Martin S. Favero, PhD.

0.1016/j.ajic.2010 with him as a lecturer, researcher, and infection preventionist. As a result of Martin’s leadership, research, and teaching at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the discipline of infection control flourished. All infection control professionals have benefited immensely from Martin’s developmental work—indeed, as has the world itself. Martin’s expertise in environmental microbiology, dialysis-associated infections, viral hepatitis, sterilization and disinfection, and health care-associated infections has resulted in more than 230 publications and invited speaker engagements at more 300 seminars, including 80 international symposia and scientific meetings. Martin’s work at research, teaching, and leadership at the CDC deserve a special mention. In his 32 years at CDC, he served as Acting Director of the Hospital Infections Program (1995-1996), Associate Director for Laboratory Science and Chief of the Hospital Environment Laboratory Branch (1991-1995), Chief of the Nosocomial Infections Laboratory Branch (1983-1991), Chief of the Dialysis and Applied Microbiology Branch (1981-1983), Deputy Director of the