Dr. Martins-Green is a Professor of Cell Biology in the Department of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology at the University of California, Riverside, where she works to uncover more about chronic wounds and their basic cell and molecular mechanisms
Dr. Martins-Green came to the US from Portugal on a Fulbright Fellowship and received a PhD in Zoology with an emphasis in Developmental Biology from the UCD Dec 1987.
She then held a postdoctoral fellowship at the LBNL and then received a 3-year NRSA from NCI, and was an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Rockefeller University before joining the UC Riverside faculty in 1993-present.
Wound healing and a history of cell research
Professor Martins-Green is an internationally known researcher in the field of response to injury, wound healing and tissue engineering and pioneered the role of chemokines in wound healing and angiogenesis.
She has also developed a murine model of chronic wounds to study of the basic cell and molecular mechanisms of chronic wound initiation and development. Her research has been funded by NCI, NIGMS, NAIAD, AHA and TRDRP and she has served on review panels for several agencies, including NIH, DOD and AHA.
Honors/Awards Highlights
In addition to her Fulbright Fellowship for PhD studies in the US, her honors include Postdoctoral NRSA 1989-1991, UCR Faculty Development Award, 1997-1998; Member of the Standing Committee on Women in Cell Biology of the American Society for Cell Biology (2001-2006) and she was on the Advisory Board for the California Tissue Engineering Meeting and of TERMIS.
She has also served as Associate Editor for several journals through the years.
Dr. Martins-Green was Chair of the UCR Academic Senate (President of the Faculty) 2004-2006, a member of the committee to hire the new Chancellor at UCR (2008), a member of the All Campus Committee to develop a UC School of Global Health (2006-2010) and on the Board of Director of the Institute of Global Health (2010-2016).
She also served as the Chair of the UCR Academic Senate Committee on Diversity and Equal Opportunity and served as chair of the equivalent UC-wide committee. She was appointed to the UCR Chancellor’s Council on Climate, Culture and Inclusion (2010).
In 2008-2009, Dr. Martins-Green won both the Distinguished Service Award, and the Innovative Teaching Award for UCR and, in 2010, was elected fellow of AAAS. Along with this, she was also a Member of the Wound Healing Society Board of Directors 2011-2014.
Dr. Martins-Green was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the Wound Healing Foundation as Vice-President for Research 2017-. Was Chair of the Department of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology 2017-2021, received the UC Oliver Johnson Awards in 2020 for her leadership accomplishments at the UC-wide system (top award given by the Senate to a faculty member at UC), received the Wound Healing Society distinguished service award in 2021 for leadership in the Wound Healing Society and in 2022 received the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement.
In 2023, Dr. Martins-Green won the Wound Healing Foundation vice-president of research award for mentorship of junior scientists to successful careers.
About the University of California
The University of California, Riverside is a doctoral research university, a living laboratory for ground-breaking exploration of issues critical to Inland Southern California, the state and communities around the world. Reflecting California’s diverse culture, UCR’s enrolment is more than 26,000 students.
The campus opened a medical school in 2013 and has reached the heart of the Coachella Valley by way of the UCR Palm Desert Center. The campus has an annual impact of more than $2.7 billion on the U.S. economy. The University of California have become part of the Association of American Universities (AAU). To learn more, visit www.ucr.edu.
