NeuroRhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery Fellow
Pronouns: She/her/hers
Hometown: College Station, Texas
Undergraduate Degree: Rice University
MD/PhD: Baylor College of Medicine
Residency: UNC Chapel Hill
Hobbies: Running, hiking, traveling, exploring different cuisines
Why Otolaryngology?
Our field cares for parts of the body that are crucial to how we interact with the outside world. Also, the incredible improvements in quality of life that result from many of the interventions we do.
Why UNC?
Rhinology Fellowship at UNC gives the full breadth and depth of inflammatory sinus surgery and complex endoscopic skull base surgery with 6 highly skilled faculty members to learn from. In addition to the clinical excellence, there is also a strong research presence, which is incredibly well-suited for an aspiring surgeon-scientist.
Recent Publications:
- Grose J, Martini-Stoica H, Folkerts M, Kane S, Buss E. (2025). Psychophysical and Electrophysiological Measures of Frequency Modulation Sensitivity: Effects of Age and Interaural Modulator Phase. Ear and Hearing. Epub ahead of print. PubMed PMID: 40247432.
- Wang B,* Martini-Stoica H,* Qi C,* Lu T-C, Wang S, Xiong W, Qi Y, Sardiello M, Li H, Zheng H. (2024). TFEB-vacuolar ATPase signaling regulates lysosomal function and microglial activation in tauopathy. Nature Neuroscience. 27(1): 48-62. PubMed PMID: 37985800
- Wan Y-W, Al-Ouran R, Mangleburg CG, Perumal TM, Lee TV, Allison K, Swarup V, Funk CC, Gaiteri C, Allen M, Wang M, Neuner SM, Kaczorowski CC, Philip VM, Howell GR, Martini-Stoica H, Zheng H, Mei H, Zhong X, Kim JW & Logsdon BA. (2020). Meta-Analysis of the Alzheimer’s Disease Human Brain Transcriptome and Functional Dissection in Mouse Models. Cell Reports. 32(2): 107908. PubMed PMID: 32668255.
- Bader DA, Hartig SM, Putluri V, Foley C, Hamilton MP, Smith EA, Saha P, Panigrahi A, Walker C, Zong L, Martini-Stoica H, Chen R, Rajapakshe K, Coarfa C, Sreekumar A, Mitsiades N, Bankson JA, Ittmann MM, O’Malley BW, Putluri N, McGuire SE. (2019). Mitochondrial pyruvate import is a metabolic vulnerability in prostate cancer. Nature Metabolism. 1(1): 70-85. PubMed PMID: 31198906.
- Martini-Stoica H, Cole AL, Swartzlander DB, Chen F, Wan Y-W, Bajaj L, Bader DA, Lee VM-Y, Trojanowski JQ, Liu Z, Sardiello M, Zheng H. (2018). TFEB enhances astroglial uptake of extracellular tau species and reduces tau spreading. Journal of Experimental Medicine. 215(9):2355-2377. PubMed PMID: 30108137.
- Martini-Stoica H,* Xu Y,* Ballabio A, Zheng H. (2016). The Autophagy-Lysosomal Pathway in Neurodegeneration: A TFEB Perspective. Trends in Neurosciences. 39(4):221-234. PubMed PMID: 26968346
*These authors contributed equally to this work.
