Professor Martin Holt

Professor Martin Holt specialises in HIV prevention research with gay and bisexual men. A social scientist by training, he has worked at the Centre for Social Research in Health since 2003. Over the last 10 years he has researched the impact of new forms of HIV prevention, particularly pre-exposure prophylaxis and treatment as prevention, on community norms, attitudes and practices. He is currently working with colleagues to assess the impact of COVID-19 on the communities with whom we work.

Martin leads the Gay Community Periodic Surveys, the main part of Australia's behavioural surveillance system for HIV, supported by federal and state/territory health funding and NHMRC Partnership Project funding (2021-26). He also leads a long term study of the social aspects of biomedical HIV prevention for gay and bisexual men (the PrEPARE project). He is a chief investigator on a range of other projects, including:

• Asia Pacific MSM Internet Survey, led by A/Prof Adam Bourne
• Evidence-making and implementing interventions in a viral elimination era, ARC Discovery Project led by Dr Kari Lancaster
• Following Lives Undergoing Change (FLUX) study, led by A/Prof Garrett Prestage
• Implementation research to guide the elimination of HIV transmission in NSW, NHMRC Partnership Project led by Prof Andrew Grulich
• Networks in Flux: Examining how sector relationships adapt to rapid change, ARC Discovery Project led by A/Prof Graham Brown

Martin is actively involved with the HIV sector, gay community organisations, and professional societies. In 2013 he became a Deputy Editor of the Journal of the International AIDS Society and in 2018 an Associate Editor of AIDS and Behavior.