Martin Kieman

 Martin has worked in infection prevention and control for 35 years in a variety of settings. He is a Visiting Professor at the Richard Wells Research Centre at the University of West London and Conjoint Fellow at Avondale University (New South Wales, Australia). Formerly he was Nurse Consultant and Deputy Director of Infection Prevention and Control at an NHS Trust in the North-West of England. 

Martin is a past president of the Infection Prevention Society (IPS). In 2020 he was awarded honorary membership of the Healthcare Infection Society and in 2023 was awarded the Ayliffe Lifetime Achievement Award by IPS. He has published over 90 papers in peer-reviewed journals and is one of the co-hosts of the Infection Control Matters podcast. His research interests focus on the environment and healthcare-associated pneumonia.