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The Society for Prevention Research (SPR) is an American non-profit learned society dedicated to prevention science.


== History ==
The Society for Prevention Research was established in 1991 at a meeting of National Institute on Drug Abuse staff and prevention research center directors held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. By the following spring, it was incorporated as a non-profit organization in New York. Steven P. Schinke served as the Society's first president from 1993 to 1995. In 2000, its official journal, Prevention Science, was established.


== Presidents ==
The president of the Society for Prevention Research is Guillermo "Willy" Prado. The following is a partial list of the Society's past presidents:

1993–1995: Steven P. Schinke
1995–1997: Richard Clayton
1997–1998: Karol Kumpfer
1998 (interim): Richard Clayton
1998–2001: Sheppard Kellam
2001–2003: Gilbert Botvin
2003–2005: J. David Hawkins
2005–2007: Anthony Biglan
2007–2009: Zili Sloboda
2009–2011: Linda Collins
2011–2013: Deborah Gorman-Smith
2013–2015: Felipe Gonzalez Castro


== References ==


== External links ==
Official website