Bio: Elizabeth Murray, a 2001-02 Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy, is an associate professor in primary health care at the Royal Free and University College Medical School at University College London and a practicing family physician. Her chief research interests are in medical education and shared decision-making between patients and physicians. Murray served as a member of the London Implementation Review Group of Cancer Services in London and chair of the group's primary health care subcommittee. She also chaired the Community-based Medical Education in North Thames Research Steering Group. Murray's previous awards include a Royal College of General Practitioners research training fellowship.
Placement: University of California
Mentors: Bernard Lo, M.D.
Project: How Does Internet Access to Medical Information Affect the Doctor-Patient Relationship?
Description: Murray's project explored the impact that health information on the Internet has on health care, health outcomes, health service utilization, and doctor-patient relationships. She also investigated whether the results differ for patients by socioeconomic status. She analyzed findings from a nationally representative survey of over 3,000 households conducted by the Robert Wood Johnson.