[5] As an associate professor, Martin Ginis led a study which found that mirrors and reflective surfaces may make some women feel worse after their workouts.
Her research team studied 58 university women who normally participated in less than one moderate or strenuous forms of exercise each week and interviewed them about their body image and their feelings before and after working out.
[8] In 2014, Martin Ginis and former chancellor Melvin M. Hawkrigg were the only McMaster recipients of the Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship for their "exceptional, long-term contributions to the well-being of their communities.
"[12] In this new role, she accepted a position in the Faculty of Medicine and was the founding director of the Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management which aimed at being "responsive to the healthcare needs of our region’s communities both urban and rural and advance the international research field.
[15] She later collaborated with researchers in Ontario to launch a national COVID-19 disability survey as part of the Access Project "to fully understand the scope and complexity of these challenges as the pandemic continues for the foreseeable future.