Desmond Murphy

Dr. Desmond Michael Murphy is the Clinical Lead for asthma, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, and pulmonary hypertension at CUH. He is the co-lead for COPD. Other areas of specialist interest include advanced lung disease, non-invasive ventilation, and lung cancer. He is on the Irish Thoracic Society Clinical advisory group to the HSE for both asthma and COPD. He is a member of the scientific advisory committee of the Asthma Society of Ireland. His research interests include airway and pulmonary vascular remodeling, and potential modulation of the pulmonary immune response. He currently supervises 2 Ph.D. students examining the role of the airway microbiome and aspiration in severe asthma. He is a co-investigator on an HRB-funded study examining the utility of a device monitoring inhaler technique and compliance in the management of asthma (INCA). Dr. Murphy has authored or co-authored 50 peer-reviewed scientific papers and book chapters.