Gwendolyn C. Murphy,
RD, PhD
Gwendolyn C. Murphy, RD, PhD is an Assistant Consulting Professor with the Division of Community Health, Department of Community and Family Medicine. Dr. Murphy completed a MS in Nutrition at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1976 and a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of North Carolina School of Education in 1993. She worked at Duke as a Nutrition Clinician prior to getting her PhD and has worked since 1993 in the field of medical curriculum design, evaluation and research as well as faculty development. She has recently started working with the Graduate Medical Education office at Duke to help the graduate programs meet the competency requirements. Her current research is with Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC and the American Dietetic Association on the cost effectiveness of medical nutrition therapy for overweight adults. In addition, she is working on community-based ways to reduce obesity in North Carolina. She has served on the Steering Committee for the Clinical Leadership Program at Duke since its inception.
