What is Martha Vaughan?
[[File:Martha Vaughan. M.D.jpg|right|200px]] '''Martha Vaughan''' (August 4, 1926 &ndash; September 13, 2018) was an American [[biochemist]] and [[psychologist]]. She worked at the [[National Heart Lung and Blood Institute]] (NHLBI) in [[Bethesda, Maryland]]. Vaughan was elected to the [[National Academy of Sciences]] in 1985. She was born in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. Vaughan's work focused on [[cell signaling]], cellular regulation, [[lipid metabolism]], and the roles of key proteins dealing with [[cholera toxin]] and [[pertussis toxin]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=McManus|first1=Rich|title=Era of Scientific Distinction Ends for Bldg. 3|url=https://history.nih.gov/research/downloads/newsletters/summer2001.pdf|access-date=20 October 2016|work=The Newsletter of the NIH Alumni Association|issue=Vol. 13, No. 2|publisher=National Institutes of Health|date=Summer 2001|archive-date=26 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126180028/https://history.nih.gov/Research/downloads/newsletters/summer2001.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=McManus|first1=Rich|title=Tradition Exported to Stokes Labs:Era of Scientific Distinction Ends for Bldg. 3|url=https://nihrecord.nih.gov/newsletters/05_01_2001/story01.htm|access-date=20 October 2016|agency=National Institutes of Health|issue=Vol. LIII, No. 9|publisher=The NIH Record|date=May 1, 2001}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Vaughan died on September 13, 2018 in Bethesda at the age of 92.<ref>[http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/deceased-members/45742.html Martha Vaughan]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Vaughan, Martha}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:American biochemists]] [[Category:American psychologists]] [[Category:Scientists from Chicago]] [[Category:Scientists from Maryland]] [[Category:People from Bethesda, Maryland]] {{US-bio-stub}}