Biography - Leigh Murphy

Dr. Leigh Murphy is a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics at the University of Manitoba. She is also the Chair of the Breast Cancer Research Group and a Senior Scientist at the Manitoba Institute for Cell Biology.

Dr. Murphy received a bachelor of Science (with honours) from the University of Sydney, Australia, in 1973 and a Ph.D. from the University of Sydney, Australia, in 1977. Her research focuses on determining the mechanisms by which human breast cancer cells progress from estrogen dependence to independence and how breast cancers develop resistance to antiestrogens and other endocrine therapies.

Dr. Murphy is an internationally recognized scientist in the area of hormones and breast cancer. She has published more than 140 research papers, was instrumental in developing the Manitoba Breast Cancer Research Group, and has obtained more than $5 M of research funding since the beginning of her research program.