Mrs Jessica Murray

Clinical Research Manager, Maternal Health Program, Child and Maternal Health Division.

Qualifications:

Master of Global Health and Master of Health Leadership and Management, UNSW, 2024; Bachelor of Health Science in Therapeutic Recreation and Health Promotion, Western Sydney University, 2017

Location:

Darwin – Royal Darwin Hospital Campus

Biography:

Jessica Murray lives in Garramilla on Larrakia Country (Darwin, Northern Territory), where she was born and raised. She is privileged to partner with families and communities to improve maternal, child, and family health across urban, regional, and remote regions of the NT. An allied health clinician researcher, Jessica has experience leading clinical trials, qualitative research, community-based health promotion, and remote primary health care service enhancement initiatives. 

Jessica is committed to using participatory, collaborative, and strengths-based approaches that privilege the priorities and perspectives of communities she serves. 

She currently works closely with Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to co-design culturally safe, relevant, and accessible maternal and early childhood health initiatives in the NT. She has a strong interest in using critical social theories and decolonising research practices to address, advocate and innovate for equity across gender, sexual and reproductive health and rights and social justice issues.

Jessica’s additional research interests include using therapeutic and leisure-based methods in public health, as shown in a recent qualitative project which explored using creative arts to understand echoes of trauma and healing in the lived experiences of women with HIV in Australia.