I am currently a full-time Senior Research Assitant for Remote Healthcare for Eating Disorders throughout COVID-19 (RHED-C) based in PaCT lab, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences.
I am a member of the North East Hoarding Research Group, and have recently completed a 12 month project funded by Sir Halley Stewart Trust in partnership with Gateshead Council exploring the impact of Hoarding and Social Networks on attitudes towards older adults in the North East of England. I am also currently part of a research team exploring help seeking-behaviours in individuals who hoard.
Research Interests:
Remote healthcare interventions for eating disorders
The impact of hoarding behaviours and social networks on attitudes towards supported housing
Developing multi-agency, and person-led, self-help, appraoches to dealing with the impact of hoarding behaviours
Parapsychology and life after death beliefs
How parapsychology and psychical research is disucssed in cyberspace (for which I cam currently working towards a PhD by publication as Alex Tanous Foundation Scholar)
- Algorithmic Exposure to Body Image Content on TikTok: A Mixed-Methods International Study with Implications for Mental Health and Platform Accountability, Branley-Bell, D., Murphy-Morgan, C., Moore, L. 20 Mar 2026, 11th International Digital Public Health Conference (DPH) 2026, Frontiers
- A thematic analysis of an online discussion forum for people with problematic hoarding behaviours, Sillence, E., Murphy-Morgan, C. 13 May 2026, In: Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
- Food Insecurity and Eating Distress in the North East of England: A Pilot Research Programme - Summary Report, Branley-Bell, D., Murphy-Morgan, C., Nunn, V., Fry, A., Scrase, J., Godfrey-Harrison, T., Zhang, V., Giles, E., Smith, J., Day, P. 11 Jun 2026
- Mind over matter? The cognitive styles of scientific scepticism and paranormal belief, Dagnall, N., Denovan, A., Murphy-Morgan, C., Drinkwater, K., Powell, D., Neave, N. 6 Mar 2026, In: frontiers in psychology
- Understanding the barriers and facilitating factors to mental health help-seeking in adults with hoarding behaviours: a preliminary investigation, Clark, L., Murphy-Morgan, C., Neave, N., Punton, G., Rivers, H., Sillence, E. 2 Jan 2026, In: Clinical Psychologist
- A Call for Strategy on Eating Disorders: The Need for a Comprehensive Eating Disorder Strategy in England and Specific Guidance for the Remote Delivery of Eating Disorder Services., Brown, R., Murphy-Morgan, C., Downs , J., Branley-Bell, D. 27 Mar 2025, In: Journal of Eating Disorders
- A Critical Discourse Analysis of Public Perspectives of Parapsychology on Facebook Utilising Graham's Hierarchy of Disagreement, Murphy-Morgan, C., Smith, L. 17 Dec 2025, In: Imagination, Cognition and Personality
- From Paper to Pixel: Demonstrating the Power of Non-Digital Serious Games for Informing Digital Health Solutions, Branley-Bell, D., Murphy-Morgan, C., Malowaniec, P. 26 Apr 2025, Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, New York, US, ACM
- “Stepping outside the red line": An exploration of two co-design methodologies exploring lived experiences of remote support for eating disorders throughout COVID-19 and beyond (Design4Health Conference, 2024), Murphy-Morgan, C., Branley-Bell, D. 25 Feb 2025
- A Call for Strategy on Eating Disorders: The Need for a Comprehensive Eating Disorder Strategy in England and Specific Guidance for the Remote Delivery of Eating Disorder Services, Brown, R., Murphy-Morgan, C., Downs , J., Branley-Bell, D. 20 Nov 2024
- Psychology MSc November 08 2017
- Graduate Member (MBPsS) British Psychological Society (BPS) 2021
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