Research & Interest

Dr. Murphy is Director of the Health Risk Reduction Projects within UCLA’s Integrated Substance Abuse Program (ISAP) and has conducted HIV/AIDS behavioral research on children, adolescents, adults, and families over the past 16 years. She currently has an NIMH-funded R01 to assess the impact of maternal HIV/AIDS on early and middle adolescents among families she has followed since the children were 6 to 11 years of age; an NIDCR grant to investigate the impact of alcohol and substance use on adolescent orofacial injuries; and an NIMH-funded pilot study of a disclosure intervention for HIV-positive mothers and their young children. On the NIDA-funded Center for Advancing Longitudinal Drug Abuse Research (CALDAR), she is the Associate Director of the Research and Development Core. She is also a Core Scientist on the Intervention Core of the NIMH-funded Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services (CHIPTS). Overall, she has been the P.I. on nine federally funded grants and three state funded grants, as well as a Co-investigator on over thirteen federally funded projects. Prior to coming to UCLA, she was the Associate Director for the Center for AIDS Intervention in Wisconsin, and Co-Investigator on a series of federal grants focused on outcome evaluations of HIV behavioral risk-reduction interventions.

Selected Publications

• Murphy, D. A., Hoffman, D., Seage, G. R., Belzer, M., Xu, J., Durako, S. J., & Geiger, M.  (2007).  Improving comprehension for HIV vaccine trial information among adolescents at risk for HIV.  AIDS Care, 19, 42 – 51.

• Murphy, D. A., Greenwell, L., Mouttapa, M., Brecht, M. L., & Schuster, M. A.  (2006).  Physical health of mothers with HIV/AIDS and the mental health of their children.  Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, 27, 386 – 395.

• Murphy, D. A., Roberts, K. J., & Hoffman, D.  (2006).  Young children’s reactions to mothers’ disclosure of maternal HIV+ sersotatus.  Journal of Child and Family Studies, 15, 39-56.  DOI:  10.1007/s10826-005-9007-8.

• Murphy, D. A., Belzer, M., Durako, S. J., Sarr, M., Wilson, C. M., & Muenz, L.  (2005).  Longitudinal antiretroviral adherence among adolescents infected with human immunodeficiency virus.  Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine, 159, 764 – 770. 

• Murphy, D. A., Marelich, W. D., Dello Stritto, M. E., Swendeman, D., & Witkin, A.  (2002).  Mothers living with HIV/AIDS:  Mental, physical, and family functioning.  AIDS Care, 14, 633-644.

• Murphy, D. A., Lu, M., Martin, D., Hoffman, D., & Marelich, W. D.  (2002).  Results of a pilot intervention trial to improve antiretroviral adherence among HIV-positive patients.  Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 13, 57 - 69. 

• Murphy, D. A., Stein, J., Schlenger, W., Maibach, E., & the NIMH Multisite HIV Prevention Trial Group  (2001).  Conceptualizing the multidimensional nature of self-efficacy:  Assessment of situational context and level of behavioral challenge to maintain safer sex.  Health Psychology, 20, 281-290.

• Murphy, D. A., Durako, S. J., Moscicki, A. B., Vermund, S. H., Ma, Y., Schwarz, D. F., & Muenz, L.  (2001).  No change in high-risk behavior over time among HIV-infected adolescents in care:  Role of psychological distress.  Journal of Adolescent Health, 29, 57-63.