CURRICULUM VITAE

 
George M. Martin, M.D. Professor of Pathology, Adjunct Professor of Genetics
Associate Director, Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, Washington 98195-7470
 

PERSONAL

  Born: June 30, 1927, New York, New York
  Marital Status: Married 1952 - 4 children (born 1956, 1958, 1959, 1964)

EDUCATION

  1944 Cooper Union School of Engineering, New York, New York
  1944-1945 College of the City of New York, New York
  1946-1948 University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska
  1948-1953 University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

DEGREES

  1949 B.S. Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
  1953 M.D. (Thesis honors) University of Washington, Seattle,Washington

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  1953-1954 Rotating Internship, Montreal General Hospital
  Summer 1961 American Tissue Culture Association Course, Madison, Wisconsin (John Paul)
  1961-1962 U.S. Public Health Service Research Fellow, Genetics Department, Glasgow University, Glasgow, Scotland. Genetics (Professor G. Pontecorvo)
  Summer 1965 Electronics for Scientists Course, Urbana, Illinois (H. Malmstadt)
  1968-1969 Eleanor Roosevelt International Cancer Research Fellow, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris, France. Molecular Biology (Professor François Gros)
  1978-1979 Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Faculty Scholar Award, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, Oxford University, Experimental Embryology, (Professor Henry Harris, Richard Gardner)
  1990 Medical Genetics Field Research, India
  1991 Humboldt Foundation Distinguished Scientist, Dept. of Human Genetics, University of Wurzburg (Professor Holger Hoehn)
  Winter 1999 Visiting Scientist, Rockefeller University (Professor Joshua Lederberg)

FACULTY POSITIONS

  1956-1957 Instructor in Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  1957-1960 Instructor in Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle
  1960-1964 Assistant Professor of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle
  1964-1968 Associate Professor of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle
  Fall 1965 Visiting Scientist, Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY (Prof. Salome Welsch)
  1968- Professor of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle
  1975- Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle
  1980-1981 Acting Chairman, Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle
  1999- Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY

HOSPITAL POSITIONS

  1956-1963 Consultant in Pathology, Elgin State Hospital, Elgin, Illinois
  1957-1959 Consultant in Pathology, Firlands Sanitarium, Seattle, Washington
  1959-1963 Consultant in Pathology, Northern State Hospital, Sedro Woolley, Washington
  1959- Attending Pathologist, University Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
  1964 Founding Director of Cytogenetics Laboratory, University Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
  1970 Founding Director, Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
  1972-1982 Director and Co-Director of Cytogenetics Laboratory, University Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle
  1983 Founding Director, Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

MILITARY SERVICE

  1945-1946 U.S. Navy, WW II, S1/c (Electronics)

HONORS

 

Sigma Xi Eleanor Roosevelt International Cancer Research Fellow, 1968-1969

Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Faculty Scholar Award, 1978-1979

Alpha Omega Alpha (elected faculty member, 1980)

Brookdale Award, Gerontological Society of America, 1981, for research on biological and clinical aspects of aging

Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1982

Distinguished Alumnus Award, Univ. of Washington School of Medicine, 1987

National Institutes of Health Merit Award, 1989

AlliedSignal Achievement Award in Aging, 1990

Member, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, 1992

Research Medal, American Aging Association, 1992

Robert W. Kleemeier Award, Gerontological Society of America, 1993

Irving Wright Award of Distinction of the American Federation for Aging Research, 1996

Paul Harris Fellow, Rotary International, 1998

Paul Glenn Foundation Award, 1998 b

Lifetime Achievement Award, World Alzheimer Congress, 2000

RECENT LECTURESHIPS

 

Wright Science Colloquium Lecturer, H. Dudley Wright Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland, 1996

Allegheny Health, Education and Research Foundation Institutute on Aging Keynote Lecturer, 1996

Arthur Cherkin Memorial Lecturer in Geriatric Medicine, UCLA, 1997

National Institute on Aging Laboratory of Genetics Inaugural Symposium, 1998

CERTIFICATION

 

1958

1987

Diplomate, American Board of Pathology (Pathologic Anatomy)

Diplomate, American Board of Medical Genetics (Clinical Cytogenetics)

LICENSURE

 

1954-1957

1957-

Licensed Physician and Surgeon, State of Illinois

Licensed Physician and Surgeon, State of Washington

ORGANIZATIONS

 

American Society for Investigative Pathology

American Society of Human Genetics

Genetics Society of America

American Society for Cell Biology

Tissue Culture Association of America (President, 1986-1988)

Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine

Pluto Society (Association of University Pathologists)

American Association for the Advancement of Science (elected Fellow, 1982)

American Association of University Professors

Washington State Society of Pathologists

Federation of American Scientists

Gerontological Society of America (elected Fellow, 1977; Biological Sciences Section Chairman, 1979-80)

Society for Neuroscience

Washington State Medical Association

EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

  1970 - Editorial Advisory Board, Current Contents, Life Sciences
  1972 -1974 Editorial Advisory Board, Human Pathology
  1974 -1985 Associate Editor, Human Pathology
  1976 -1996 Associate Editor, Journal of Cellular Physiology
  1978 Editorial Board, American Geriatrics Society Book Project
  1979 -1987 Associate Editor, Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics
  1979 Consulting Editor, Experimental Aging Research
  1981 -1990 Editorial Board, Review of Biological Research in Aging
  1982 - Editorial Board, Journal of Experimental Pathology
  1982 -1985 Associate Editor, Handbook of Biology of Aging
  1984 - Associate Editor, Experimental Gerontology
  1988 -1995 Editorial Board, Mutation Research
  1989 - Advisory Board of "Dementia Section," Journal of Neural Transmission - Parkinson's Disease and Dementia Section
  1990 - Editorial Consultant, Aging: Clinical and Experimental Research
  1990 - Editorial Board, Mechanisms of Ageing and Development
  1990 -1993 Editorial Board, Neurobiology of Aging
  1990 - Associate Editor, Progress in Cell Science
  1991 -1993 Editorial Board, Neurodegeneration 0
  1992 -1994 Associate Editor, American Journal of Pathology
  1996 - Editorial Board, Reviews in Clinical Gerontology
  1998 - International Advisory Board, Age and Ageing
  2000 - Board of Reviewing Editors, Science

 

1959 Intersociety Committee for Research Potential in Pathology (Interviewer) 1966-1971 Member of Pathology "B" Study Section, National Institutes of Health 1971- Member, Ad hoc Committees: Adult Aging Branch, NICHD; Cancer Research Centers Review Committee, NCI; Cell Culturing Facilities Advisory Committee, NSF 1973-1975 Member, Adult Development and Aging Research Committee, NICHD 1974 Chairman, Gordon Conference on Molecular Pathology 1974 Advisory Committee, Cell Bank, Institute Medical Res., Camden, NJ 1974 Meritorious Award Committee, American Society for Experimental Pathology 1975 Chairman, Meritorious Award Committee, American Society for Experimental Pathology 1975-1977 Chairman, Aging Research Review Committee, National Institute on Aging 1976-1978 Biomedical Research Committee, National Research Foundation on Aging 1979 Local Chairman, Tissue Culture Assoc. 30th Annual Meeting 1979 Chairman, Gordon Conference on the Biology of Aging 1979 Chairman, Biological Sciences Section, Gerontological Society 1980-1982 Chairman, National Research Plan on Aging Task Force, National Institutes of Health 1981- Independent Assessor Panel, National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia 1981-1988 Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee, Veteran's Administration 1981-1982 Ad hoc member, Molecular Cytology Study Section, National Institutes of Health 1981-1987 Committee on Life-Course Perspectives on Human Development, Social Science Research Council 1982 Chairman, External Review Committee, Pathobiology Graduate Training, University of Minnesota 1982-1984 Chairman, Cell Biology Advisory Committee, National Institute on Aging 1983-1986 Medical Research Service Merit Review Board for Basic Sciences,Veterans Administration 1983 Chairman, Visitor's Committee, Ethyl Percy Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern California 1985-1999 Selection Panel, AlliedSignal Corporation Achievement Award in Aging 1985-1989 Member, National Advisory Council on Aging, National Institutes of Health 1986-1988 President, Tissue Culture Association 1986,1988 Ad hoc Member, Board of Scientific Counselors, Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging 1986- Member of Science Board, Alliance for Aging Research 1987 Committee on Chemical Toxicity and Aging, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences 1988 Visitors Committee, Ethyl Percy Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern California 1988-1989 Chairman, Program Committee, National Advisory Council on Aging, National Institutes of Health 1988 Consultant, International Programme on Chemical Safety, Committee on Aging and the Chemical Environment, World Health Organization 1988- Member, National Scientific Advisory Council, American Federation for Aging Research 1988-1989 Biomedical Research Advisory Panel, National Research Plan Aging, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences 1988-1989 Biomedical Liaison Committee, National Research Agenda on Aging, National Academy of Sciences 1989-1991 Board of Directors, American Type Culture Collection 1989-1995 Member of Deaconess Hospital Research Foundation Committee, Billings, MT 1989-1996 Member of St. Paul's Hospital Research Foundation Committee, Vancouver, B.C. 1990 Cochairman, Workshop on Radiation and Aging, Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Hiroshima 1991 Search Committee, Director, National Institute on Aging 1994-1998 Board of Scientific Counselors, National Institute on Aging 1994-1998 Executive Committee, Vice President, and President-Elect, American Federation for Aging Research 1994-1997 Chairman, Scientific Review Committee, American Federation for Aging Research 1997- Member, Selection Committee, Paul Beeson Physician Faculty Scholars Program, American Federation for Aging Research 1998- Scientific Advisory Board, Ellison Medical Foundation 1998-1999 Member, Search Committee, Associate Director for Biology of Aging Program, National Institute on Aging 2000 President, American Federation for Aging Research 2000-
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology