Kelsey Martin is a professor of biological chemistry, psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at UCLA and the director of the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative and the Simons Foundation Neuroscience Collaborations.[1] She was the former dean of David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA from 2015 to 2021.,[2][1] and was the first woman to be named Dean of the UCLA medical school, and was one of just a few female medical school Deans in the United States.[3] She has been the director of the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative, Neuroscience Collaborations since September 2021.[4]
Kelsey Martin | |
|---|---|
 Kelsey Martin at UCLA in 2018 | |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) Yale University (MD, PhD) |
| Known for | neuronal plasticity in learning and memory |
| Awards | |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroscience |
| Institutions | UCLA |
| Doctoral advisor | Ari Helenius |
| Other academic advisors | Eric Kandel |
| Website | https://www.kelseymartinlab.com/ |
Education and career
editMartin majored in English and American Language and Literature at Harvard University, earning her B.A. cum laude in 1979.[citation needed] She spent two years volunteering with the Peace Corps in Zaire before resuming her post-graduate education.[5] 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.[6][7][8]
Honors
editIn 2024, Martin was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.[9]
In 2016, Martin was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[10]
In 2016, Martin was elected to the National Academy of Medicine.[11]
Personal life
editKelsey Martin is the daughter of George Martin, professor of pathology emeritus at the University of Washington, and a prominent researcher in the study of human aging.[12]
References
edit- ^ a b "Dr. Kelsey C. Martin Steps Down as Dean". UCLA Health. Fall 2021.
- ^ Hampton, Phil (July 29, 2016). "Neuroscientist named dean of David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA".
- ^ Greenwald, David (May 2, 2017). "Dean of David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA discusses her top priorities". UCLA Health.
- ^ "Kelsey Martin to Lead the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative, Neuroscience Collaborations". Simons Foundation. July 12, 2021. Retrieved July 18, 2021.
- ^ Schmidt, Elaine. "Dr. Kelsey Martin: From Peace Corps volunteer to medical school leader". UCLA Newsroom. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "People - Kelsey Martin Lab". Kelseymartinlab.com. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
- ^ Newsroom, UCLA. "Dr. Kelsey Martin named interim dean of medical school at UCLA". UCLA Newsroom. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "National Academy of Sciences Elects Members and International Members". www.nasonline.org. April 30, 2024. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
- ^ "Seven UCLA faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences". UCLA. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
- ^ Hampton, Phil. "Two UCLA professors named to National Academy of Medicine". UCLA Newsroom. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
- ^ "Julaine Martin, who treated life as work of art, dies". Seattle Times. May 12, 2005. Retrieved April 14, 2018.