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Joseph B. Martin grew up near the village of Duchess, Alberta. He received his MD from the University of Alberta in 1962. He is currently the Edward R. and Anne G. Lefler Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School. Previous to that, he served for ten years as the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Harvard University before stepping down in 2007.
The memoir of one of the great minds in the world of academic
medicine, Joseph B. Martin, has been released by The University of
Alberta Press. Alfalfa to Ivy: Memoir of a Harvard Medical School
Dean (www.alfalfatoivy.com), is a beautifully written, intricately
researched memoir that details Dr. Martin's journey from rural
origins to one of the most highly regarded and influential voices
of his generation as Dean of Medicine and Chancellor of the
University of California, San Francisco Medical School and later as
Dean of Harvard Medical School. As Dean at Harvard, Martin led the
efforts to re-design the entire medical school curriculum."
Brookline Patch, [Full article at http://bit.ly/vaJqvJ]
"Martin's deanship has been heralded for unifying a fragmented HMS,
improving communication, encouraging collaboration, and
diversifying departments, all while leading the School under three
very different Harvard presidencies.... Martin stepped down in
2007, after a decade-long tenure highlighted by Martin and his team
successfully locating the gene for Huntington's disease, an
extraordinary moment for him." Sarah Sweeney, Harvard Gazette,
December 15, 2011
"In this autobiography [Martin] discusses the radical evolution of
medicine in the United States and the roles played by medical
research and medical schools." Alberta History
"[Dr. Joseph B. Martin] has written a compelling personal history
of U.S. academic medicine since the 1970s that honestly confronts
many of the controversies and conflicts afflicting our medical
system, especially the conflicts of interest between American
medicine and the industrial medical complex.... The book is Alfalfa
to Ivy and it's well worth a read for any serious student of U.S.
health policy." John McDonough, Boston.com, May 20, 2012 [Full
article at http://bo.st/MaBW5K]
"The story of Joseph Martin's growing up years (Chapter 1 & 2) is a
story that his generation of Mennonite immigrant children identify
with.... The thrust of the memoir however focuses comprehensively
on the author's career in medical education, research and
administration..." Henry M. Dick, Mennonite Historical Society of
Alberta Newsletter, June 2010
"Joseph B. Martin has written a stimulating memoir following a
fifty-year career as a major medical researcher and top-flight
medical administrator.. I am most attracted to his sense of family
and identity, his ability to make choices that in the long run gave
him the authority so necessary for leadership." John A. Lapp, The
Mennonite Quarterly Review, Fall 2012
"Joseph B. Martin describes his life from growing up on a farm in
Canada to dean of Harvard Medical School. Along the way, readers
are provided with in-depth information about his family history,
health care, the education system and its politics, and the
interesting stories that people tell about their life. Throughout
the book, he provides photos for the reader so that he or she may
have a visual perspective and understanding of his life story."
Angela Green, University Press Books for Public and Secondary
School Libraries 2012, Outstanding Title
"After reading Alfalfa to Ivy, I am inclined to place Joseph Martin
in the same pantheon of leaders who have made a difference not only
in their medical specialty, but also biomedical science in
general.... The author describes his career odyssey with engaging
detail.... Though it describes his scientific work in some detail,
an overriding theme of this autobiography is leadership.... Like
[Judah] Folkman, Joseph Martin raised the gold standard of medical
science and leadership, and his autobiography brings us that story
in a most down-to-earth, yet memorable style." Dr. Pederson,
University of Massachusetts Medical School
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