Maxwell Murphy, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Medicine
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• PhD Biostatistics University of California, Berkeley 12/2024
• MA Biostatistics University of California, Berkeley 05/2019
• BA Molecular and Cellular Biology University of California, Berkeley 05/2013

Interests

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• machine learning
• causal inference
• infectious disease modeling
• malaria

Websites

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• Personal website (maxmurphy.dev)

Publications (23)

Top publication keywords:
Antigens, ProtozoanCommunicable Diseases, ImportedPlasmodium falciparumDNA, ProtozoanBayes TheoremNucleic Acid Amplification TechniquesGene FrequencyMalaria, FalciparumSoftwarePlasmodiumPolymorphism, Single NucleotideDiagnostic Tests, RoutineImmunoassayAsymptomatic InfectionsMalaria

• Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine versus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis.
  EClinicalMedicine 2025 Roh ME, Gutman JR, Murphy M, Hill J, Madanitsa M, Kakuru A, Barsosio HC, Kariuki S, Lusingu JPA, Mosha F, Kajubi R, Kamya MR, Mathanga D, Chinkhumba J, Laufer MK, Mlugu E, Kamuhabwa AAR, Aklillu E, …
• MOIRE: a software package for the estimation of allele frequencies and effective multiplicity of infection from polyallelic data.
  Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) 2024 Murphy M, Greenhouse B
• Association between indoor residual spraying and pregnancy outcomes: a quasi-experimental study from Uganda.
  International journal of epidemiology 2022 Roh ME, Mpimbaza A, Oundo B, Irish A, Murphy M, Wu SL, White JS, Shiboski S, Glymour MM, Gosling R, Dorsey G, Sturrock H
• Sensitive, Highly Multiplexed Sequencing of Microhaplotypes From the Plasmodium falciparum Heterozygome.
  The Journal of infectious diseases 2022 Tessema SK, Hathaway NJ, Teyssier NB, Murphy M, Chen A, Aydemir O, Duarte EM, Simone W, Colborn J, Saute F, Crawford E, Aide P, Bailey JA, Greenhouse B
• Inferring person-to-person networks of Plasmodium falciparum transmission: are analyses of routine surveillance data up to the task?
  Malaria journal 2022 Huber JH, Hsiang MS, Dlamini N, Murphy M, Vilakati S, Nhlabathi N, Lerch A, Nielsen R, Ntshalintshali N, Greenhouse B, Perkins TA

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• Assessment of Plasmodium antigens and CRP in dried blood spots with multiplex malaria array.
  Journal of parasitic diseases : official organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology 2021 Jang IK, Aranda S, Barney R, Rashid A, Helwany M, Rek JC, Arinaitwe E, Adrama H, Murphy M, Imwong M, Proux S, Haohankhunnatham W, Ding XC, Nosten F, Greenhouse B, Gamboa D, Domingo GJ
• Confirmation of the absence of local transmission and geographic assignment of imported falciparum malaria cases to China using microsatellite panel.
  Malaria journal 2020 Liu Y, Tessema SK, Murphy M, Xu S, Schwartz A, Wang W, Cao Y, Lu F, Tang J, Gu Y, Zhu G, Zhou H, Gao Q, Huang R, Cao J, Greenhouse B
• Multiplex Human Malaria Array: Quantifying Antigens for Malaria Rapid Diagnostics.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2020 Jang IK, Tyler A, Lyman C, Rek JC, Arinaitwe E, Adrama H, Murphy M, Imwong M, Proux S, Haohankhunnatham W, Barney R, Rashid A, Kalnoky M, Kahn M, Golden A, Nosten F, Greenhouse B, Gamboa D, Domingo GJ
• Active Case Finding for Malaria: A 3-Year National Evaluation of Optimal Approaches to Detect Infections and Hotspots Through Reactive Case Detection in the Low-transmission Setting of Eswatini.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2020 Hsiang MS, Ntshalintshali N, Kang Dufour MS, Dlamini N, Nhlabathi N, Vilakati S, Malambe C, Zulu Z, Maphalala G, Novotny J, Murphy M, Schwartz A, Sturrock H, Gosling R, Dorsey G, Kunene S, Greenhouse …
• High Genetic Diversity of Plasmodium falciparum in the Low-Transmission Setting of the Kingdom of Eswatini.
  The Journal of infectious diseases 2019 Roh ME, Tessema SK, Murphy M, Nhlabathi N, Mkhonta N, Vilakati S, Ntshalintshali N, Saini M, Maphalala G, Chen A, Wilheim J, Prach L, Gosling R, Kunene S, S Hsiang M, Greenhouse B
• FLASH: a next-generation CRISPR diagnostic for multiplexed detection of antimicrobial resistance sequences.
  Nucleic acids research 2019 Quan J, Langelier C, Kuchta A, Batson J, Teyssier N, Lyden A, Caldera S, McGeever A, Dimitrov B, King R, Wilheim J, Murphy M, Ares LP, Travisano KA, Sit R, Amato R, Mumbengegwi DR, Smith JL, Bennett A…
• Genetic Evidence of Focal Plasmodium falciparum Transmission in a Pre-elimination Setting in Southern Province, Zambia.
  The Journal of infectious diseases 2019 Pringle JC, Tessema S, Wesolowski A, Chen A, Murphy M, Carpi G, Shields TM, Hamapumbu H, Searle KM, Kobayashi T, Katowa B, Musonda M, Stevenson JC, Thuma PE, Greenhouse B, Moss WJ, Norris DE
• Using parasite genetic and human mobility data to infer local and cross-border malaria connectivity in Southern Africa.
  eLife 2019 Tessema S, Wesolowski A, Chen A, Murphy M, Wilheim J, Mupiri AR, Ruktanonchai NW, Alegana VA, Tatem AJ, Tambo M, Didier B, Cohen JM, Bennett A, Sturrock HJ, Gosling R, Hsiang MS, Smith DL, Mumbengegwi…
• Simultaneous Quantification of Plasmodium Antigens and Host Factor C-Reactive Protein in Asymptomatic Individuals with Confirmed Malaria by Use of a Novel Multiplex Immunoassay.
  Journal of clinical microbiology 2019 Jang IK, Tyler A, Lyman C, Kahn M, Kalnoky M, Rek JC, Arinaitwe E, Adrama H, Murphy M, Imwong M, Ling CL, Proux S, Haohankhunnatham W, Rist M, Seilie AM, Hanron A, Daza G, Chang M, Das S, Barney R, …
• Laboratory challenges of Plasmodium species identification in Aceh Province, Indonesia, a malaria elimination setting with newly discovered P. knowlesi.
  PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2018 Coutrier FN, Tirta YK, Cotter C, Zarlinda I, González IJ, Schwartz A, Maneh C, Marfurt J, Murphy M, Herdiana H, Anstey NM, Greenhouse B, Hsiang MS, Noviyanti R
• A new highly sensitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2 in whole blood.
  Malaria journal 2018 Jang IK, Das S, Barney RS, Peck RB, Rashid A, Proux S, Arinaitwe E, Rek J, Murphy M, Bowers K, Boadi S, Watson J, Nosten F, Greenhouse B, Chiodini PL, Domingo GJ
• Antibody Profiling by Proteome Microarray with Multiplex Isotype Detection Reveals Overlap between Human and Aotus nancymaae Controlled Malaria Infections.
  Proteomics 2018 Taghavian O, Jain A, Joyner CJ, Ketchum S, Nakajima R, Jasinskas A, Liang L, Fong R, King C, Greenhouse B, Murphy M, Bailey J, Galinski MR, Barnwell JW, Plowe CV, Davies DH, Felgner PL
• Safety of Single-Dose Primaquine in G6PD-Deficient and G6PD-Normal Males in Mali Without Malaria: An Open-Label, Phase 1, Dose-Adjustment Trial.
  The Journal of infectious diseases 2018 Chen I, Diawara H, Mahamar A, Sanogo K, Keita S, Kone D, Diarra K, Djimde M, Keita M, Brown J, Roh ME, Hwang J, Pett H, Murphy M, Niemi M, Greenhouse B, Bousema T, Gosling R, Dicko A
• Antibody Profiling by Proteome Microarray with Multiplex Isotype Detection Reveals Overlap between Human and Aotus nancymaae Controlled Malaria Infections.
  Proteomics 2018 Taghavian O, Jain A, Joyner CJ, Ketchum S, Nakajima R, Jasinskas A, Liang L, Fong R, King C, Greenhouse B, Murphy M, Bailey J, Galinski MR, Barnwell JW, Plowe CV, Davies DH, Felgner PL
• Performance of Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification for the Identification of Submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum Infection in Uganda.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2017 Katrak S, Murphy M, Nayebare P, Rek J, Smith M, Arinaitwe E, Nankabirwa JI, Kamya M, Dorsey G, Rosenthal PJ, Greenhouse B
• Performance of a High-Sensitivity Rapid Diagnostic Test for Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in Asymptomatic Individuals from Uganda and Myanmar and Naive Human Challenge Infections.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2017 Das S, Jang IK, Barney B, Peck R, Rek JC, Arinaitwe E, Adrama H, Murphy M, Imwong M, Ling CL, Proux S, Haohankhunnatham W, Rist M, Seilie AM, Hanron A, Daza G, Chang M, Nakamura T, Kalnoky M, Labarre …
• Limitations of Rapid Diagnostic Testing in Patients with Suspected Malaria: A Diagnostic Accuracy Evaluation from Swaziland, a Low-Endemicity Country Aiming for Malaria Elimination.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2017 Ranadive N, Kunene S, Darteh S, Ntshalintshali N, Nhlabathi N, Dlamini N, Chitundu S, Saini M, Murphy M, Soble A, Schwartz A, Greenhouse B, Hsiang MS
• THE REAL McCOIL: A method for the concurrent estimation of the complexity of infection and SNP allele frequency for malaria parasites.
  PLoS computational biology 2017 Chang HH, Worby CJ, Yeka A, Nankabirwa J, Kamya MR, Staedke SG, Dorsey G, Murphy M, Neafsey DE, Jeffreys AE, Hubbart C, Rockett KA, Amato R, Kwiatkowski DP, Buckee CO, Greenhouse B