William Martinez, PhD
Associate Professor
Psychiatry
School of Medicine

628-206-4444

William Martinez, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco and Director of the Child and Adolescent Services clinic in the Division of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychiatry at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.

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He is a licensed psychologist (CA PSY28084) and American Board of Professional Psychology certified in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. He is currently the Director of Pediatric Mental Health for the UCSF Health and Human Rights Initiative and principal investigator of the Fuerte program, a school-based group prevention program targeting newcomer immigrant youth at risk of behavioral health concerns. He is also faculty in two American Psychological Association-accredited internship programs at UCSF/ZSFG - the Multicultural Clinical Training Program and the Clinical Psychology Training Program. His overall clinical and research aims are concentrated on reducing behavioral health disparities among ethnic minority youth, with a specific focus on Latinx and immigrant populations. Dr. Martinez takes a socio-ecological approach to understanding these concerns across three areas of inquiry: 1) the impact of social determinants on behavioral health disparities; 2) implementation and dissemination of evidence-based prevention and intervention programming for traumatic stress; and 3) policy and advocacy focused on improving conditions for juveniles in immigration court proceedings.

William Martínez, Ph.D. es Profesor Asociado de Psiquiatría y Ciencias Conductuales en la Universidad de California, San Francisco y Director de la Clínica de Servicios para Niños y Adolescentes en la División de Psiquiatría Infantil y Adolescente del Hospital General Zuckerberg San Francisco. Es un psicólogo licenciado (CA PSY28084) y tiene certificado en Psicología Clínica de Niños y Adolescentes por el American Board of Professional Psychology. Actualmente es Director de Salud Mental Pediátrica de la Iniciativa de Salud y Derechos Humanos de la UCSF. El es Investigador Principal de Fuerte, un programa de prevención en grupo basado en la escuela dirigido a jóvenes inmigrantes recién llegados en riesgo de problemas de salud conductual debido a factores de estrés relacionados con la inmigración y trauma psicológico. También es profesor en dos programas de entrenamiento acreditados por la Asociación Psicológica Americana en UCSF/ZSFG: el Programa de Formación Clínica Multicultural y el Programa de Capacitación en Psicología Clínica. Sus objetivos clínicos y de investigación se concentran en reducir las disparidades de salud conductual entre los jóvenes de minorías étnicas, con un enfoque específico en las poblaciones Latinas y de inmigrantes. El Dr. Martínez adopta un enfoque socioecológico para entender estas preocupaciones en tres áreas de investigación: 1) el impacto de los determinantes sociales en las disparidades de salud conductual; 2) la aplicación y difusión de la programación de prevención e intervención basada en la evidencia para el estrés traumático; y 3) política y promoción centrada en mejorar las condiciones de los menores en los procedimientos judiciales de inmigración.

Awards

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  • CHCF Health Care Leadership Program Fellow, California Health Care Foundation, 2022-2024
  • NIH Loan Repayment Program, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, 2018-2020
  • Jeffrey S. Tanaka Memorial Dissertation Award, American Psychological Association - Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs, 2015
  • Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, National Research Council of the National Academies, 2013-2014
  • Predoctoral Minority Fellowship Program, American Psychological Association, 2010-2013

Education & Training

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  • ABPP Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology American Board of Professional Psychology 2023
  • Certificate Implementation Science Program University of California, San Francisco 2019
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2018
  • Fellow UCLA HIV/AIDS, Substance Abuse, and Trauma Training Program University of California, Los Angeles 2018
  • Postdoctoral Researcher School of Public Health University of California, Berkeley 2017
  • Ph.D. Clinical-Child Psychology DePaul University 2014
  • APA-Accredited Internship UCSF/ZSFG Multicultural Clinical Training Program University of California, San Francisco 2014
  • M.A. Forensic Psychology City University of New York - John Jay College 2004
  • B.A. Psychology and Sociology Drew University 2002

Websites

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Grants and Projects

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  • Fuerte: A randomized control trial of a school-based secondary prevention program., California Mental Health Services Act Innovations Fund, 2019-2024

Publications (14)

Top publication keywords:
Family RelationsCommunity Health ServicesResidence CharacteristicsChild AbuseCultural CharacteristicsSocial ClassTransients and MigrantsMental HealthTelemedicineMental Health ServicesEmigrants and ImmigrantsDisastersAttitude of Health PersonnelSocial ValuesAnxiety

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