Marta Lipinski

Marta Lipinski is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She is also affiliated with the Shock, Trauma and Anesthesiology Research (STAR) Center, the Center for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, and the Center for Biomolecular Therapeutics. Her research focuses on the role of autophagy and lysosomal function in neurotrauma and neurodegenerative diseases.

• PhD in Cancer Biology, MIT
• Postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School

Her research keywords include Autophagy, Lysosomes, Neuroinflammation, Lipid Metabolism, Traumatic Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury, and Brain Aging. She investigates how autophagy disruption after CNS injury contributes to neuroinflammation and neuronal death, with recent work exploring the link between TBI and late-onset neurodegeneration as well as autophagy-lipid metabolism interactions.

Her collaborative network spans departments and institutions, including Junfang Wu (Anesthesiology), Eugene Koh (Orthopaedics), Maureen Kane (School of Pharmacy), and Michael Cummings (UMD College Park). Active grants include NIH R33 AG076858 and R01 NS115876, focusing on multi-omics platforms for brain aging and autophagy modulation in TBI.