Sydney Martinez, PhD, MPH

Biography

Dr. Martinez is an Assistant Professor in Epidemiology in the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC). She currently studies the intersection of commercial tobacco and diabetes, and works towards improving the implementation and delivery of smoking cessation interventions for patients with diabetes in primary care settings and in tribal health care settings. She also conducts research testing financial incentives to improve smoking cessation outcomes among individuals with diabetes. She received her PhD and Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from OUHSC and a Bachelor’s of Science Degree from the University of Oklahoma in Health and Exercise Science.

Email

Sydney-Martinez@ouhsc.edu

Additional Websites

• Publications
• Department Webpage
• OUHSC Research Profile

Research Interests:

• Tobacco health inequities
• Smoking cessation interventions
• Intersection between diabetes and smoking
• Implementation science
  
   

Grant Funding

1R25MD011564 (Stavrakis/Houchen)
09/01/2018– 08/31/2021
NIH/NIMHD $537,875
Addressing Health Disparities among Oklahoma Minority and Rural Communities through
Clinical Research Education and Career Development (CRECD)
Role: Scholar

1P20CA253258-01 (Doescher) 09/15/2020 – 08/31/2024
NIH/NCI $196,237
1/2 Cherokee Nation/OSU and SCC Collaborative Partnership for Cancer Research: Tobacco
Cessation among American Indian Cancer Survivors in Cherokee Nation
Role: Early Stage Investigator; Pilot Project Co-PI

1S06GM123546-04 (Khan) 09/15/2017 – 07/31/2021
NIH/NARCH IX (NCI, NIGMS, OD) $481,629
Cherokee Nation Native American Research Center for Health: Cherokee Nation Health
Analytics Core
Role: Co-Investigator

1S06GM123546-04 (Khan) 09/15/2017 – 07/31/2021
NIH/NARCH IX (NCI, NIGMS, OD) $79,483
Cherokee Nation Native American Research Center for Health: Breast Cancer Patterns of Care and Outcomes by Diabetes Status among American Indians in the Cherokee Nation
Role: Project Director

1S06GM127983-03 (Khan) 09/12/2018 – 07/31/2022
NIH/NARCH X (NIGMS, NIDDK) $95,776
Cherokee Nation Native American Research Center for Health: Optimizing Smoking Cessation within Diabetes Care at the Cherokee Nation
Role: Project Director

CRECD R25 Pilot (Martinez) 09/01/2018 – 12/31/2020
Stephenson Cancer Center $49,804
Evaluating the Implementation of Smoking Cessation in Diabetes Care
Role: PI

IRG-19-142-01 (Martinez) 04/01/2020 – 03/31/2021
American Cancer Society/Stephenson Cancer Center $49,988
Incentives to Promote Smoking Cessation for Individuals with Diabetes
Role: PI

COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant (Jervis) 04/14/2020 – 10/16/2020
OU Vice President for Research and Partnership $30,000
Assessing responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in rural tribal and non-tribal Oklahoma communities
Role: Co-Investigator

R21-02-SG-Martinez (Martinez) 11/18/2020 – 06/30/2021
Health Promotion Research Center/Stephenson Cancer Center $49,984
Feasibility of Using Biomarkers to Improve Smoking Cessation in American Indians with Diabetes
Role: PI