Martin E. Young, D.Phil., was named Distinguished Professor in the Heersink School of Medicine Department of Medicine. Young joined UAB in 2009 as an associate professor and currently serves as professor and the Jeanne V. Marks Endowed Chair of Cardiovascular Disease, as well as associate director/senior scientist in the UAB Nutrition Obesity Research Center. He also is director of the Basic and Translational Science in Heart Failure T32 Program and co-director of the Comprehensive Cardiovascular Center.
Young’s research focuses on the circadian clock’s role in regulating skeletal and cardiac muscle function. He has presented over 120 invited lectures, has written more than 200 peer-reviewed publications and has seven book chapters to his credit. He is an active reviewer for multiple prestigious journals and National Institutes of Health study sections and has successfully obtained research funding with numerous NIH grants.
Young is the recipient of six UAB Argus Awards as Best Lecturer for Fundamentals and the UAB Max Cooper Award for Research Excellence. He has been an active member of the American Heart Association since 2001 and serves on the Basic Cardiovascular Sciences Council. He is an American Association of Medical Chronobiology & Chronotherapy Board member and an active Southern Society for Clinical Investigation member since 2011. Young also serves on the Department of Medicine Promotion and Tenure Committee and the School of Medicine Student Academic Standing Committee.
The rank of Distinguished Professor is a campuswide appointment that recognizes international accomplishments to confer richly deserved prestige and honor on those selected to receive this designation. The rank of University Professor is a campuswide appointment prestigious primarily in a specific discipline and confers an academic rank that transcends departmental and disciplinary lines; the goal is to allow each designated individual the greatest latitude in teaching, writing and scholarly research. Review the criteria online.