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Dr Myles Murphy

Post Doctoral Research Fellow

Staff Member Details

Myles is a postdoctoral clinician researcher within the Edith Cowan University Nutrition and Health Innovation Research Institute. Myles’ research involves investigating the drivers of pain and impairment in people with lower-limb musculoskeletal injury and disability as well as novel neuroscience interventions to address these impairments.

Background

Dr. Murphy is an Australian Physiotherapy Association titled Sport and Exercise Physiotherapist. Dr. Murphy has worked clinically as a physiotherapist for variety of elite sporting teams, including the Western Australian Cricket Association. While also working clinically, Dr. Murphy completed his PhD part-time at The University of Notre Dame Australia investigating the different mechanisms related to pain and dysfunction in people with lower-limb tendinopathy.

Professional Associations

  • Australian Physiotherapy Association - Member
  • Australian Physiotherapy Association (WA Branch) - Deputy-Chairperson
  • Sports Medicine Australia - Member
  • Sports Physiotherapy Australia - Member
  • Australian College of Physiotherapists - Member
  • Australian Sports Medicine Federation - Fellow

Awards and Recognition

  • 2025: Young Tall Poppy (Australian Institute for Policy and Science)
  • 2025: Publication Prize (Raine Medical Research Foundation)
  • 2025: Best Early Career Researcher Award - Pain Stream (Australian Physiotherapy Association)
  • 2024: Vice-Chancellors Award for Excellence in Early Career Research (Edith Cowan University)
  • 2024: ASICS Medal Winner (Sports Medicine Australia)
  • 2024: Best Early Career Researcher in Sport Science  (Sports Medicine Australia)
  • 2024: Next Generation Leader (Isokinetic, Spain)
  • 2024: Best Research Award (SportsKongress, Denmark)
  • 2022: Fellowship, Australian Sports Medicine Federation
  • 2020: Emergent Researcher Award, Australian Physiotherapy Association (WA)

Research Areas and Interests

Myles’ research involves investigating the drivers of pain and impairment in people with lower-limb musculoskeletal injury and disability as well as novel neuroscience interventions to address these impairments. Myles’ has a research interest in tendon injuries, especially the Achilles tendon, and according to ExpertScape is within the top 0.3% of published ‘tendinopathy’ researchers worldwide.

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