Evan  Martin, LCSW, serves as Project Manager for Satcher Health Leadership  Institute (SHLI) and the Ending the HIV (EHE) initiative at Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM). Evan also serves as  an Assistant Professor with MSM's Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences. Evan has nearly a decade of experience in direct clinical care, especially mental health provision, and public health management.

Before SHLI, Evan worked as a Senior Research Program Coordinator for the  International Vaccine Access Center at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of  Public Health. In this role, he directed logistical implementation and  support for the VALUE Baltimore COVAX Education Project—a major COVID-19 vaccine engagement initiative led by Johns Hopkins and Morgan State  University on behalf of Baltimore City—during the COVID-19 pandemic’s most  acute phase. He has concurrently served—and continues to serve—as a Community Therapist for a behavioral health agency based in Northeast Baltimore that  specializes in underserved populations.    

In the past, Evan worked for local government in Baltimore and as a political organizer on a presidential campaign in New Hampshire. In his career, Evan has committed to fusing clinical and public health experiences to direct major changes in health access for underprivileged communities at both the macro level of systematic change and the micro level of individual empowerment.

Evan is a Licensed Social Worker, earning his bachelor’s degree at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and his master’s degree from the University of Maryland School of Social Work. During his studies, he was also a Social Work Healthcare Education and Leadership (HEALS) Scholar.