ephraim PL, Carson KA, Cooper LA, Albert MC, Boulware LE. Awareness and Discussions About Chronic Kidney Disease Among African-Americans with Chronic Kidney Disease and Hypertension: a Mixed Methods Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 01; 35(1):298-306. View on PubMed
  19. Murphy KA, Daumit GL, Stone E, McGinty EE. Physical health outcomes and implementation of behavioural health homes: a comprehensive review. Int Rev Psychiatry. 2018 12; 30(6):224-241. View on PubMed
  20. Murphy KA, Ellison-Barnes A, Johnson EN, Cooper LA. The Clinical Examination and Socially At-Risk Populations: The Examination Matters for Health Disparities. Med Clin North Am. 2018 May; 102(3):521-532. View on PubMed

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