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Melissa Murray

A Mayo Clinic assistant professor and a recent winner of the Alzheimer’s Association’s de Leon Prize in Neuroimaging, Melissa seeks to identify the neuropathologic underpinnings of neuroimaging changes in the brain. Her novel contributions to Alzheimer’s disease research and high-impact publication record draw heavily on her expertise in digital pathology. Nominators say, “Melissa’s team science approach has highlighted the integral nature of laboratory medicine with neurology and radiology. Her studies are highly translational and will continue to have a lasting impact on neuropathology.”

Melissa considers the de Leon Prize a huge honor and the highlight of her career thus far. “Neuroimaging was what made me fall in love with the brain,” she says, “but neuropathology is my passion. Receiving the award validated the uphill battle of my multidisciplinary studies.”

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Part of the Power List 2016

The “rising stars” of pathology.

All too often, when considering the movers and shakers in any given field, those who are on their way up are overlooked.
This year, we shift the Power List spotlight to focus on the next generation of laboratory medicine – the “rising stars” of pathology.
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