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Personal profile
Overview
I am a Senior Lecturer; my area of interest is light-tissue interaction. I am a member of the Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences and my work is based at Salford Royal Hospital and in the Photon Science Institute (School of Physics and Astronomy).
Research interests
I am currently an Senior Lecturer. I recently completed an Arthritis Research UK (now Versus Arthritis) Fellow (Career Development Fellowship; January 2011-2017). My Fellowship was entitled ‘Shedding light on the cause of systemic sclerosis: Can non-invasive imaging techniques elucidate pathogenesis and measure disease?’ My work involves the development and application of novel, non-invasive imaging techniques in order to learn more about skin structure and blood vessel structure and function. I am particularly interested identifying changes due to the progression of systemic sclerosis (a systemic connective tissue disease which causes skin fibrosis and decreased perfusion) and how skin in patients with systemic sclerosis differs from that of healthy controls.
Prior to my Arthritis Resaerch Fellowship I was a University of Manchester ‘Stepping Stone’ Fellow (2005-2010), project entitled ‘Optical techniques for imaging structure and blood flow in microvascular disease’. The project involved developing and implementing imaging techniques to measure cutaneous perfusion for the purpose of monitoring disease progression and treatment response. In addition to imaging novel treatments for two aspects of the systemic sclerosis disease (telangiectases and digital ischaemia) were piloted.
My work is multi-disciplinary, involving a significant amount of collaboration with other groups within and outside the university and with industry.
My collaborations
Prof Ariane Herrick
Prof Christopher Griffiths
Dr Graham Dinsdale
Dr Mark Dickinson
Prof Christopher Taylor
Dr Rachel Watson
Dr Mike Berks
Memberships of committees and professional bodies
- Institute of Physics (1998)
- British Microcirculation Society (2003)
- European Society for Microcirculation (2007)
- British Medical Laser Association (2007)
Qualifications
- 1998 - MPhys (Physics)
- 2001 - PhD (Physics)
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- Digital Futures
- Photon Science Institute
Keywords
- laser photonics
- non-invasive imaging
- scleroderma
- morphoea
- fibrosis
- ischaemia
- hypoxia
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Imaging the microvasculature using nailfold capillaroscopy in patients with coronavirus disease-2019; A cross-sectional study
Wilkinson, S., Wilkinson, J., Grace, A., Lyon, D., Mellor, M., Yunus, T., Manning, J., Dinsdale, G., Berks, M., Knight, S., Bakerly, N., Gebril, A., Dark, P., Herrick, A., Taylor, C., Dickinson, M. & Murray, A., 1 May 2025, In: Microvascular Research. 159, 104796.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A phase 2 trial investigating the efficacy and safety of the mPGES-1 inhibitor vipoglanstat in systemic sclerosis-related Raynaud's
Tornling, G., Edenius, C., Pauling, J. D., Denton, C. P., Olsson, A., Kowalski, J., Murray, A., Anderson, M., Bhat, S., Del Galdo, F., Hall, F., Korkosz, M., Krasowska, D., Olas, J., Smith, V., van Laar, J. M., Vonk, M. C., Wojteczek, A. & Herrick, A. L., 14 Feb 2024, In: Rheumatology (Oxford, England). keae049.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Development of a measuring app for systemic sclerosis-related digital ulceration (SALVE: Scleroderma App for Lesion VErification)
Davison, A. K., Krishan, A., New, R. P., Murray, A., Dinsdale, G., Manning, J., Hall, F., Pauling, J. D., Vail, A., Kearney, K., Patrick, H., Hughes, M., Dixon, W., Dickinson, M., Taylor, C. & Herrick, A. L., 19 Jul 2024, In: Rheumatology (Oxford, England).Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mobile phone thermography of the toes in patients with systemic sclerosis-a pilot study
Lim, R., Dinsdale, G., Manning, J., Heal, C., Murray, A. & Herrick, A. L., 2024, In: Rheumatology Advances in Practice. 8, 3, p. rkae068Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A phase 2 trial investigating the effects of the angiotensin II type 2 receptor agonist C21 in systemic sclerosis-related Raynaud's
Herrick, A. L., Batta, R., Overbeck, K., Raud, J., Manning, J., Murray, A., Dinsdale, G. & Tornling, G., 1 Feb 2023, In: Rheumatology (Oxford, England). 62, 2, p. 824-828 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
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British Microcirculation Society (External organisation)
Murray, A. (Academic expert member)
2017 → 2020Activity: Membership › Membership of committee › Research
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65th British Microcirculation Annual Meeting 2015
Murray, A. (Chair)
2015Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research