Aileen Maria Marty is physician, scientist, an

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expert, clinical and anatomical pathologist, and a

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at the FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine.

Early life and education

Born in

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of 1959. Her family first moved to Caracas

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and then to the United States. She served as a naval officer in the US Navy for 25 years. In 1982, while in the Navy, she graduated from the

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. She was appointed to the Homeland Defense Committee in 2001 by Admiral James A. Zimble. She continued to serve in the US Navy in joint missions after her retirement from the Navy. In 2020 she became a Distinguished University Professor at Florida International University. Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine.

Career

Marty is known for her work in tropical medicine, infectious diseases, and disaster response. She advises governments and organizations worldwide on outbreak response and emergency preparedness on diseases including

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Ebola Ebola, also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD) and Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), is a viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates, caused by ebolaviruses. Symptoms typically start anywhere between two days and three weeks after in ...

COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In January 2020, the disease spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include fever ...

, and

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. While in the Navy, she developed exercise and training programs for the US Government including members of the Department of State, Centers for Disease Control, the Joint Military Intelligence College, Naval War College, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and Food and Drug Administration, among others. She worked on Anthrax cases of patients during the 2001 Anthrax letters, being of special help to the family of the first case to present at what was then Ceders of Lebanon Hospital in Miami. She also studied old cases of

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at the

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and

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. She has headed World Health Organization teams in outbreak response and mass gatherings and produced interim guidance documents for the World Health Organization. As of 2019, Marty is co-editor-in-chief of the journal ''One Health''. In 2012, Marty was invited to join the board of World Patent Marketing, which was later investigated for fraud. Marty was hired to review patent ideas, though none were ever provided for review. She returned her single payment and expressed regret for joining the board when she learned of the possibility of fraud. Marty has given two TEDxFIU Talks. Marty’s 2013 TEDx talk addressed the dual-use nature of chemical and biological weapons in modern warfare and public health. At the fourth annual TEDxFIU event, Marty delivered a talk titled ''Ebola Heroes'', recounting her experiences leading containment efforts during the 2014–2015 West African Ebola outbreak.

Honors and awards

On March 26, 2015, Representative Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida honored Marty in the Congressional Record during a tribute for Women’s History Month. Marty received the Florida International University’s Worlds Ahead Faculty Award in 2015. Marty was recognized as a Distinguished Alumnus by the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in 2003. She received the 2021 Julia Tuttle Award from the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce. In 2015, the Miami-Dade Parks and Recreation department honored Marty for her work on

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, and other diseases. In September 2021, singer

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nominated Marty for ''

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''s "Inspiration List".

References

External links

Aileen Maria Marty, MD, FACP
biography at the FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marty, Aileen Living people Florida International University faculty University of Miami alumni Female United States Navy personnel Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine alumni Naval War College alumni Women physicians Year of birth missing (living people)