Dr. Martina Raquel Gallagher, PhD, PMHNP-BC, MSN, RN

Interim Assistant Director of Education and Research at UTHealth Houston Behavioral Sciences Campus  
Associate Professor Nursing-Clinical
Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth / The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Dr. Martina Raquel Gallagher, an Associate Professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center has taught in various courses including psychiatric nursing, community health nursing, and nursing research. She developed the nursing elective course titled: Application of multicultural concepts to the health care of Latinos in the United States. Students describe Dr. Gallagher’s teaching style as engaging and creative because she incorporates different techniques when she delivers course content. For example, teaching students about leadership and followership in healthcare by incorporating Argentine tango, which is part of the Summer Health Professions Education Program, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, at UTHealth Houston. Her research focus was on the prevention and treatment of obesity and its cardiovascular sequelae in Latino families, by incorporating healthy sleep education into weight loss/management interventions in community settings. Because of her expertise in health disparities experienced by Latinos, Dr. Gallagher served as a member of the Advisory Panel on Addressing Disparities for PCORI. Due to the increase in mental health issues in the community, Dr. Gallagher completed a post-master’s degree in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing.  She now provides psychiatric care to community members via telepsychiatry. She was appointed member of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association Telemental Health Task Force and Administrative Council Steering Committee.