Alexandre A. Martins, Ph.D.

Alexandre A. Martins, Ph.D.Marquette University

Marquette Hall, 330

MilwaukeeWI53201United States of America(414) 288-3165alexandre.martins@marquette.edu

Associate Professor

Highest Degree and Institution

Ph.D., Marquette University

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Courses Taught

HEAL 3200:  Bioethics for Health Care

HEAL 2110 – Introduction to Global Health

HEAL 4951:  Global and Community-Based Health

Research Interests

Alex Martins research focuses in bioethics and health equalities in global and public health. His scholarship has been interdisciplinary in which he has engaged in ethics, theology, and health care through a dialogue with anthropology, philosophy, epidemiology, and medical science, especially engaging with marginalized voices and addressing issues from the perspective of the poor. Currently, Alex is working on two main projects: Frist, he is working in a book project developing a participatory bioethics that advances bioethical approaches and priorities from the perspective of poor and historical marginalized communities. It is an interdisciplinary work grounded in reality and liberating methods developed by liberation theology and epistemological accounts from the global south. Second, it is a research project on the experiences of community-based practices led by community health workers from impoverished communities in Latin America, especially in Brazil. He is interested in how these grassroots initiatives have contributed to health care delivery and advocacy for systems that offer health care as a human right.

Professional Affiliations

Sociedade Brasileira de Teologia Moral – SBTM

Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church – CTEWC

Society of Christian Ethics – SCE

Publications

Link to Marquette University E-Publications - Martins

Funding

2020: PI, “Community Participation in Public Health Decision-Making and Human Rights: Neoliberal Policies and Universal Health Care Coverage in Brazil” Regular Research Grant and Summer Faculty Fellowship – Marquette University