Martha Martinez, MSN, RN

I am a bilingual Hispanic faculty working with graduate and undergraduate students in the area of Population Health.  Professional experience is in several fields in nursing including acute care and administration.  Public health experience includes working on the Texas Mexico border practicing primary care for uninsured or underinsured community residents.  My teaching strategies address different learning styles to provide students with modalities that address their learning needs. My teaching goal is to allow students to learn through experience in a supportive and respectful environment. 

• Professional Background

  Education

  • 1992 - Master of Science in Nursing - Women's Health Care - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
  • 1980 - Bachelor of Science in Nursing - Nursing - Corpus Christi State University
  • 1979 - Associate of Applied Science - Laredo Junior College

  Highlights

  Licensures and Certifications

  • WHCNP
  • Registered Nurse (Texas)

  Honors and Awards

  • 2021 Best 25 Nurses of South-Central Texas 
  • 2018 Outstanding Community Health Improvement Project  
  • 2017  Salute to Nurses San Antonio Express News 
  • 2015  Unsung Hero Award (nomination) UTHSCSA

  Appointments

  • 2017 - present - Associate Professor/Clinical - UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing
  • 2012 - 2017 - Clinical Assistant Professor - UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing
  • 2016 - 2018 - Research Associate - South Texas Veterans’ Administration San Antonio

• Instruction & Training

  • 2012 - present, NURS 4217 Population Focused Health Clinical Application, UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing
  • 2012 - present, NURS 4227 Population Focused Health Clinical Application, UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing
  • 2019 - 2020, NURS 3373, Nursing Care of Families Clinical Application, UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing
  • 2015 - 2016, NURS 6110 Advanced Health Assessment Clinical Application, UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing
  • 2012 - 2015, NURS 3110, Health Assessment Clinical Application, UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing
  • 2012 - 2015, NURS 3305, Foundations of Clinical Nursing Practice Clinical Application, UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing
  • 2012 - 2015, NURS 3208, Care of Childbearing Families: Clinical Application, UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing

• Research & Grants

  Grants

  Submitted and Not Funded or Unfunded Research/Projects: 

  2021, Funder: UT System. Dollars: $5,000. Title:  Alcance Virtual”: Meeting Population Health Nursing Clinical Objectives and Caring for Vulnerable Seniors in the Time of COVID-19. Role: Principle Investigator 

  Completed Research/Projects: 

  • 2019 - 2020, Funder: UTH Student Fees. Dollars: $1000. Title:  Students Educate Women with Opioid Use Disorder. Role: Program Manager 
  • 2019 - 2020, Funder: UT Health IIMS. Dollars: $50,000. Title: Function Improvement Exercises for Older Sedentary Community-Dwelling Latino Residents (FE-SaLiR). Role: Co-Investigator 
  • 2017 - 2018, Funder: CSL Grant. Dollars: $1,050. Title: Immunization Reminders for Mothers of Infants 0-36 Months. Role: Mentor/ Co- Investigator 
  • 2017, Funder: IIMS. Dollars: $5,000. Title: Enhancing Seniors’ Lives in the Community through University and Community Partnerships.Role: Co-Investigator  
  • 2016, Funder: UT Health Student Fees. Dollars: $342. Title: Summer Puppet Show by Nursing Students. Role: Project Manager 
  • 2015 - 2016, Funder: IIMS. Dollars $4180. Title: The Power of the Seed: A CBPR Project. Role: Co- Investigator 
  • 2015 - 2017, Funder: NAC. Dollars: $5000. Title: Los dones: Hispanic Men’s Health Literacy Related to their Female Partner Cervical Cancer Prevention. Role: Contributor/Recruiter 
  • 2013, Funder: NAC. Dollars:$3400. Title: Mujeres West Community Assessment Project. Role: Co-Investigator 
  • 2009 -2011, Funder: Texas Department of Health. Dollars: $500,000. Title: Diabetes Education and Prevention Services. Role: Co-Investigator 
  • 2009 - 2012, Funder: CPRIT. Dollars: $200,000. Title: Bring your Comadre: Peer to Peer Community Outreach for Cancer Prevention. Role: Co-Investigator 
  • 2007 - Present, Funder: Methodist Healthcare Ministries. Dollars: $200,000 annually. Title: Women’s Cancer Screening Program. Role: Program Manager 
  • 2007 - Present, Funder: Methodist Healthcare Ministries. Dollars: $37,000 annually. Title: Dental Services. Role: Program Manager 

• Service

  School

  Student Mentees/Trainees

  • 2020 – 2021, ACES Training, Medical students present to nursing students about ACES from the medical perspective and the role of the nurse. Students mentored during CSL project. 
  • 2017 – 2018, CSL grant to work and mentor MS2 student in the area of public health, working in low income housing property, with young mothers and immunization adherence using a reminder program to have on-time immunizations for infants up to 36 months of age. 
  • 2015 – 2017, Medical Student Training in Aging Research (MSTAR), Special training for 2nd year medical students in aging research. Faculty mentors the students in the data collection, analysis and interpretation. Mentor-ship also includes abstract preparations and submissions. 

  Institutional

  • 2020 – 2022,  UT Health, SON Committee on International Programs, Member 
  • 2019 – 2020,  UT Health, SON  Scholarship Awarding Process, Evaluator 
  • 2017 – 2020,  UT Health, SA Committee for the Advancement of Women and Minorities  
  • 2019 – 2020,  UT Health, SON  Committee on Faculty and Student Matters. Chair  
  • 2017 – 2019,  UT Health, SON   Committee on Faculty and Student Matters, Member 
  • 2017 – 2020,  UT Health, SON  Search Committee, Member 
  • 2014 – 2017,  UT Health, SA Student Health Advisory Committee, Member 
  • 2014 – 2016,  UT Health, SON Simulation Advisory Council, Member 
  • 2013 – 2017,  UT Health, SA Campus Wellness Committee, Member 

   

  Service to the Profession

  • 2019, Reviewer, APHA 2018 Annual Meeting and Expo  
  • 2019, Panelist, UT Teen Health Local Conference 
  • 2015, Panelist, March of Dimes 
  • 2015 – 2017, Advisor, Frontera de Salud 

  Professional Affiliations 

   

  • 2014 – present, Sigma Theta TAU 
  • 2018 – 2020,  APHA  
  • 2017 – 2020, International Association of Latino Nurse Faculty  
  • 2016 – 2017, NANDA International  

  Community Service

  • 2020, Volunteer Community San Antonio COVID 19 Call center  STRAC 
  • 2019 – present, Member South Texas Trauma Informed Care Consortium  
  • 2015 – 2017, Advisory Board Jireh House, Member 
  • 2014, Advisory Board Project STORM CAB 
  • 2014 – present, Advisory Board Nurse Family Partnership CAB, Member 
  • 2013 – 2014, Chair March of Dimes Program Services committee 

• Publications

  Peer-reviewed Articles (*indicates data-based) 

  • Salt P, Sickora D, Page D, Martinez M, Cantu P, Schwab P, Lee P. “We Didn’t Forget”: Utilizing a Community-Nurse Partnership to Promote Health in Rockport Texas After Hurricane Harvey Public Health Nursing 2020 Jan 
  • Sickora, C., Salt, R. J., Page, T. L., Lee, W., Cantu, A. G., Lee, M., Schwab, K. W., Martinez, M. L., & Byrd, D.. Evolution of experiential learning opportunities for nursing students after natural disaster. Journal of Nursing Education 2020 Jan;59(1):30-33. 
  • Cindy Sickora, DNP, RN; Rebekah J. Salt, PhD, RN; Tracey Smith Page, DNP, APRN, FNPBC; Wendy Lee, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC; Adelita G. Cantu, PhD, RN; Moonju Lee, PhD, RN; Karen Walker Schwab, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC; Martha L. Martinez, MSN, RNC, WHCNP; and David Byrd, PhD. Evolution of Experiential Learning Opportunities for Nursing Students after Natural Disaster Journal of Nursing Education 2019 Dec 
  • Salt P, Sickora D, Page D, Martinez M, Cantu P, Schwab P, Lee M. “We didn’t forget” Utilizing a community-nurse partnership to promote health in Rockport Texas after Hurricane Harvey Public Health Nursing 2019 Oct;37(1):113-120. 

  Non-Peer-reviewed Articles (i. e. editorials, news articles, etc.) 

  • Escandon S, Martinez ML, Flaskerud JH. Exploring Character Strengths: Forging a Relationship between Nursing Students and Community Youth London: Informa Healthcare; 2016 Apr. 3 p.  
  • Shelton Brown III, PhD; Kimberly J. Wilson, MPIA; José A. Pagán, PhD; Christine M. Arcari, PhD, MPH; Martha Martinez, MSN, RNC, CNS; Kirk Smith, MD, PhD; Belinda Reininger, DrPH. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Community Health Worker Intervention for Low-Income Hispanic Adults with Diabetes Center for Disease Control Atlanta, GA: 2012 9 p 

  Abstracts 

  • Gonzalez- Cano,TV, Chung, M, Carretero, J, Flores, B, Martinez M, Ross JS, Lee, S, Arevalo-Flechas, L. Exploring the interplay of ethnicity, socioeconomic status and falling in a group of community-dwelling older adults 2017 May. p. s109. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; vol. 65, no. S1). 
  • Sanchez-Reilly SE, Ross JS, Lee, S., Martinez M, Garza, M, Healy JM. PAIN-ME-FREE: A Videogame to Improve Geriatric Pain Management among Inter-Professional Clinicians 2017 May. p. s185. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; vol. 65, no. s1). 
  • Flores P, Martinez M, Arevalo-Flechas, L., Tobar, M., Parra-Medina, D.. "A clash of cultures:" Cervical cancer screening and Hispanic males Cambridge University Press; 2017 Feb. (Journal of Clinical and Translational Science; vol. 1, no. S1). 
  • Flores, BE, Arevalo, LC, Martinez, ML, Cleveland LM. Grandparents as Caregivers: Justification for the Development of a New Role Relationship Syndrome. NANDA-I International Conference, Cancun, Mexico: 2016 May. 
  • Arevalo-Flechas, LC, Flores, BE, Martinez, ML, Cleveland LM. If They Are Taken Away I will Die: Hispanic Abuelas as Custodial “Caregivers.” The American Geriatric Society Annual Convention, Long Beach, CA; 2016 May. 

  Invited Podium Presentations (i. e. keynotes presentations)  

  • 2018, “A CBPR Project: Nursing Students and Character Strengths”, 2do Congreso Iberoamericano de Enfermería Saltillo, Coahuila, 
  • 2018, “Nursing Practice in the United States”, Enfermería ante los Retos de Educación, Investigación y Política Social, Universidad Autónoma deCoahuila Facultadde Enfermería "Dr.SantiagoValdésGalindo, Saltillo, Mexico   
  • 2017, Upstream Health Care: Values training to children in low income housing by Baccalaureate Nursing Students and Community Youth, 28TH INTERNATIONAL NURSING RESEARCH CONGRESS, Social Justice, Sigma Theta Tau International, Dublin, Ireland (Panel) 

  Peer Reviewed Poster Presentations  

  • 2019, “Parenting all Over Again: Hispanic ”Abuelitas” Raising Grandchildren In the Context of Substance Abuse Disorders”, American Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meeting 
  • 2019, “HPV/Cervical cancer health disparities among the South Texas Hispanic population”, 2019 Community Engagement Symposium 
  • 2019, “Interprofessional Collaboration to Improve Women’s Health in Morant Bay Jamaica”, Sigma, Global Nursing Excellence, Delta Alpha at Large, Sigma Theta Tau International, San Antonio, TX 
  • 2019, “Growing Healthy Together using an Inter-Professional Education Model”, Cultural Inclusion Institute, UT Health School of Nursing, San Antonio, TX 
  • 2018, “Population-Focused Health Nursing Student Interventions after Hurricane Harvey", APHA 2018 Annual Meeting & Expo, American Public Health Association, San Diego, CA 
  • 2018, “Intergenerational Cervical Cancer Education Among Hispanics”, Transforming Health through Advances in Nursing Research, Practice, and Education, Symposium: Latino Health across the Lifespan: Applications to Practice from Research and Theory, Western Institute of Nursing, Spokane, WA 
  • 2018, “Impact on Health Outcomes: Health Coaching by Nursing Students to Improve Health Equity”, Beyond Flexner 2018: Community, Diversity and Equity, Beyond Flexner Alliance Social Mission in Heath Profession Education, Atlanta, GA 
  • 2018, “Global Interprofessional Collaborations Aimed at Reducing Cervical Cancer Deaths in Nicaragua”, Advocate for Social Justice and Cultural Inclusion to Enhance Equity by Promoting Research that Improves Patient-Centered Outcomes, 5th Annual Cultural Inclusion Institute, San Antonio, TX 
  • 2018, “Use of Video Game Technology for Geriatric Total Pain Management , Management Education: Response of Interdisciplinary Healthcare Students”, 2018 Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Care, New innovative approaches, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Boston, MA 
  • 2017, “Hispanic males and cultural norms: critical elements in cervical cancer prevention”, Innovations in Cancer Prevention and Research Conference, Early Detection and Screening, CPRIT, Austin, TX  
  • 2017, “Enhancing Seniors‘ Lives in the Community through University and Community Partnerships”, 2017 Community Engagement Symposium Promoting Community and Academic Partnerships for health Equity Research, Institute for Integration of Medicine and Science, San Antonio, TX 
  •  2017, Impact on Health Outcomes: Health Coaching by Nursing Students to Improve Health Equity, Community engagement and Healthcare Improvement Connecting Research, Practice and community for Improved Outcomes, Market Place, UT Health School of Nursing, San Antonio, TX (Co-Presenter)  
  • 2017, 2Pain-Me-Free: A Video Game to Improve Geriatric Pain Management Using a Multi-Discipline Approach, Community engagement and Healthcare Improvement Connecting Research, Practice and community for Improved Outcomes, Market Place, UT Health School of Nursing, San Antonio, TX (Co-Presenter)  
  • 2017, Immunization Action: On-time Vaccines for Children in Low Income Housing, Community engagement and Healthcare Improvement Connecting Research, Practice and community for Improved Outcomes, Market Place, UT Health School of Nursing, San Antonio, TX (Co-Presenter)  
  • 2017, Validating the Spanish Version of the Evidence-based Stress-Busting Program for Family Caregivers, Community engagement and Healthcare Improvement Connecting Research, Practice and community for Improved Outcomes, Oral Presentation, UT Health School of Nursing, San Antonio, TX (Co-Presenter) 
  • 2017, Upstream Health Care: Values training to children in low income housing by Baccalaureate Nursing Students and Community Youth, 28TH INTERNATIONAL NURSING RESEARCH CONGRESS, Social Justice, Sigma Theta Tau International, Dublin, Ireland (Panel)  
  • 2017, PAIN ME FREE: Video game to Improve Geriatric Pain Management Using a Multi-Discipline Approach, 28TH INTERNATIONAL NURSING RESEARCH CONGRESS, Research, Sigma Theta Tau, Dublin, Ireland (Co-Presenter)  
  • 2017, Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status as Players in Community-Dwelling Older Adults’ Falls, 21st International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics World Congress, Community, IAGG, San Francisco, CA (Co-Presenter)  
  • 2017, Cultural and Linguistic Adaptation of Evidence-Based Stress-Busting Program for Caregivers, 21st IAGG World Congress of Gerontology, Family Caregiving, International Association of Geriatrics and Gerontology, San Francisco, CA (Co-Presenter) 
  • 2017, Care giving for Grandchildren and Dementia Care giving: Not That Different Among Hispanics, 21st International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics World Congress, Family Caregiving/Minority & Diverse Populations, IAGG, San Francisco, CA (Co-Presenter)  
  • 2017, Pain Me Free: A Videogame to Improve Geriatric Pain Management Among Inter-Professional Clinicians, American Geriatric Society, Health Care Education, GRECC, UT Health Dept. of Geriatrics, South Texas VA, San Antonio, TX (Co-Presenter) 
  • 2017, Exploring the Interplay of Ethnicity, Socioeconomic status and Falling in a Group of Community-Dwelling Older Adults, American Geriatric Society Annual National conference, Clinical Practice, American Geriatric society, San Antonio, TX (Co-Presenter)  
  • 2017, “A Clash of Cultures”: Cervical Cancer Screening and Hispanic males, Advancing Translational Science, Washington, DC (Co-Presenter)