Prof Niamh Murphy is a senior lecturer in the School of Health Sciences at Waterford Institute of Technology. Niamh has a PhD and Masters from The Queens University Belfast and an undergraduate degree in physical education from the University of Limerick. Niamh has 25 years teaching and research supervision experience at both undergraduate and postgraduate level in health promotion and exercise and health. She has over 50 peer reviewed publications. Research interests and publications include population physical activity, evaluations of community based health promotion initiatives, physical activity policy, and the role of mass events on population health. Prof Murphy is a member of the International Society for Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH), Health Enhancing Physical Activity Network (HEPA )Europe and International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA). She is co-investigator of the Irish Physical Activity Research Collaboration (I-PARC https://i-parc.ie/). Niamh is an active athletics coach and a former Irish international athlete.