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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