Jane Murphy

Professor Jane Murphy

  • Professor and Deputy Dean
  • Bournemouth Gateway Building BGB 507b, St Pauls Lane, Bournemouth, BH8 8GP
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Biography

Jane is Deputy Dean for Research, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences at Bournemouth University (previously Co-Director of the Ageing and Dementia Research Centre).

As Professor of Nutrition, Registered Nutritionist and Dietitian, her primary research interests are committed to key nutrition-related problems associated with ageing including dementia, frailty and malnutrition and led a range of studies working with collaborators in the UK and internationally.

She uses qualitative and quantitative methods and innovative approaches to find robust solutions centred on older people’s lives, intervening early with a particular focus on community working together with stakeholders from both the health and care sectors. She is currently leading NIHR funded projects using digital health coaching for people with frailty in Wessex and improving nutritional care at home for people with dementia working with home care provision.

She has co-produced a number of research-informed training materials for workforce development and support carers...

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Research

My current research studies/areas of interest include:

1. Improving the delivery of nutritional care in people with dementia living in the community (care homes and people living at home). We have completed a study, funded by the Burdett Trust for Nursing to provide new research informed evidence based toolkit for training and education and currently measuring the impact of their dissemination and spread. 2. Nutritional interventions in ageing and effects on neurogeneration. This area of work specifically targets dietary interventions to improve metabolic function and effect on neurodegenerative processes for the prevention and management of mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s Dementia. 3. Nutrition in older people at risk or having undernutrition and ways to improve identification and management of nutritional care in the community. We currently have funding from the Burdett Trust for Nursing to investigate the barriers and facilitators for implementation of a new procedure for nutrition screening in community care for older people. 4. Way to improve the delivery of research informed nutritional advice in training and practice for health care professionals, specifically for people living with and beyond cancer. This areas of work builds on research funded work with Macmillan Cancer Support to develop a new online resource for health care professionals on nutrition for people who have had a cancer diagnosis and completed treatment.

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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person's work contributes towards the following SDGs:

Zero hunger

"End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture"

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Good health and well-being

"Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages"

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Reduced inequalities

"Reduce inequality within and among countries"

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Partnership for the Goals

"Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development"

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