Helen Murray

{{distinguish|Helen Murray Free}}

{{short description|New Zealand ice hockey defender}}

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{{Infobox ice hockey player

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| birth_place = New Zealand

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| position = Forward

| shoots = Right

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| ntl_team = New Zealand

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| thesis1_title = Plasticity in the Human Alzheimer’s Disease Brain

| thesis1_url = https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/35012

| thesis1_year = 2017

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Helen C. Murray (born 3 September 1990) is a New Zealand neuroscientist and ice hockey forward who currently serves as captain of the New Zealand national team.{{Cite news|last=simon.collins@nzherald.co.nz|first=Simon Collins Education reporter, NZ Herald|date=2017-09-24|title=The ice-skating captain who is a brain scientist|language=en-NZ|work=NZ Herald|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11924492|access-date=2020-07-26|issn=1170-0777}} She made her debut with the senior national team at the 2013 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II, and was named captain in 2016.{{Cite news|title=Driven New Zealand women's team comes to train in 'hockey heaven'|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/driven-new-zealand-womens-team-comes-to-train-in-hockey-heaven/article38273375/|access-date=2020-07-26}}{{Cite web|last=Montroy|first=Liz|date=2017-09-08|title=Advancing Female Ice Hockey in New Zealand|url=https://womenshockeylife.com/advancing-female-ice-hockey-in-new-zealand/|access-date=2020-07-26|language=en-US}} Her research focuses on Alzheimer's disease, where she splits her time between the American National Institutes of Health and the University of Auckland Centre for Brain Research.{{Cite web|title=Dr Helen Murray: The best of both worlds – The University of Auckland|url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2019/05/30/best-of-both-worlds.html|access-date=2020-07-26|website=www.auckland.ac.nz}}{{Cite journal|last1=Murray|first1=Helen C.|last2=Swanson|first2=Molly E. V.|last3=Dieriks|first3=B. Victor|last4=Turner|first4=Clinton|last5=Faull|first5=Richard L. M.|last6=Curtis|first6=Maurice A.|date=2018-02-21|title=Neurochemical Characterization of PSA-NCAM+ Cells in the Human Brain and Phenotypic Quantification in Alzheimer's Disease Entorhinal Cortex|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306452217309090|journal=Neuroscience|language=en|volume=372|pages=289–303|doi=10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.12.019|pmid=29429526 |s2cid=24680197 |issn=0306-4522}} Her 2017 doctoral thesis was titled Plasticity in the Human Alzheimer’s Disease Brain.{{cite thesis |last=Murray |first=Helen |year=2017 |type=Doctoral thesis |title=Plasticity in the Human Alzheimer’s Disease Brain |publisher=ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland |hdl=2292/35012 |url=https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/35012}}