About us
We are a multidisciplinary team with diverse backgrounds across health sciences, social science, community engagement, and implementation research.
The REACH Lab is led by Dr. Jill Murphy, Assistant Professor and Research Chair in Mental Health and Addictions, whose work focuses on improving equitable access to mental health care both globally and locally.
With a range of expertise and shared passion, our team works together to understand people’s real experiences with mental healthcare and use that knowledge to improve the systems around them.
Dr. Jill Murphy, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dr. Jill Murphy, PhD, is an Assistant Professor and Research Chair in Mental Health and Addictions at in the Interdisciplinary Health Program at St. Francis Xavier University (StFX) in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Her expertise is in mental health services research, global mental health and implementation science with a focus on improving access to and equity in mental health prevention, promotion and care. Her research interests include using co-design to develop appropriate mental health promotion and care interventions with adults and youth, enhancing access to community-based mental health care, digital mental health and equity, and best practices to promote the meaningful engagement of people with lived experience of mental health conditions in research. She is currently leading studies in Vietnam and Nova Scotia, Canada and is a co-investigator on several international and Canadian studies. To support her own mental well-being, she enjoys walks and snuggles with her dog Brie and can be caught watching episodes of The Traitors and RuPaul’s Drag Race to unwind.
