Kelsey Martin

Kelsey Martin is a professor of biological chemistry, psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences and the current dean of David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.[1] She is the first woman to be named Dean of the UCLA medical school, and is among just a handful of female medical school Deans in the United States[2] She is a physician-scientist known for her work on the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying memory.

Kelsey Martin
Kelsey Martin at UCLA in 2018
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma mater
Known forneuronal plasticity in learning and memory
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsNeuroscience
InstitutionsUCLA
Doctoral advisorAri Helenius
Other academic advisorsEric Kandel
Websitehttps://www.kelseymartinlab.com/

Education and career

Martin majored in English and American Language and Literature at Harvard University, earning her B.A. cum laude in 1979. She spent two years volunteering with the Peace Corps in Zaire before resuming her post-graduate education.[3] Martin returned to the United States and obtained her MD/PhD degree from Yale University in 1992. Her graduate thesis work investigated the nuclear transport of influenza virus ribonucleoproteins in the laboratory of Ari Helenius. She went on to postdoctoral training with Eric Kandel at the Center for Neurobiology and Behavior at Columbia University. At Columbia University, she made the seminal discovery that a single axonal branch can be the substrate for synaptic plasticity associated with learning and memory.[4][5][6]

Honors

In 2016, Martin was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[7]

In 2016, Martin was elected to the National Academy of Medicine.[8]

Personal life

Kelsey Martin is the daughter of Dr. George Martin, professor of pathology emeritus at the University of Washington, and a prominent researcher in the study of human aging.[9]

References
  1. "Neuroscientist named dean of David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA". UCLA. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  2. ."Dean of David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA discusses her top priorities". UCLA. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  3. Schmidt, Elaine. "Dr. Kelsey Martin: From Peace Corps volunteer to medical school leader". UCLA Newsroom. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  4. Martin, Kelsey C; Casadio, Andrea; Zhu, Huixiang; e, Yaping; Rose, Jack C; Chen, Mary; Bailey, Craig H; Kandel, Eric R (1997). "Synapse-Specific, Long-Term Facilitation of Aplysia Sensory to Motor Synapses: A Function for Local Protein Synthesis in Memory Storage". Cell. 91 (7): 927–38. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80484-5. PMID 9428516. S2CID 16423304.
  5. "People - Kelsey Martin Lab". Kelseymartinlab.com. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  6. Newsroom, UCLA. "Dr. Kelsey Martin named interim dean of medical school at UCLA". UCLA Newsroom. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  7. "Seven UCLA faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences". UCLA. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  8. Hampton, Phil. "Two UCLA professors named to National Academy of Medicine". UCLA Newsroom. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  9. "Julaine Martin, who treated life as work of art, dies". Seattle Times. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
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