Brian C. Martinson, PhD is a Senior Research Investigator with HealthPartners Research Foundation in Minneapolis, MN. He holds a BA degree from the University of Minnesota and MS and PhD degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Sociology and received postdoctoral training in cardiovascular behavioral health from the University of Minnesota. Questions of motivation, individual choice and structural constraints within which individuals negotiate choices are recurring themes in his work.
His current research includes studies of health promotion and disease prevention, primarily through interventions focused on the areas of physical activity and obesity. Dr. Martinson is currently a co-investigator on several such studies (including the Keep It Off study), and is the Principal Investigator on a $2.4 million, 5-year grant from the National Institute on Aging to conduct Keep Active Minnesota; a randomized, controlled trial of a telephone and mail-based intervention program to assist 50-70 year old adults in long term maintenance of physical activity.
Another central piece of his current research agenda is the study of scientific integrity and its relationship to aspects of the organization of work in science. He has received two grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through the Office of Research Integrity. Along with Melissa Anderson, Ray De Vries and A. Lauren Crain, he has completed one study of research integrity in a national sample of NIH funded scientists and is conducting a follow-up study with a large sample of academic researchers across the US.
