Susan A. Murphy
Funded Research:
Antidepressants, Concurrent Treatments, and Completed Suicide in VA Registry Data (NIMH)
Heterogeneous Treatment Effects in Social and Behavioral Sciences (NINR)
Learning Adaptive Treatment Strategies in Mental Health (NIMH)
Methodology for Adaptive Treatment Strategies (NIDA)
Methodology for Developing Adaptive Interventions (NIDA)
Michigan Center for Health Communications Research (NCI)
Multidisciplinary Alcoholism Research Training Program (NIAAA)
Reducing Drug Abuse with Individually Tailored Treatments (NIDA)
Research Professor, Survey Research Center, University of Michigan.
Professor, Psychiatry, University of Michigan.
Professor, Statistics, University of Michigan.
Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Dr. Murphy's current primary interest is in causal inference and multi-stage decisions, sometimes called dynamic treatment regimes. Dynamic treatment regimes are individually tailored treatments involving a sequence of decision rules that specify when to alter therapy. The decision rules employ variables such as patient response, risk, burden, adherence, and preference, collected during prior therapy.
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
Collins, L.M., Chokraborty, B., Susan A. Murphy, and V. Strecher. 2009. "Comparison of a phased experimental approach and a single randomized clinical trial for developing multicomponent behavioral interventions." Clinical Trials, 6(1): 5-15. DOI:10.1177/1740774508100973. Licensed Access.
Chakraborty, Bibhas, Linda M. Collins, Victor J. Strecher, and Susan A. Murphy. 2009. "Developing multicomponent interventions using fractional factorial designs." Statistics in Medicine, 28(21): 2687-2708. DOI:10.1002/sim.3643. Licensed Access.
Murphy, Susan A., and D. Bingham. 2009. "Screening Experiments for Developing Dynamic Treatment Regimes." Journal of the American Statistical Association, 104(485): 391-408. DOI:10.1198/jasa.2009.0119. Licensed Access.
Brown, S.A., McGue, M., J. Maggs, John E. Schulenberg, R. Hingson, S. Swartzwelder, C. Martin, T. Chung, S.F. Tapert, K. Sher, K.C. Winters, C. Lowman, and Susan A. Murphy. 2008. "A developmental perspective on alcohol and youths 16 to 20 years of age." Pediatrics, 121:S290-S310. DOI:10.1542/peds.2007-2243D. Licensed Access.
Nair, V., Strecher, V., A. Fagerlin, P. Ubel, K. Resnicow, Susan A. Murphy, R. Little, B. Chakraborty, and A.J. Zhang. 2008. "Screening experiments and the use of fractional factorial designs in behavioral intervention research." American Journal of Public Health, 98(8): 1354-1359. PMCID:PMC2446451. DOI:10.2105/ajph.2007.127563. Public Access. Worldcat.
Murphy, Susan A., David W. Oslin, A John Rush, and Ji Zhu. 2007. "Methodological challenges in constructing effective treatment sequences for chronic psychiatric disorders." Neuropsychopharmacology, 32(2): 257-262. DOI:10.1038/sj.npp.1301241. Licensed Access.
Pineau, J., M.G. Bellemare , A.J. Rush, A. Ghizaru, and Susan A. Murphy. 2007. "Constructing evidence-based treatment strategies using methods from computer science." Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 88(Suppl2): S52-60. PMCID:PMC1934348. DOI:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2007.01.005.. Licensed Access.
Collins, L.M., Susan A. Murphy, and V. Strecher. 2007. "Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST) and the Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (SMART): New Methods for More Potent e-Health Interventions." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 32(5S): S112-118. PMCID:PMC2062525. DOI:10.1016/j.amepre.2007.01.022. Licensed Access.
Murphy, Susan A., L.M. Collins, and A.J. Rush. 2007. "Customizing Treatment to the Patient: Adaptive Treatment Strategies." Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 88(2): S1-S72. PMCID:PMC1924645. DOI:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2007.02.001.. Licensed Access.
Murphy, Susan A., K.G. Lynch, J.R. McKay, D. Oslin, and T. TenHave. 2007. " Developing Adaptive Treatment Strategies in Substance Abuse Research." Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 88(2): S24-S30. PMCID:PMC1922034. DOI:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2006.09.008.. Licensed Access.
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