Martha (Marti) Y. Kubik, PhD, RN, FAAN

Titles and Organizations

Martha (Marti) Y. Kubik, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor, School of Nursing

Contact Information

Email: mkubik@gmu.edu
Phone: 703-993-1971

Biography

Dr Kubik is a professor in the School of Nursing. She is a behavioral epidemiologist and advanced practice nurse with over 20 years of community-based primary care practice experience as a nurse practitioner. She has a long history of funded research, with a focus on low-income and minority populations. Her research focus spans childhood obesity, adolescent health and health promotion and disease prevention  across the lifespan. Her work advancing the understanding of the school food environment has informed school nutrition policy at national and international levels. She has published over 140 peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Kubik is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and served as a member of the US Preventive Services Task Force (2018-2022). She has a BSN from Hampton University, MSN from the University of Pennsylvania and PhD from the University of Minnesota, School of Public Health.

Research

Research Interests

  • Childhood obesity

  • Adolescent health

  • Health promotion and disease prevention  across the lifespan.

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Select Honors and Awards

  • Fellow in the American Academy of Nurses, 2018

 

Affiliations

Degrees

  • PhD, Behavioral Epidemiology, University of Minnesota

  • MSN, Nursing, University of Pennsylvania

  • BSN, Nursing, Hampton University

  • FAAN