Adam Murphy
ChicagoCHEC Role: Mentoring and Project Team Lead
Organization: Northwestern University
Dr. Murphy is a urologist who focuses 40% of his time on research related to diagnostic and prognostic prostate cancer biomarkers, risk calculators, and imaging tools, and 40% of his time treating patients. He has led several multi-institutional, multidisciplinary prostate cancer research projects. He is a recipient of a VA Career Development Award and co-leader on several projects. His work aims to improve risk stratification and early detection strategies in prostate cancer. Dr. Murphy holds an MS in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from Northwestern University and an MBA/MD from the University of Chicago. He also brings experience as a clinical trialist, PI and co-PI on research projects focused on advancing prostate cancer diagnostics and as a co-lead on the Mentoring and Project team, assisting in the onboarding of junior investigators in cancer research.