William Martinez
PhD
University of California, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
William.martinez@ucsf.edu
San Francisco, CA, USA

Area of expertise: Pediatric populations; traumatic stress; affective disorders; implementation science; policy and advocacy; community-engaged research

William Martinez, Ph.D. is the Director of the Child and Adolescent Services clinic in the Division of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychiatry at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. He is currently the co-chair of the steering committee for the UCSF Health and Human Rights Initiative and Director of the Fuerte program, a school-based group prevention program targeting newcomer immigrant youth at risk of behavioral health concerns due to immigration-related stressors and psychological trauma. 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.