The University of Texas at El Paso Psychology Professor Felipe Castro, Ph.D., has been elected president of the Society for Prevention Research (SPR). His two-year presidency will begin June 1, 2013. He will be the first Mexican-American to serve as president for SPR. The Society of Prevention Research is dedicated to advancing scientific investigation on the etiology and prevention of social, physical and mental health. Castro, who is the director of UTEP’s health psychology program, focuses his research on a multi-variable analysis of stress, coping and resilience as influences on health adaptation in Latino and other racial and ethnic populations. Specifically, this research examines cognitive, affective and behavioral factors that are important for the prevention and treatment of addictive behaviors and substance abuse disorders, as well as other lifestyle disorders including Type 2 Diabetes. He also has interest in cross-cultural psychology.
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