Aileen Maria Marty is an infectious disease expert and a professor at the FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine.[1][2]

Early life and education

Born in Havana, Cuba, Marty moved to the United States, at the age of four years old,[3] when her family left Cuba following the Cuban Revolution of 1959, moving first to Venezuela and then to the United States.[4] She joined the United States Navy, and while in the Navy graduated from the University of Miami School of Medicine in 1982.[5][4] In the Navy, Marty achieved the rank of Commander in the mid-1990s. She was appointed to the Homeland Defense Committee in 2001 by Admiral James A. Zimble.[6] She was in the Navy for 25 years,[1] and retired in 2003.[4]

Career

Marty is known for her work on infectious diseases, including Zika fever in Miami,[7] Ebola,[8] COVID-19,[9][10][11] and monkeypox.[12] While in the Navy she led training courses for civilians on weapons on how to respond to biological and chemical attacks,[13] and studied old cases of anthrax at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.[6]

As of 2022 Marty is co-editor-in-chief of the journal One Health.[14]

Honors and awards

In 2015, the Miami-Dade Parks and Recreation department honored Marty for her work on diseases such as Ebola and malaria.[5] In September 2021, singer Gloria Estefan nominated Marty for Good Morning America's "Inspiration List".[15]

References

  1. 1 2 Plasencia, Amanda (March 8, 2021). "Dr. Aileen Marty Has Been Breaking Barriers for Women in Public Health for Years". NBC6.
  2. ↑ "117 staffers sue over Houston hospital's vaccine mandate, saying they don't want to be 'guinea pigs'". Washington Post. May 29, 2021.
  3. ↑ Pecharich, Alexandra (January 23, 2015). "Cuban-American Ebola fighter goes where others fear to tread". FIU Magazine. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 "Who is the American Woman? Meet Captain Aileen Marty, MD". anikka becker. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Influential south Florida women make a difference". The Miami Herald. March 1, 2015. pp. SW12. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
  6. 1 2 Evans, Christine (December 2, 2001). "The miracle that saved Ernie Blanco's life". The Palm Beach Post. pp. , . Retrieved November 25, 2022.
  7. ↑ Chang, Daniel (August 4, 2016). "Where's Zika in Miami?". The Macon Telegraph. pp. A5. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
  8. ↑ Kaushik, Ajeet; Tiwari, Sneham; Dev Jayant, Rahul; Marty, Aileen; Nair, Madhavan (January 15, 2016). "Towards detection and diagnosis of Ebola virus disease at point-of-care". Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 75: 254–272. doi:10.1016/j.bios.2015.08.040. ISSN 0956-5663. PMC 4601610. PMID 26319169.
  9. ↑ Santiago, Fabiola (July 15, 2020). "In Fauci, we trust — and these top Miami COVID doctors: Aileen Marty and Lilian Abbo". Miami Herald.
  10. ↑ Marty, Aileen Maria; Jones, Malcolm K. (June 1, 2020). "The novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is a one health issue". One Health. 9: 100123. doi:10.1016/j.onehlt.2020.100123. ISSN 2352-7714. PMC 7049657. PMID 32140538.
  11. ↑ Zaitchik, Benjamin F.; Sweijd, Neville; Shumake-Guillemot, Joy; Morse, Andy; Gordon, Chris; Marty, Aileen; Trtanj, Juli; Luterbacher, Juerg; Botai, Joel; Behera, Swadhin; Lu, Yonglong; Olwoch, Jane; Takahashi, Ken; Stowell, Jennifer D.; Rodó, Xavier (2020). "A framework for research linking weather, climate and COVID-19". Nature Communications. 11 (1): 5730. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-19546-7. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 7661498. PMID 33184283.
  12. ↑ Christakis, Trish; Tin, Alexander (August 4, 2022). "FIU's Dr. Marty on monkeypox: "This is not a disease you want to get"". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
  13. ↑ Penton, Kevin (October 23, 2001). "Area emergency personnel train for attacks by terrorists". The Morning Call. p. 19. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Editorial board - One Health | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier". www.sciencedirect.com. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
  15. ↑ "Video Gloria Estefan nominates Dr. Aileen Marty for the 'GMA' Inspiration List". ABC News.
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