Consultant
Portia Murphy
Portia works with health services to produce evidence that holds up in real decision-making environments. Portia's experience sits at the intersection of clinical research, program evaluation and service performance, supporting teams to use data confidently when shaping policy, services and operational priorities.
Portia’s superpower
Portia's superpower is working with imperfect datasets - framing the right evaluation questions, selecting methods that balance rigour with practicality, and translating results into insights that clinicians, executives and policymakers can rely on.
How she got here
- Built a strong foundation in clinical research and biostatistics, working hands-on with longitudinal and retrospective health datasets across clinical and academic settings.
- Led and contributed to evaluations at the Centre for Digestive Diseases, analysing treatment outcomes and diagnostic approaches to support service review, patient communication and clinical decision-making.
- Supported quality, audit and governance activities during the establishment and operation of a TGA-approved laboratory, contributing to protocol development and evidence-based internal decision-making.
- Delivered advanced statistical and predictive modelling projects through the University of Sydney, applying regression and machine-learning techniques to real-world clinical datasets.
- Currently completing a Master of Biostatistics, continuing to build expertise in rigorous, transparent and decision-focused analytical methods.