Martinez, Ruben

Ruben G Martinez

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior

Overview

Ruben G. Martinez is an assistant professor and acting associate director 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 engages 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. He obtained his clinical license from the state of RI in 2025.

Brown Affiliations

Psychiatry and Human Behavior

Research Areas

On the Web

ResearchGate

Brown Research on Implementation and Dissemination to Guide Evidence Use (BRIDGE) Program

The Center to Optimize Evidence-Based Practice Implementation for Clinical Impact

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Frank, Hannah E., Woodard, Grace S., Martinez, Ruben G. "Supporting Clinicians in Implementing Exposure Therapy for Anxiety and Related Disorders." Current Psychiatry Reports, 2025.

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Martinez, Ruben G., McNeil, Galen D., Cornacchio, Danielle, Schneider, Benjamin N., Peris, Tara S. "A Pilot Project to Integrate Individualized Measurement Into Measurement-Based Care in a Child Partial Hospitalization Program." Behavior Therapy, 2023.

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Martinez, Ruben G., Weiner, Bryan J., Meza, Rosemary D., Dorsey, Shannon, Palazzo, Lorella G., Matson, Abigail, Bain, Carolyn, Mettert, Kayne D., Pullmann, Michael D., Lewis, Cara C. "Study protocol: Novel Methods for Implementing Measurement-Based Care with youth in Low-Resource Environments (NIMBLE)." Implementation Science Communications, vol. 4, no. 1, 2023.

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McLeod, Bryce D., Martinez, Ruben G., Southam-Gerow, Michael A., Weisz, John R., Chorpita, Bruce F. "Can a Single Measure Estimate Protocol Adherence for Two Psychosocial Treatments for Youth Anxiety Delivered in Community Mental Health Settings?." Behavior Therapy, vol. 53, no. 1, 2022, pp. 119-136.

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Southam-Gerow, Michael A., Chapman, Jason E., Martinez, Ruben G., McLeod, Bryce D., Hogue, Aaron, Weisz, John R., Kendall, Philip C. "Are therapist adherence and competence related to clinical outcomes in cognitive-behavioral treatment for youth anxiety?." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, vol. 89, no. 3, 2021, pp. 188-199.

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McLeod, Bryce D., Sutherland, Kevin S., Broda, Michael, Granger, Kristen L., Martinez, Ruben G., Conroy, Maureen A., Snyder, Patricia A., Southam-Gerow, Michael A. "Development and Initial Psychometrics of a Generic Treatment Integrity Measure Designed to Assess Practice Elements Targeting Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Outcomes in Early Childhood Settings." Prevention Science, vol. 23, no. 4, 2021, pp. 488-501.

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G. Martinez, Ruben, Seager van Dyk, Ilana, L. Kroll, Juliet, D. Emerson, Natacha, Bursch, Brenda. "Recommendations for Building Telemental Health Relationships with Youth: A Systematic Review and Resource for Clinicians." Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, vol. 7, no. 3, 2021, pp. 349-362.

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Cox, Julia Revillion, Martinez, Ruben G., Southam-Gerow, Michael A. "Treatment integrity in psychotherapy research and implications for the delivery of quality mental health services." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, vol. 87, no. 3, 2019, pp. 221-233.

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Lewis, Cara C., Mettert, Kayne D., Dorsey, Caitlin N., Martinez, Ruben G., Weiner, Bryan J., Nolen, Elspeth, Stanick, Cameo, Halko, Heather, Powell, Byron J. "An updated protocol for a systematic review of implementation-related measures." Systematic Reviews, vol. 7, no. 1, 2018.

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McLeod, Bryce D., Sutherland, Kevin S., Martinez, Ruben G., Conroy, Maureen A., Snyder, Patricia A., Southam-Gerow, Michael A. "Identifying Common Practice Elements to Improve Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Outcomes of Young Children in Early Childhood Classrooms." Prevention Science, vol. 18, no. 2, 2016, pp. 204-213.

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Lewis, Cara C., Fischer, Sarah, Weiner, Bryan J., Stanick, Cameo, Kim, Mimi, Martinez, Ruben G. "Outcomes for implementation science: an enhanced systematic review of instruments using evidence-based rating criteria." Implementation Science, vol. 10, no. 1, 2015.

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Lewis, Cara C, Stanick, Cameo F, Martinez, Ruben G, Weiner, Bryan J, Kim, Mimi, Barwick, Melanie, Comtois, Katherine A. "The Society for Implementation Research Collaboration Instrument Review Project: A methodology to promote rigorous evaluation." Implementation Science, vol. 10, no. 1, 2015.

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Martinez, Ruben G, Lewis, Cara C, Weiner, Bryan J. "Instrumentation issues in implementation science." Implementation Science, vol. 9, no. 1, 2014.

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Research

Funded Research

NIAAA R01 AA031282, “Using Virtual Reality to help develop discrepancy and elicit change talk in brief motivational interventions for heavy drinking young adults.” Role: Co-Investigator PI: Wray); 2024-2029
NIDA R01 DA059503-01A1, “A multidisciplinary approach to integrate HIV prevention services into clinical care settings for people with opioid use disorder”. Role: Co-Investigator (MPI: Tao/Chan); 2024-2025
NHLBI R01 HL159701-01A1, “Puerto Rico Asthma Integrated Response Program”, $3,916,587. Role: Co-Investigator (MPI: Mitchell/McQuaid/Canino/Chavez); 2022-2027.
NIMH R01 MH132348, “Improving Mental Health among the LGBTQ+ Community Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic”. $2,429,499. Role: Co-Investigator (MPI: Moitra/Chan); 2022-2025.
NIAID P30AI042853, “Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)”, $9,277,410. Role: Co-Investigator. Implementation Scientist, Biobehavioral Sciences Core (PI: Cu-Uvin); 2023-2028.
NIMH R01 MH130496, “Effectiveness of a Multi-Component mHealth Intervention to Improve Post-Hospital Transitions of Care for Patients with Serious Mental Illness”. $3,768,538. Role: Co-Investigator (MPI: Gaudiano/Moitra); 2022-2027.
NIGMS 2U54 GM115677, “Advance Clinical and Translational Research (Advance-CTR)”. $19,926,106. Role: Co-Director, Implementation Science, Biomedical Informatics, Bioinformatics, and Cybersecurity Enhancement (BIBCE) Core (PI: Rounds); 2021-2025.
NIMH P50 MH126219, “Optimizing Evidence-Based Practice Implementation for Clinical Impact”, $4,504,649. Role: Subaward Principal Investigator. Administrative Core, Signature Project 1 (MPI: Dorsey/Weiner); 2021-2025.
NIAAA 2 P01 AA019072-11, “Addressing Alcohol Misuse in HIV Prevention and Care: The Brown University Alcohol Research Center on HIV (ARCH)”. $6,201,913, Role: Co-Investigator (PI: Kahler); 2020-2025.

Background

Education and Training

Year	Degree	Institution
2020	PhD	Virginia Commonwealth University
2017	MS	Virginia Commonwealth University
2011	BA	Indiana University

Honors and Awards

Fellow - 2024-2026 Implementation Research Institute Fellowship

Fellow - 2024-2025 Brown Advocates for Social Change and Equity Fellowship

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Collaborators

Name	Title
Frank, Hannah	Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Gaudiano, Brandon	Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Kahler, Christopher	Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Director of Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
McQuaid, Elizabeth	Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Moitra, Ethan	Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Wray, Tyler	Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences

Affiliations

Co-Chair - The American Psychological Association Advisory Committee on the Mental and Behavioral Health Registry (MBHR) and Measurement-Based Care

Member - Association of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies

Founding member - Society for Implementation Research and Collaboration

Member - Society for Psychotherapy Research

Member - American Psychological Association Advisory Committee for the Mental and Behavioral Health Registry and Measurement-Based Care

Credentials/Licenses

Clinical Psychologist

RIDOH

2025-Present

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Researchers@Brown

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Ruben G Martinez

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior

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