Dr. Martin is the founding Executive Director of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH), based in Washington, DC. 

Between 1993-2011, he served as a Member of Parliament in Canada’s House of Commons representing a riding in British Columba. He held shadow ministerial portfolios in foreign affairs, international development, and health and served as Canada’s Parliamentary Secretary for Defense. He created Canada’s first, all Party Parliamentary Conservation Caucus and the TV program, Beyond Politics. He has appeared frequently as a commentator on television and radio.  His primary areas of interest are global health, foreign policy, international development, conservation and the environment.

Dr. Martin has been on numerous diplomatic missions to areas in crisis, practiced as a physician on the Mozambique border during that country’s civil war and has travelled widely in Africa. He spent many years volunteering on conservation efforts in South Africa. 

He has written more than 170 published editorial pieces and has been an author of more than 34 academic articles and book chapters. He is a member of the Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health, the Lancet Global Health Commission on Anti-Corruption in Health, and the Nature Medicine Commission on Quality Health Information for All.  In 2004, he was named to the Queen’s Privy Council by Canada’s Governor General.