Diana Martin
Dr Diana Martin, of Waikanae, received the Insignia of an Officer of the NZ Order of Merit for services to microbiology, on 2 September 2008. She is the principal scientist at the Institute of Environmental Science and Research and a permanent advisor to the Ministry of Health’s meningococcal vaccine strategy. A Fellow of the Royal Society of NZ, she has served as an international advisor to meetings of the World Health Organisation and has more than 90 publications to her credit.