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Linda S. Sprague Martinez, PhD

Director, UConn Health Disparities Institute
Professor, Department of Medicine
Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Faculty Affiliate, UConn School of Social Work


Academic Office Location: Health Disparities Institute UConn Health 263 Farmington Avenue Farmington, CT 06030-7030
Website(s):	Health Disparities Institute

Education & Training
Publications

Education

Degree	Institution	Major
BA	University of New Hampshire	Political Science
MA	Rivier College	Clinical Mental Health Counseling
MA	Brandeis University	Social Policy
PhD	Brandeis University	Social Policy

Degree

Institution

Major

University of New Hampshire

Political Science

Rivier College

Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Brandeis University

Social Policy

PhD

Brandeis University

Social Policy

Awards

Name of Award/Honor	Awarding Organization
Honorable Mention for the Marie O. Weil Best Article Award, Journal of Community Practice	Association of Community Organizing and Social Action
HEAL Director's Awardee for Community Partnership, Helping to End Addiction Long-term® Initiative	National Institutes of Health
2023 Society for Social Work Research Fellow	Society for Social Work Research
Mentoring Award,Council of Social Work Education	Council on the Role and Status of Women in Social Work Education
Resident Empowerment Honoree, Boston Housing Authority	Center for Community Engagement and Civil Rights
Multicultural Service Award, Tufts University	Arts, Sciences, and Engineering Equal Educational Opportunity Committee
Outstanding Commitment to Providing Access to Services in Communities of Color	State of New Hampshire, Department of Health and Human Services

Name of Award/Honor

Awarding Organization

Honorable Mention for the Marie O. Weil Best Article Award, Journal of Community Practice

Association of Community Organizing and Social Action

HEAL Director's Awardee for Community Partnership, Helping to End Addiction Long-term® Initiative

National Institutes of Health

2023 Society for Social Work Research Fellow

Society for Social Work Research

Mentoring Award,Council of Social Work Education

Council on the Role and Status of Women in Social Work Education

Resident Empowerment Honoree, Boston Housing Authority

Center for Community Engagement and Civil Rights

Multicultural Service Award, Tufts University

Arts, Sciences, and Engineering Equal Educational Opportunity Committee

Outstanding Commitment to Providing Access to Services in Communities of Color

State of New Hampshire, Department of Health and Human Services

Journal Articles

Beyond Survival: Harnessing Sustainability Frameworks to Assess and Support Programs Implementing Bundled Interventions for Black Women With HIV.
Walter, Angela Wangari; Rocco, Melanie; Scott, Judith C; Carhee, Ashley; Ayafor, Vanessa; Goodwin, Rahab; Lewis-Chery, Shakeila A; Downes, Alicia; Spencer, LaShonda Y; Martinez, Linda Sprague American journal of public health 2025 Apr;115(S1):S28-S37
Intersectional HIV Stigma Among Black Women: Regional Differences and Implications From the Black Women First Initiative.
Scott, Judith C; Rocco, Melanie; Kitchen, Madison; Solomon-Brimage, Natalie A; Chen, Clara A; Latimer, Jennifer M; Davies, Gwen; Wheeler, Jakevia; Furton, Lindsey; Sprague Martinez, Linda; Rajabiun, Serena; Umrigar, Ayesha; Walter, Angela Wangari American journal of public health 2025 Apr;115(S1):S75-S84
Organizational readiness to implement bundled interventions to increase HIV linkage and retention in care and treatment: results from the Black Women First (BWF) initiative.
Walter, Angela Wangari; Mohan, Minu P; Zhang, Xiyuan; Rocco, Melanie; Rajabiun, Serena; Cabral, Howard J; Chen, Clara A; Jennings, Esther; Dugas, Julianne N; Dantas, Talitha; Scott, Judith C; Downes, Alicia; Sprague Martinez, Linda S BMC health services research 2024 Oct;24(1):1226
Convenings as a tool for enhancing implementation strategies: lessons from the Black Women First initiative.
Rocco, Melanie; Kitchen, Madison; Flores-Rodriguez, Cecilia; Downes, Alicia; Scott, Judith C; Rajabiun, Serena; Walter, Angela Wangari; Sprague Martinez, Linda Implementation science communications 2024 Oct;5(1):109
Leveraging local knowledge to contextualize the opioid epidemic within HEALing Communities Study communities: A Photovoice protocol.
Balvanz, Peter; Olvera, Ramona G; McGladrey, Margaret; Booty, Marisa; Beard, Dacia; Ellison, Sylvia; McClay, Craig; Nouvong, Monica; Oser, Carrie B; Yamoah, Owusua; Martinez, Linda Sprague Journal of substance use and addiction treatment 2024 Oct;165209460
Long COVID impacts: the voices and views of diverse Black and Latinx residents in Massachusetts.
Sprague Martinez, Linda; Sharma, Nihaarika; John, Janice; Battaglia, Tracy A; Linas, Benjamin P; Clark, Cheryl R; Hudson, Linda B; Lobb, Rebecca; Betz, Gillian; Ojala O'Neill, Shayne Orion; Lima, Angelo; Doty, Ross; Rahman, Syeeda; Bassett, Ingrid V BMC public health 2024 Aug;24(1):2265
A discussion among deans on advancing community engaged research
Linda Sprague Martinez, Deborah Chassler, Rebecca Lobb, Dema Hakim, Jennifer Pamphile, Tracy A Battaglia Clinical and Translational Science 2023 Apr;16557-563