Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior

Overview

Ruben G. Martinez is an assistant professor in the BRIDGE program in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior. The primary goal of Dr. Martinez's work is to leverage equitable implementation methods to improve systems of care for youth experiencing health and mental health problems. At BRIDGE, he will engage in consultation, mentorship and training related to implementation science and serves as a site PI and co-investigator on several federally funded grants, including the IMPACT center, an NIMH ALACRITY center focused on optimizing implementation of EBPs for youth mental health problems in low-resource environments through piloting pragmatic, equity-focused implementation methods. He earned his PhD in Clinical Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2020 and completed his predoctoral residency and NIMH T32 postdoctoral fellowship at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA. 

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