Professor Margaret Murphy is a nationally recognised emergency nurse clinician researcher with over 30 years of senior clinical leadership experience. She recently commenced the role of Professor of Emergency and Critical Care at the University of Technology Sydney and Northern Sydney Local Health District. Previously, she served as Clinical Nurse Consultant (Level 3) and Co-Director of Research at Westmead Hospital Emergency Department, Sydney. She holds a Fellowship of the College of Emergency Nursing Australasia (FCENA, 2024) and was a member of the NSW Ministerial Emergency Care Taskforce. Her career spans clinical practice, implementation science, health policy, education, and research, with qualifications in emergency nursing, intensive care, mental health, change management, and a PhD from the University of Sydney. Her passion outside of nursing is road cycling. She is a riding medic for the charity organisation Tour de Cure.