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Marina K. Holz

Marina  K. Holz

Marina Holz is the dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at New York Medical College and a special assistant to the chancellor. Holz studies signaling by hormones and growth factors in breast cancer and the rare diseases lymphangioleiomyomatosis, or LAM, and tuberous sclerosis complex. She is an ASBMB fellow and currently serves on the ASBMB Membership Committee. Previously, she served on the ASBMB Interactive Mentoring Activities for Grantsmanship Enhancement Steering Committee and the ASBMB Women in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Holz is the chair of the scientific advisory board of the LAM Foundation and is the executive editor of Biochimica et Biophysica Acta Reviews on Cancer. Holz earned her Ph.D. in cell and developmental biology from Harvard Medical School, MPH and DrPH in health policy and management from New York Medical College and a BSc with great distinction from McGill University.

Articles by Marina K. Holz

Women’s health cannot leave rare diseases behind
Essay

Women’s health cannot leave rare diseases behind

Feb. 4, 2026
A physician living with lymphangioleiomyomatosis and a basic scientist explain why patient-driven, trial-ready research is essential to turning momentum into meaningful progress.
Must a female scientist be ambitious?
Essay

Must a female scientist be ambitious?

March 9, 2023
“We need to accept that women may have motivations beyond achievements in the workplace and that career achievements may be secondary to work–life integration,” Marina K. Holz writes.
Supporting Ph.D. students in the time of COVID-19
Life in the Lab

Supporting Ph.D. students in the time of COVID-19

July 17, 2020
Mentors and advisers must be aware of the unique hardships imposed on graduate students by the pandemic and by the gradual return to campus and labs.
The COVID-19 pandemic is squeezing women out of science
Essay

The COVID-19 pandemic is squeezing women out of science

June 5, 2020
Marina Holz, a dean and professor at New York Medical College, observes that increased home and childcare responsibilities are largely falling on the shoulders of women — to the detriment of their scientific work.