Dr. Renée Martin reviews medical content for Healthwise, a nonprofit
organization with a mission to help people make better health decisions. Dr.
Martin is a professor emerita at the University of
Calgary in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She has reviewed grants for the National Institutes of Health,
NATO, the Medical Research Council of Canada, Health and Welfare Canada, March
of Dimes, British Columbia Health Care Research Foundation, and other organizations in Canada
and the United States. She has provided many continuing education
courses for nurses and physicians and has been an invited speaker at many
national and international medical conferences. She was awarded
the Canada Research Chair in Genetics in 2002 and was elected a fellow of the
Canadian Academy of Health Sciences in 2006.
Education and Training
PhD: Medical Genetics, University of British
Columbia, Vancouver, BC, 1975
Certifications
Canadian College of Medical
Geneticists
Academic Appointments
University of Calgary, Calgary, AB:
- Professor of Medical Genetics, 1988–2011
- Associate Professor of Pediatrics, 1982–1988
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, 1978–1982
Financial Disclosure
This reviewer reported no financial conflicts.