Professor Rinki Murphy
MBChB, FRACP, PhD
r.murphy@auckland.ac.nz
Professor Rinki Murphy is a leader of the ‘Genetic Predisposition to Obesity and Diabetes in NZ Populations’ flagship research programmes.
Associate Professor Murphy is a Senior Lecturer in medicine at the University of Auckland and a diabetologist and physician at Auckland DHB and Counties Manukau Health. Her clinical research interests include genetics and physiology of diabetes and obesity. Dr Murphy holds a medical degree (MBChB) from the University of Auckland and a PhD in genetics and epigenetics of diabetes from the University of Plymouth (UK). She is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.