

Biography
Dr. David A. Martinez completed his PhD in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Health Psychology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and a Post-doctoral fellowship at the Medical School of Brown University. Prior to his post-doc he was a Psychology Intern in the Behavioral Medicine Program at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. He was awarded a pre-doctoral National Research Service Award (F31) from the National Institute of Mental Health to explore the barriers and facilitators to HIV testing as well as develop a measure of HIV testing intentions in the Latino church community. Dr. Martinez’s research interests are on development and testing of community-based HIV prevention interventions among underserved populations, specifically Latinos. He also has interest and experience in substance use, coping, stigma, quality of life issues, and medication adherence among HIV-positive individuals. Dr. Martinez has co-authored several publications in peer-reviewed journals as well as a book chapter and has numerous presentations at national and international professional conferences. His published work has focused on HIV medication adherence, coping and substance use; and HIV prevention in faith-based communities of underserved populations.
- Education
- PhD, Clinical Psychology, University of Missouri-Kansas City
- MA, Psychology, University of Missouri-Kansas City
- BA, Psychology, San Diego State University
Research Interests
Primary and secondary prevention of chronic illness in underrepresented populations, specifically Latinos
Development and testing of community-based HIV prevention interventions among Latinos
Quality of life issues, coping, and medication adherence among HIV+ individuals
Spanish: Speak, read, and write fluently
Awards/Honors
2016 Excellence in Educational Research, Sigma Theta Tau (2016)
2010 – 2012 UMKC Chancellor’s Doctoral Fellowship, University of Missouri-Kansas City
2009 Meritorious Student Abstract, Society of Behavioral Medicine
2008 – 2010 UMKC McNair Doctoral Fellowship, University of Missouri-Kansas City
2008 UMKC Travel Award, University of Missouri-Kansas City
2006 – 2007 McNair Scholar, San Diego State University
Affiliations
2007 – Society of Behavioral Medicine
2008 – American Psychological Association (APA) APA Division 38 (Health Psychology) member APA Division 44 (LGBTQ Issues) member
2013 – APA Division 38 (Health Psychology) member
2013 – APA Division 44 (LGBTQ Issues) member
2010 – 2011 Anxiety Disorders Association of America
2006 – 2007 Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Berkley-Patton, J., Bowe-Thompson, C., Martinez, D.A., Hawes, S.M., Moore, E., Williams, E., & Wainright, S. (2013). Examining church capacity to develop and disseminate a religiously-appropriate HIV tool kit with African American Churches. Journal of Urban Health, 90(3).
Martinez, D. A., Goggin, K., Catley, D., Gerkovich M., Williams, K., Wright, J., Berkley-Patton J., & MOTIV8 (2012). Do coping styles mediate the relationship between substance use and educational attainment and antiretroviral adherence? AIDS & Behavior, 16(8).
Goggin, K., Hawes, S.M., Duval, E.R., Spresser, C.D., Martinez, D.A., Lynam, I., Barnes, A., Hinton- Dampf, A.M., Murphy, M.E., Marken, P.A., & Catley, D. (2010). A Motivational Interviewing course for pharmacy students. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 74(4).
Berkley-Patton, J., Bowe-Thompson, C., Bradley-Ewing, A., Hawes, S., Moore, E., Williams, E., Martinez, D., & Goggin, K. (2010). Taking it to the Pews: A CBPR-guided HIV Awareness and Screening Project with Black Churches. AIDS Education and Prevention, 22.
Book Chapters
Goggin, K., Pinkston, M., Gqaleni, N., Puoane, T., Wilson, D., Berkley-Patton, J., & Martinez, D.A. (2009). The Role of South African Traditional Health Practitioners in HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment. In C. Pope, R. White, R. Malow (Eds.), Globalization of HIV/AIDS: An Interdisciplinary Reader. New York: Routledge.
Conference Presentations
Martinez, D. A., Heredia, D., Gutierrez, A., Murdock, T., Berkley-Patton, J., & Goggin, K. (2014, April). Psychometric assessment of HIV-related stigma and HIV-related fear measures among a Latino church sample. Poster to be presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
*Gutierrez, A. P., Martinez, D. A., Champassak, S. L., and Goggin, K. (2013, March). Exploring religiosity and AIDS-related stigma using an experimental priming task. Poster presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Francisco, CA.
*Gutierrez, A. P., Martinez, D. A., Champassak, S. L., Heredia, D., Berkley-Patton, J., and Goggin, K. (2013, March). Religiosity and HIV knowledge as predictors of AIDS-related stigma in a Latino church sample. Poster presented the 34th Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Francisco, CA.
*Heredia, D., Martinez, D. A., Gutierrez, A., Champassak, S. L., Berkley-Patton, J., Goggin, K. (2013, March). HIV-related stigma as a function of age and HIV-knowledge in a Latino church sample. Poster to be presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Francisco, CA.
*Schmidt, P., Goggin, K., Catley, D., Martinez, D., & Champassak, S. (2012, April). Physician and patient interactions: Methods of assistance and barriers regarding smoking cessation. Poster presented at the SEARCH Symposium, University of Missouri-Kansas City.
*Gutierrez, A., Goggin, K., Martinez, D., & Champassak, S. (2012, April). Effects of priming religious words on a measure of AIDS stigma. Poster presented at the SEARCH Symposium, University of Missouri-Kansas City. **1st Place Winner for the Social and Behavioral Sciences Division**
Martinez, D. A., Goggin, K., Berkley-Patton, J., & Gomez, C. (2012, April). A qualitative study assessing barriers and facilitators to HIV testing in Latino churches. Poster to be presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, New Orleans, LA.
Berkley-Patton, J., Hawes, S., Bowe-Thompsom, C., Moore, E., Williams, E., & Martinez, D. A. (2012, April). Using a CBPR approach to examine facilitators and barriers to HIV testing in African American churches. Paper to be presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, New Orleans, LA.
Martinez, D. A., Duval, E. R., Hale, L., & Jacobsen, A. (2011, March). Relationships between domains of compulsive behaviors, symptom severity, beliefs, quality of life, and perceived disability in patients with OCD prior to treatment. Poster presented at the 31st Annual Conference of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, New Orleans, LA.
Champassak, S.L., Goggin, K., Catley, D., Martinez, D., Finocchario-Kessler, S. (2011, April). Identifying potential mediators and secondary effects of an effective ART adherence intervention. Paper presented at the 32th Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Washington, DC.
Goggin, K., Gerkovich, M., Williams, K., Banderas, J., Catley, D., Berkley-Patton, J., Bradley-Ewing, A., Thomson, D., Carruth, T., Kakolewski, K., Martinez, D., Liston, R., Pinkston, M., Clark, K., Stanford, J., Neville, S., Kumar, V., Bamberger, D., & Clough, L. (2010, May). Outcomes of Project MOTIV8: A RCT of novel behavioral interventions for ART adherence. Paper presented at the 5th NIMH/IAPAC International Conference on HIV Treatment Adherence, Miami, FL.
Banderas, J., Thomson, D., Gerkovich, M., Carruth, T., Pinkston, M., Williams, K., Martinez, D., Clark, K., & Goggin, K. (2010, May) Value of multi-modal standard care assessment in ART adherence research. Paper presented at the 5th NIMH/IAPAC International Conference on HIV Treatment Adherence, Miami, FL.
Berkley-Patton, J., Bowe-Thompson, C., Bradley-Ewing, A., & Martinez, D. (2009, November). Using focus groups to refine an African American church-based HIV intervention. Paper presented at the 137th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Martinez, D. A., Goggin, K., Gerkovich M. M., Williams, K., & Catley, D. (2009, April). Can the Brief COPE and RCOPE be used in HIV+ samples? Poster presented at the 30th Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ***Meritorious Student Abstract***
Berkley-Patton, J., Trompson, C. B., Williams, E. D., Wainright, S., Bradley-Ewing, A. D., Davis, G., Martinez, D., & Taylor, S. (2008, October). Taking it to the Pews: Developing and implementing a church-based HIV education and prevention tool kit. Paper presented at the 136th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo, San Diego, CA.
Martinez, D. A., Goggin, K., Catley, D., Gerkovich M., Pinkston, M., Thomson D., Bradley-Ewing A., Carruth T., Williams, K., Wright, J., Berkley-Patton J., Kakolewski, K., & Clark, K. (2008, March). Coping differences related to age, education, and substance use among HIV+ patients on ART. Poster presented at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Diego, CA.
Goggin, K., Thomson D., Bradley-Ewing A., Catley, D., Carruth T., Pinkston, M., Gerkovich M., Williams, K., Wright, J., Berkley-Patton J., Kakolewski, K., Martinez, D., & Clark, K. (2008, March).
Adherence in low density settings: Is modified directly observed therapy a feasible intervention option? Poster presented at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Diego, CA.
Clark, K., Pinkston, M., Goggin, K., Carruth, T., Bingham, C., Lipari, J., & Martinez, D. (2008, March). Sexual health messages in women’s magazines. Poster presented at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Diego, CA.
Goggin, K., Catley, D., Thomson, D., Bradley-Ewing, A., Carruth, T., Williams, K., Pinkston, M., Gerkovich, M., Wright, J., Kakolewski, K., Berkley-Patton, J., Martinez, D., & Clark, K. (2008, March). Knowing adherence is important doesn’t equate to understanding how it is achieved: The knowledge gap and strategies for addressing it. Paper presented at the 3rd International Conference on HIV Treatment Adherence, Jersey City, NJ.
Goggin, K., Gqaleni, N., Moddley, I., Hlongwane, T., Pinkston, M., Berkley-Patton, J., & Martinez, D. (2008, March). The role of South African traditional health practitioners in HIV disease management. Paper presented at the 3rd International Conference on HIV Treatment Adherence, Jersey City, NJ.
Martinez D. A., Malcarne V. L., Varni, J, Ko C., Banthia R., & Sadler G. R. (2007, October). Time since diagnosis and problems reported by spouses of prostate cancer patients. Paper presented at the American Association for Cancer Education, Birmingham, AL.
LaHousse, S. F., Martinez, D. A., Rosenbaum, R. P., & Garcia, L. A. (2007, June). A qualitative exploration of the educational resilience among migrant college students. Poster presented at the Biennial Society for Community Research and Action, APA Division 27, La Verne, CA.
Martinez D. A., Malcarne V. L., Clark K. L., Loscalzo M. J., Zabora J. R., BrintzenhofeSzoc K. M., & Sadler G. R. (2007, March). Cancer-related problems and distress of White and African American prostate cancer patients. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Behavioral Medicine, Washington D.C.
Kasthuri E. A., Martinez D. A., Mortimer J. E., Clark K. L., LaHousse S. F., Sadler G. R., & Malcarne
V. L. (2006, October). Sexual functioning of women receiving adjuvant therapy for early stage breast cancer. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Education, San Diego, CA.
Martinez D. A. & Malcarne V. L. (2006, August). Sexual arousal as a function of primary treatment in women with breast cancer. Paper presented at the UCSD Student Summer Research Conference, San Diego, CA.
*Indicates research assistant/student projects under direct supervision (supervision of supervision by Dr. Goggin).