Eleanor Murray

Boston University School of Public Health

Dr. Murray is an assistant professor at Boston University School of Public Health who focuses on improving methods for evidence-based decision-making and human-data interaction. Her work primarily focuses on applications to public health and clinical epidemiology, including applications to HIV, HPV, cancer, cardiovascular disease, psychiatric disorders, musculoskeletal disorders, social and environmental epidemiology, and maternal and adolescent health. Dr. Murray also conducts meta-research evaluating bias in existing research. During the COVID pandemic, Dr. Murray has been working on improving science communication about epidemiology and public health concepts, and identifying and addressing barriers to equitable vaccination distribution and acceptance. She completed a postdoctoral research fellowship in epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, working on causal inference for comparative effectiveness and real-world evidence in the HSPH Program on Causal Inference. She holds an ScD in epidemiology and MSc in biostatistics from Harvard, an MPH in epidemiology from Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, and a BSc in biology from McGill University. Dr. Murray is an associate editor for social media at the American Journal of Epidemiology, and can be reached on Twitter at @epiellie.

Area of Expertise

• Health and Medicine

Methodology

• Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR)
• Experimental, Focus Groups, Interviews
• Mixed Methods
• Qualitative Methods
• Quantitative Methods
• Randomized Control Trials (RCTs)
• Secondary Data Analysis
• Survey Methods and Questionnaires