Diana Martin (scientist)
Diana Martin ONZM | |
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.jpg) Martin receiving her ONZM in 2008 | |
| Born | Diana Rae France 7 February 1942 Wellington, New Zealand |
| Died | 31 December 2019 (aged 77) |
| Alma mater | University of London |
| Spouse |
Peter Martin (m. 1969) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | New Zealand Communicable Disease Centre Institute of Environmental Science and Research |
| Thesis | Variation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (1971) |
Diana Rae Martin
Early life and education
Martin was born Diana Rae France in Wellington on 7 February 1942, the daughter of Udall and Thelma France.[1][2] She followed a Bachelor of Science in 1963 from the University of Otago with an MSc(Hons) in microbiology in 1965, with a thesis titled Observations on the distribution and bacteriophage typing of the genus proteus.[3][1]
She worked for the National Health Institute in Wellington for two years, and then in 1968 moved to the Central Public Health Laboratory in London, where she was in charge of the Pseudomonas Laboratory. During her time in London, she obtained her PhD on microbial epidemiology from the University of London, submitting her thesis, Variation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, in 1971.[4]
Research
Martin returned to New Zealand in 1972, where she initially worked for
Honours and awards
Martin was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2000.
Personal life
In 1969, she married Peter David Martin, a respiratory physician.[2] In the 2016 Queen's Birthday Honours, Peter Martin was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to tobacco control.[6]
Diana Martin died on 31 December 2019 after a "long, debilitating illness". She was survived by her husband and two children.[1][7]
Selected works
- Johan Holst; Diana Martin; Richard Arnold; Concepcion Campa Huergo; Philipp Oster; Jane O'Hallahan; Einar Rosenqvist (28 May 2009). "Properties and clinical performance of vaccines containing outer membrane vesicles from Neisseria meningitidis". Wikidata Q34983894.
- Ellen Murphy; Lubomira Andrew; Kwok-Leung Lee; et al. (1 August 2009). "Sequence diversity of the factor H binding protein vaccine candidate in epidemiologically relevant strains of serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis". Wikidata Q46777542.
- Fanrong Kong; Sonia Gowan; Diana Martin; Gregory James; Wikidata Q33946289.
- Ray Borrow; Ingeborg S Aaberge; George F Santos; et al. (1 August 2005). "Interlaboratory standardization of the measurement of serum bactericidal activity by using human complement against meningococcal serogroup b, strain 44/76-SL, before and after vaccination with the Norwegian MenBvac outer membrane vesicle vaccine". Wikidata Q33910760.
- Fanrong Kong; Sonia Gowan; Diana Martin; Gregory James; Wikidata Q34945913.
- Jane O'Hallahan; Wikidata Q44629684.
References
- ^ a b c d e "Diana Rae Martin". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ ISBN 0-7900-0130-6.
- ^ France, Diana Rae (1965). Observations on the distribution and bacteriophage typing of the genus proteus (MSc). University of Otago. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ Martin, Diana (1971). Variation in pseudomonas aeruginosa (PhD). London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2008". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 2 June 2008. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "Queen's 90th Birthday honours list 2016". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 6 June 2016. Archived from the original on 14 September 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
- ^ "Dr Diana Martin obituary". Dominion Post. 7 January 2020. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.