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CURRICULUM VITAE ~ Genesee J. Martinez

CONTENT ORGANIZATION

  1. GENERAL INFORMATION

    Office Address, Email, Telephone

  2. EDUCATION

    Undergraduate, Professional/Graduate

  3. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

  4. HONORS, AWARDS, & SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC RECOGNITION

  5. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, PUBLIC SERVICE & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

    Memberships

  6. RESEARCH & INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

    Publications and Abstract Presentations

Date Prepared: August 24, 2022

CURRICULUM VITAE

Genesee J. Martinez
Pharmacology Ph.D. Student
Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences
University of Kentucky College of Medicine

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

Address
Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
760 Press Avenue
Healthy Kentucky Research Building, Room 223
Lexington, KY, 40508
 
Email: genesee.martinez@uky.edu
Telephone: (951) 961-5198

II. EDUCATION

Undergraduate 

09/2011-05/2015
Mount Saint Mary’s University-Los Angeles | Toledo, Ohio
Bachelor of Science, Biology
Relevant Coursework:
Biology, Anatomy & Physiology, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Genetics, and Biological Literature and Communication.

Professional/Graduate

08/2021-present
University of Kentucky College of Medicine | Lexington, KY
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Pharmacology
GPA 4.0
Mentor: Dr. Terry Hinds, Jr.
Relevant Coursework:
Biomolecules and Metabolism, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Practical Statistics, Ethics in Scientific Research, Cell Biology and Signaling, and Physiological Communications

Professional Development

08/2021Responsible Conduct of Research, Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program) course, University of Kentucky
05/2022Ethics in Scientific Research
02/2022Kentucky Student Advocate, Kentucky Academy of Science
03/2022Methods to Promote Data Reproducibility in Laboratory Research Workshop Series, Good Research Practice (GRP) Resource Center, University of Kentucky
08/2022Hazardous Waste Training Program, Environmental Management Department course, University of Kentucky
08/2022Fire Safety Training Program, Fire Marshal's Office course, University of Kentucky
08/2022Chemical Hygiene Plan (Lab Safety) Training Program, Occupational Health and Safety Department course, University of Kentucky
08/2022Biosafety Training Program, Biosafety Department course, University of Kentucky
08/2022Bloodborne Pathogens Training Program, Occupational Health and Safety Department course, University of Kentucky

III. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

Mount Saint Mary’s University-Los Angeles, CA

08/2013-05/2015 – Undergraduate Research Assistant, part-time

Cedars Sinai Medical Center-Los Angeles, CA

11/2014-11/2015 – Research Intern, part-time

University of Kentucky-Lexington, KY

08/2021-present – Graduate Research Assistant, full-time

IV. HONORS, AWARDS & SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC RECOGNITION

Certificates

04/2015

Outstanding Commitment to Biological Research, Mount Saint Mary’s University
Presented to a student who was nominated and had demonstrated exemplary dedication through involvement and contribution to biological research.

01/2018

Certificate of Achievement, Compton College
Presented to top 4 out of 50 students who participated in the science symposium.

Scholarships

08/2011-05/2015

President’s Award, Mount St. Mary’s University-Los Angeles
Awarded to academically talented first-year students.

07/2021-08/2021

Research Enhancement and Leadership (REAL) Fellowship, University of Kentucky

V. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, PUBLIC SERVICE & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Memberships

2021-present – American Physiological Society

Poster Contest Judge

2022-2022
Judge, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Markey Science Training in Research, Oncology, Networking, and professional Growth (STRONG) Scholars Program
Poster Judge for Competition

2022-2022
Judge, University of Kentucky Area Health Education Center, Health Researchers Youth Academy Camp.
Poster Judge for Competition

VI. RESEARCH & INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

A. PUBLICATIONS

Peer-Reviewed Original Research in Professional Scientific Journals

University of Kentucky College of Medicine

1. Justin F. Creeden, Zachary A. Kipp, Mei Xu, Robert M. Flight, Hunter N. B. Moseley, Genesee J. Martinez, Wang-Hsin Lee, Khaled Alganem, Ali Imami, Megan R. McMullen, Sanjoy Roychowdhury, Atta M. Nawabi, Jennifer A. Hipp, Samir Softic, Steven A. Weinman, Robert McCullumsmith, Laura E. Nagy, Terry D. Hinds, Jr.* Hepatic Kinome Atlas: An In-Depth Identification of Kinase Pathways in Liver Fibrosis of Humans and Rodents. Hepatology. (2022) PMID: 35313030.

  • Impact Factor = 17.4

2. Erin E. Maher, Zachary A. Kipp, Jonna M. Leyrer-Jackson, Shailesh Khatri, Emma Bondy, Genesee J. Martinez, Joshua Beckmann, Terry D. Hinds, Jr., Heather A. Bimonte-Nelson, Cassandra D. Gipson. Ovarian hormones regulate nicotine consumption and accumbens glutamatergic plasticity in female rats. eNeuro. (2022) PMID: 35697512

 

Submitted Manuscripts & Manuscripts Near Submission, University of Kentucky

1. The loss of hepatic PPARα prompts fatty liver disease-induced hypertension and cardiovascular disease. Olufunto Badmus, Zachary A. Kipp, Evelyn A. Bates, Alexandre A. da Silva, Lucy C. Taylor, Genesee Martinez, Wang-Hsin Lee, Justin F. Creeden, Terry D. Hinds, Jr.*, David E. Stec* Submitted to Hypertension.

  • Impact Factor=10.1

2. Glucocorticoids, Their Uses and Diseases: New Fronts and Discoveries. Malik Appleton^, Genesee J. Martinez^, Analia Loria, Booki Min, and Terry Hinds, Jr.* Invitation, by Physiological Reviews - to be submitted to in January 2023.

^authors contributed equally   Impact Factor = 46.5

B. ABSTRACT PRESENTATIONS

  1. Akeema Onalaja, Genesee Martinez. (2013) Is cancer an aggregation disease? Generation of p53 mutations. Women in Health and Science Symposium, Mount Saint Mary’s University.
  2. Akeema Onalaja, Genesee Martinez. (2013) Is cancer an aggregation disease? Generation of p53 mutations. Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research, Whittier College.
  3. Akeema Onalaja, Genesee Martinez. (2014) Is cancer an aggregation disease? Generation of p53 mutations. Academic Symposium, Mount Saint Mary’s University.
  4. Genesee Martinez, Blean Girma. (2014) Is cancer an aggregation disease? Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research, CSU Fullerton.
  5. Genesee Martinez, Blean Girma. (2015) Is cancer an aggregation disease? Academic Symposium, Mount Saint Mary’s University.
  6. Katherine Hernandez, Genesee Martinez. (2015) The Effect of Acceleration and Force on the Human Body. Academic Symposium, Mount Saint Mary’s University.
  7. Genesee Martinez. (2015) The Explosion of Treatments for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Senior Thesis Oral Presentations, Mount Saint Mary’s University.
  8. Genesee Martinez. (2015) IL-31 and Its Role in Fibrosis. Research Internship Program Poster Day, Cedars Sinai Medical Center.
  9. Genesee Martinez. (2018) Bone Regeneration: Biomaterials as Local Delivery Systems. Science Symposium, Compton College.
  10. Mei Xu, Genesee Martinez, Zachary A. Kipp, Terry D. Hinds, Jr. (2022) Glucocorticoid Receptor Beta as a Contributor to Prostate Cancer Growth and Migration. Experimental Biology EB2022 Conference.
  11. Wang-Hsin Lee, Zachary A. Kipp, Mei Xu, Genesee J. Martinez, Edwin R. Sanchez, Terry D. Hinds, Jr. (2022) Protein Phosphatase 5 Inversely Regulates PPARγ and PPARα Transcriptional Activity to Control Fatty Acid 13th Annual Trainee Poster Session, University of Kentucky College of Medicine.
  12. Wang-Hsin Lee, Zachary Kipp, Evelyn A. Bates, Genesee J. Martinez, Mei Xu, and Terry D. Hinds, Jr. (2022) FOXS1 is a key transcription factor in hepatic stellate cells that promotes liver fibrosis development. 12th Annual Barnstable Brown Diabetes and Obesity Research, University of Kentucky.