New York State Science Policy Fellow
Anqesha Murray (she/her) completed her PhD in biology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). She was awarded the National Institute on Aging Training Program in Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical and Translational Research training grant. Her thesis project focused on the structural basis and cellular mechanisms of interactions in Alzheimer’s disease and microglial activation. Murray served as communications chair for the Alzheimer’s Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment (ISTAART) Professional Interest Group to Elevate Early Career Researchers Executive Committee. In addition, she has commercialized multiple companies ranging from a non-profit to a small business and biomed/biotech startup space. Murray also co-founded ADuCare, a cognitive decline tracking application commercialized out of RPI.