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The NIH Record  -- February 21, 1989, Page 1 Martin Directs NIA Science

Dr. George R. Martin was recently named scientific director for the National Institute on Aging. He will direct the institute's intramural research program, which conducts biological, physiological and behavioral investigations of aging. He will also administer NIA's Gerontology Research Center located in Baltimore, Md.

Known for his studies on the structure and function of connective tissue and alterations with disease, Martin joins NIA after 14 years as chief of NIDR's Laboratory of Developmental Biology and Anomalies. His research on basement membranes has broad implications for studies involving both cancer and aging. Dr. George R. Martin (r), newly appointed NIA scientific director, with predecessors Dr. Gunther L. Eichhorn (l), acting scientific director, 1988, and Dr. Richard C. Greulich, scientific director, 1977-1988.

Martin received his undergraduate degree in chemistry from Colgate University and his Ph.D. from the University of Rochester. He has also studied at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, and at the Max Planck Institut fur Biochemie, in Munich, Germany.

Martin has been the recipient of several honors including the International Association of Dental Research Award in Basic Science, the DHHS Distinguished Service Award, the Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Award and the Federal Meritorious Executive Rank Award in 1987. He is the author or co-auther of some 300 articles or book chapters.

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