Nana Martinson is a Program Assistant for the Research Infrastructure team at the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).

Before joining PCORI, Martinson was an associate scientist testing for contamination during development and manufacturing of biologics produced for clinical investigation. She also worked as a health promoter for an organization that focuses on eliminating African-American health disparities. Martinson has served as a representative of a forum to the cand United Nations Conventions on the Right of Persons with Disabilities at the UN headquarters in New York.

Martinson earned a BSc in biology and is pursuing an MPH degree.