Melissa E. Murray

Dr. Melissa E. Murray, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Neuroscience and a Consultant in Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic Jacksonville. She leads the Translational Neuropathology Laboratory and was named Mayo Clinic Investigator of the Year in 2022. In 2026, she received the Alzheimer’s Association Excellence Award for Innovation and Mentoring at Human Amyloid Imaging and the Rainwater Prize for Outstanding Innovation in Neurodegenerative Research. Dr. Murray is internationally recognized for her research on the neuropathologic basis of Alzheimer’s disease heterogeneity and biomarker changes. As Co-Director of the Mayo Clinic Brain Bank, she has helped modernize neuropathology through the integration of digital pathology and artificial intelligence to objectively identify and quantify disease-related lesions. She currently leads or co-leads two NIH R01 grants and two NIA-funded Neuropathology Cores focused on young-onset Alzheimer’s disease, tau positron emiss