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Born | Martha Somerman 13 March 1947 Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.A. |
Citizenship | United States |
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Martha J. Somerman (b. March 13, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York[1]) is an internationally known researcher and educator in medicine, focusing on defining the key regulators controlling development, maintenance, and regeneration of dental, oral, and craniofacial tissues.[2] She was 'Chief Lab of Laboratory of Oral Connective Tissue Biology (LOCTB) at the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) and Director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) located in Bethesda, Maryland.[2][3][4] She was the first woman to lead NIDCR. [1] Dr. Somerman retired as the director of NIDCR on December 31, 2019, serving nine years.[5]