Associate Professor
Biological Anthropology
Biography
PhD, Anthropology, University of California Santa Barbara
BA, Anthropology, University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras
Curriculum Vitae
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My research examines biocultural influences on growth, development, and reproduction. I conduct community health research with Indigenous Qom communities in Northeastern Argentina (Co-Director, Chaco Area Reproductive Ecology Program), and am the Co-PI of the Biodemography Lab at UW's Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, where I teach and conduct collaborative research on health and aging with populations in the U.S and globally. I have previously conducted research on infant feeding transitions and reproductive ecology with the Tsimane in Beni, Bolivia, and am an affiliate of the Tsimane Health and Life History Project.
Awards and Honors
Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award, UW, 2024
Michael A. Little Early Career Award, Human Biology Association, 2023
Research
Selected Research
- (2025) Martin MA, Blackwell AD, Corley M, Valeggia CR. Trayectorias hormonales asociadas con la edad de menarca y el aumento de peso en niñas originarias Qom/Toba (Revista Argentina de Antropología Biológica, 27: 2 https://revistas.unlp.edu.ar/raab/article/view/18772/19373) Download PDF
- (2024) Keith MH, Martin MA. Racialized/ethnic disparities in pathways linking social determinants of health, markers of allostatic load, and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy among nulliparous US women. (Women’s Health Issues, 34 (1), 36-44, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2023.08.001) (Charles E. Gibbs Leadership Prize for the best paper published in Women's Health Issues in 2024) Download PDF
- Glass, D. J., & Martin, M. (2023, June 28). R code for automated BioTek Gen5 data processing. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/5GTN7
- (2022) Martin MA, Keith M, Pace RM, Williams JE, Ley SH, Barbosa-Leiker C, Caffé B, Smith CB, Kunkle A, Lackey K, Navarrete AD, Pace CDW, Gogel AC, Eisenberg DTA, Fehrenkamp BD, McGuire MA, Meehan CL, Brindle E. SARS-CoV-2 specific antibody trajectories in mothers and infants over two months following maternal infection. (Frontiers in Immunology, 13 3389/fimmu.2022.1015002) Download PDF
- Glass, D., Geerkens, Joy., & Martin, Melanie. (2022). Psychosocial and energetic factors on human female pubertal timing: A systematized review. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 1-53. doi:10.1017/ehs.2022.24
- Martin M, Blackwell A, Kaplan H, Gurven M. Differences in Tsimane children’s growth outcomes and associated determinants as estimated by WHO standards vs. within-population references. (PLOS One, 14(4): e0214965) Download PDF
- Martin, M. Mixed-feeding in humans: evolution and current implications. In Breastfeeding: New Anthropological Approaches. Eds: Palmquist A, Quinn EA, Tomori C. Routeledge https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781351383615/chapters/10.4324%2F9781315145129-10 Download PDF
Courses Taught
Autumn 2025
Summer 2025
Summer 2024
Spring 2024
Winter 2024
Autumn 2023
Spring 2023
Winter 2023
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Affiliations
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Professional Affiliations
American Association of Biological Anthropology, American Anthropological Association, Human Biology Association, Human Biology Association, International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation, International Society for Evolutionary Medicine and Public Health