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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

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Born in Havana, Cuba,[3] her family left Cuba following the Cuban Revolution of 1959 when she was four years old, moving first to Venezuela and then to the United States.[4]

She joined the United States Navy. In 1982, while in the Navy, she graduated from the University of Miami School of Medicine.[5][4] 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

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Marty has worked on infectious diseases, including Zika fever in Miami,[7] Ebola,[8] COVID-19,[9][10][11] and Mpox.[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]

In the 2010s, Marty was recruited to join the board of World Patent Marketing, a company that was later found to have scammed inventors out of their payments. Marty said she had been told that she would be sent patent ideas to review. She never received any and returned the check she had received when she heard the company might be committing fraud. She commented, "I wish I had never heard of the company and I wish that my name were not in any way associated with it. I can't turn back time and not accept the offer to be on their board — believe me if I could, I would".[14]

As of 2022, Marty is co-editor-in-chief of the journal One Health.[15]

Honors and awards

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In 2015, the Miami-Dade Parks and Recreation department honored Marty for her work on Ebola, malaria, and other diseases.[5] In September 2021, singer Gloria Estefan nominated Marty for Good Morning America's "Inspiration List".[16]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c "Who is the American Woman? Meet Captain Aileen Marty, MD". anikka becker. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Influential south Florida women make a difference". The Miami Herald. March 1, 2015. pp. SW12. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
  6. ^ a b Evans, Christine (December 2, 2001). "The miracle that saved Ernie Blanco's life". The Palm Beach Post. pp. [1], [2]. 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. ^ Leonnig, Carol; Helderman, Rosalind; O'Harrow Jr., Robert (November 8, 2018). "Before he led the Justice Department, Matthew G. Whitaker promoted company accused of deceiving clients". Washington Post.
  15. ^ "Editorial board - One Health | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier". www.sciencedirect.com. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
  16. ^ "Video Gloria Estefan nominates Dr. Aileen Marty for the 'GMA' Inspiration List". ABC News.
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