Helen Murray

Alongside her athletic achievements, Murray has built an academic career in neuroscience, with a specialized focus on Alzheimer's disease. She divides her research time between the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States and the Centre for Brain Research at the University of Auckland, where she conducts advanced studies into the mechanisms of neurodegeneration. In 2017, she completed her doctoral studies with a thesis titled Plasticity in the Human Alzheimer’s Disease Brain, which explored the brain’s capacity to adapt and reorganize in the face of neurodegenerative changes. Her work contributes to the global effort to understand better and eventually treat Alzheimer’s disease, bridging clinical research and academic insight.

Murray has advocated for women in science and sport.