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Patricia A. Murphy, CNM, DrPH, FACNM

Academic Information

Departments Adjunct - Family & Preventive Medicine

Divisions: Public Health

Board Certification

  • American College of Nurse Midwives

Patricia Murphy is a Certified Nurse-Midwife who spent many years working in the city hospitals of New York City, attending births and providing care to women from all over the world. In recent years, she works primarily in the office setting rather than in the hospital. Her clinical specialties are prenatal care, contraception, family planning, and reproductive health. She has a special interest in complementary and alternative medicine for women's health.

Research Statement

Patricia Aikins Murphy, CNM, DrPH, FACNM is a Professor at the University of Utah College of Nursing. Her research interests focus on women's and reproductive health.

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Murphy PA, Kern SE, Stanczyk FZ, Westhoff C (2005). Interaction of St. John's Wort with oral contraceptives: effects on the pharmacokinetics of norethindrone and ethinyl estradiol, ovarian activity and breakthrough bleeding. Contraception, 71(6), 402-8. (Read full article)
  2. Murphy P (2002). St. John's wort and oral contraceptives: reasons for concern?. Journal of midwifery & women's health, 47(6), 447-50. (Read full article)
  3. Wilson ML, Murphy P (2003). Herbal and dietary therapies for primary and secondary dysmenorrhoea (Cochrane review online journal). The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 3,
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  5. Murphy P (2012).
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  7. Barger (2015).
  8. Patricia A. Murphy CNM, DrPH, FACNM, FAA (2015).
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  10. Jacobson J (2012).
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  14. Murphy P (2012).
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  18. Murphy P (2012).
  19. Patricia A. Murphy CNM, DrPH, FACNM, FAA (2015).
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  22. Barger (2015).
  23. Patricia A. Murphy CNM, DrPH, FACNM, FAA (2015).
  24. Turok D (2014).
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  27. Barger (2015).

Review

  1. CF Fros (2014).

Book Chapter

  1. Murphy P (2013).
  2. Murphy P (2015).
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  4. Murphy P (2013).
  5. PA Murph (2014).

Other

  1. Murphy P (2013).
  2. Patricia A. Murphy CNM, DrPH, FACNM, FAA (2013).
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  7. Murphy P (2015).
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  9. Murphy P (2015).