Michael B. Murphy is an Irish doctor and academic. He was the

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...

University College Cork University College Cork – National University of Ireland, Cork (UCC) ( ga, Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh) is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland, and located in Cork. The university was founded in 1845 as one ...

from 2007 to 2017. Since April 2019, Murphy is president of the European University Association (EUA).

Early life and education

Murphy earned his undergraduate degree in medicine at University College Cork (UCC), graduating in 1973. He undertook further studies at the

Royal Postgraduate Medical School The Royal Postgraduate Medical School (RPMS) was an independent medical school, based primarily at Hammersmith Hospital in west London. In 1988, the school merged with the Institute of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, and in 1997 became part of Imperial ...

in London, England. He then studied for a doctorate at the

National University of Ireland The National University of Ireland (NUI) ( ga, Ollscoil na hÉireann) is a federal university system of ''constituent universities'' (previously called ''university college, constituent colleges'') and ''recognised colleges'' set up under t ...

, which he completed in 1984.

Career

From 1984 to 1992, Murphy taught medicine and pharmacology at the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the b ...

in the United States. In 1992, he returned to Ireland and UCC, where he had been appointed

Professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an Academy, academic rank at university, universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who pr ...

of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. He was appointed the dean of the faculty of medicine and health at UCC in 2000, before becoming the head of its college of medicine and health in 2006. In December 2006, he was announced as the next President of University College Cork. He took up the post on 1 February 2007 in succession to Gerry Wrixon. He stepped down as president in 2017, after ten years leading UCC, and was succeeded by Patrick O'Shea. As a physician, Murphy practised medicine at St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin and at St Finbarr's Hospital,

Cork Cork or CORK may refer to: Materials * Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product ** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container ***Wine cork Places Ireland * Cork (city) ** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...

Selected works

* * * * * * *

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Murphy, Michael Living people Academics of University College Cork Year of birth missing (living people) Presidents of University College Cork University of Chicago faculty 20th-century Irish medical doctors 21st-century Irish medical doctors Alumni of University College Cork