EDUCATION

2002
M.D. - University of California,Irvine

2002
Ph.D. - Neurology & Behavior, University of California,Irvine

1973
B.S. - University of California, Los Angeles, Magna Cum Laude

EXPERIENCE

2006 to Present:
Consulting Psychiatrist, Optimum Performance Institute

2004 to Present:
Psychiatrist, Van Nuys Medical and Mental Health Services, Van Nuys, CA

2002 to 2006:
Resident in General Psychiatry

1995 to 2002:
Medical Student, University of California, Irvine

1995 to 2002:
Ph. D. Student, Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California, Irvine

Summer 1994:
Dean's Office Summer Research Fellow, Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia, Department of Psychobiology, University of California, Irvine

MEMBERSHIP & SERVICE

American Psychiatric Association/Astra Zeneca fellow on the Council for Children, Adolescents, and Their Families, 2004-2006

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, 2005
Martin JA and Naqvi S. - "Treatment of depression during pregnancy”, Women and Psychology Conference, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, 2005

Atlanta, Georgia, 2005
Henderson SP, Karnik NS, Kaplan SJ, Dryden, Edwards R, and Martin JA - Workshop: “Children under fire: Enhancing psychiatry’s global response", APA Annual Meeting

Atlanta Georgia, 2005
Gallofin L, Mellot K, Martin JA, Wilkins J - . Workshop: “Substance abuse in the Prison Setting”, APA Annual Meeting

“Neurobiology of Aging” 2001
Martin JA, Craft DK, Su JH, Kim RC, and Cotman CW - Astrocytes degenerate in frontotempora dementia: possible relation to hypoperfusion

“Journal of the American Aging Assn." 2000
Martin JA, Larsen JO, and Cotman CW - Abstract: Examination of the cerebral vasculature in frontotemporal dementia

HONORS & AWARDS

APA/Astra Zeneca Minority Fellowship for 2004-2006

Louis Gottschalk Award for Excellence in Psychiatry, UC Irvine, 2002

Glenn Foundation/American Federation for Aging Research Scholarship for Research in the Biology of Aging, 1999

American Heart Association Medical Student Research Fellowship, 1997-98

Ralph Waldo Gerard Prize for History of Neuroscience, Honorable Mention, UCI, 1996

UCI College of Medicine Dean's Office Summer Research Fellowship, 1994

UCLA Dean's Honor List, 1988-1992

UCLA Regents Scholarship, 1988-1992

HOBBIES & INTERESTS

Travel, golf, skiing, playing keyboard