Martin (MPH, MClinRes) has worked in infection prevention and control for 34 years in a variety of settings. He is a Visiting Professor at the Richard Wells Research Centre at the University of West London and Adjunct Honorary Research Fellow at Avondale University (New South Wales, Australia). Formerly he was Nurse Consultant and Deputy Director of Infection Prevention and Control at Southport and Ormskirk Hospitals NHS Trust in the North-West of England.

Martin is a past president of the Infection Prevention Society (UK), a past member of the Department of Health (England) advisory committee on Antimicrobial Resistance Prescribing and Healthcare-Associated Infection (ARPHAI for ten years), and scientific secretary of the Healthcare Infection Society (HIS) International Conferences in 2014, 2016 and 2018. In 2020 he was awarded honorary membership of the Healthcare Infection Society and in 2023 was awarded the Ayliffe Lifetime Achievement Award by the Infection Prevention Society.

His research interests focus on environmental hygiene, surveillance and urinary catheter-associated infections. He has presented at many international conferences and has published over 90 papers and articles in peer-reviewed journals and is also one of the co-hosts of the popular ‘Infection Control Matters’ podcast, with over 140 episodes and listeners in 155 countries.