Rate My Professor Carmel Martin

Carmel Martin is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, appointed from 24 November 2016 ongoing. She holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from the University of Queensland, a Master of Science (MSc) from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Epidemiology and Population Health from the Australian National University. As a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP), Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine (FAFPHM), and Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP), she practices as a general practitioner in Brisbane, Australia. Her career history includes Senior Researcher in the Department of Public Health and Primary Care at Trinity College Dublin from March 2009 to March 2015, and Associate Professor at Monash Health, Department of Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health from April 2016 to December 2019.

Professor Martin's research specializations encompass complexity science and theory applied to healthcare, chronic illness, multimorbidity, patient journey trajectories for vulnerable populations, resilience, primary health care, health systems, and telehealth interventions targeting high-need high-cost patients. She co-developed the Patient Journey Record System (PaJR) software, which generates patient journey decision support and has been deployed in pilot services across Victoria, Australia. Martin contributed to the development and pragmatic evaluation of MonashWatch, a capitated telehealth coaching hospital readmission service aimed at reducing potentially preventable hospitalizations and addressing post-hospital syndrome. Key publications include 'Complex adaptive chronic care' (Martin and Sturmberg, 2009, Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice), co-editorship of the Handbook of Systems and Complexity in Health, 'Universal Health (UHC) and Primary Health Care (PHC)—A complex dynamic endeavor' (2022, Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice), and 'What Complexity Science Predicts About the Potential of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning to Improve Primary Care' (Young and Martin, 2024, Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine). Author of over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles with more than 3,600 citations on ResearchGate, her work influences person-centred healthcare and health services research globally. She serves as Co-Chair of the Special Interest Group on Complexity of the European Society of Person-Centred Healthcare.