Aileen Marty

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. 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. "Who is the American Woman? Meet Captain Aileen Marty, MD". anikka becker. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
  5. "Influential south Florida women make a difference". The Miami Herald. March 1, 2015. pp. SW12. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
  6. 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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