Dr. Martin earned a PhD in Public Health (2000), as
well as an M.Ed in
Educational Leadership and Policy (1997) from the University of South
Carolina. His undergraduate degree is from the University of
Maine at Farmington, Community Health program with a concentration in
school health. Dr. Martin is currently an Assistant Professor at
UMF teaching courses in Exercise Nutrition, Physiology, Men’s
health and a variety of community health education/promotion
classes. His research interest include; physical activity and
youth, tobacco and substance abuse, and men’s health. Dr.
Martin has published a variety of scholarly works with topics ranging
from youth tobacco use, curriculum development, to community
collaboration and bioethics.
Dr. Martin most recently served as a senior fellow
with the Division of
Diabetes Translation (DDT) at the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta Georgia as the division's Senior Evaluation
Research Scientist. Prior to the DDT appointment he served in the
same capacity with Division of Unintentional Injury at CDC. He has been
“on the ground” as data collection associate for the Youth
Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) and National Youth Tobacco Survey
(NTS). He was site coordinator for the Preventing Youth Tobacco
Use through Media Study (PRYSM), and worked with the American Legacy
Tobacco Use Reduction Study (ALTURS). Dr. Martin served as
Associate Director of the Office of School Health Education at the
University of South Carolina.
Dr. Martin has taught community/public health course
at the both
under-graduate and graduate levels in Kentucky, South Carolina, and
Georgia. He has been a teacher/administrator for a grant-funded pilot
alternative school called a Positive Alternative to School Suspension,
a secondary school Health teacher and an elementary school Physical
Education teacher. He has worked as program fitness director for
the capital city YMCA, in charge of cardiac rehabilitation and work
hardening programs, as well as programs for youth and elder
fitness.
Dr. Martin holds a membership with the Society for
Public Health
Education, American Public Health Association, American School Health
Association, American Alliance for Health Physical Education Recreation
and Dance, and ME Alliance for Health Physical Education Recreation and
Dance to name a few.
Dr. Martin is married with three wonderful children,
two young adults
and preschooler. He has “come home” to Farmington,
after 14 years away to help continue the tradition of world class
education for students of Maine who attend UMF.