Martina is a Cancer Epidemiologist and Registered Associate Nutritionist (AfN), currently pursuing a PhD in Clinical Cancer Epidemiology at the Institute of Cancer Research. Her work focuses on how lifestyle and body composition affect breast cancer survival outcomes, using methods such as causal inference and quantitative bias analysis.

Previously, she worked at the Department of Health and Social Care as a Scientific Officer and later as a Senior Public Health Intelligence Analyst. In these roles, she contributed to team efforts supporting the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) in delivering risk assessments to inform public health policy, and monitoring population health in England.

She holds an MSc in Epidemiology from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and BSc (Hons) in Human Nutrition from London Metropolitan University.