Dr. Catherine Elizabeth Martin

Catherine Elizabeth Martin is a South African public health researcher whose work centres on HIV prevention, sexual and reproductive health, and implementation science. Her scholarship focuses on translating evidence into routine primary care, particularly in resource-constrained settings. She has contributed extensively to research embedded in public sector clinics, supporting national efforts to expand equitable, user-centred HIV prevention services.

Her publications highlight oral PrEP delivery and use among adolescent girls, young women, and heterosexual men, examining real-world barriers such as stigma, service access, and adherence challenges. She has led and collaborated on qualitative studies, cohort analyses, and discrete choice experiments to characterise seroconversions, user preferences, and differentiated service delivery models, including pharmacy access, self-testing, and digital support platforms.

Martin’s research also explores long-acting and multipurpose prevention technologies, assessing acceptability, demand creation, and policy readiness among communities and providers. Additional work on antiretroviral treatment outcomes and household SARS-CoV-2 transmission demonstrates methodological breadth. Collectively, her contributions strengthen evidence for patient-centred HIV prevention and inform programmatic and policy decision-making in South Africa.