January 2020

Dr. Guillermo (Willy) Prado is Dean of the Graduate School; Leonard M. Miller Professor of Public Health Sciences, Psychology, and Nursing and Health Studies; and Director of the Division of Prevention Science and Community Health at the University of Miami. His research broadly focuses on the development and evaluation of parenting interventions for Hispanic youth and their families. Dr. Prado’s research has appeared in over 130 peer-reviewed articles. He has been PI, […]

Dr. Vaughan is an associate professor in the Counseling and Counseling Psychology programs in the School of Education at Indiana University. She received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Miami and completed a National Institute on Drug Abuse funded post-doctoral fellowship in substance use prevention research at the Yale University School of Medicine. Her research focuses on substance use and substance use disorders among adolescents and emerging adults with […]

Elected to the Florida House in 2018, Representative Michael Grieco has always maintained his commitment for independent thought and availability, even before his time in the State Capitol. When he was first elected to the Miami Beach City Commission in 2013 he even took office door off the hinges his first week in office as a symbol of transparency in government, only to do the same now in Tallahassee. In his first […]

Hansel Tookes, MD, MPH is Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He joined the faculty in the Division of Infectious Diseases after completing his residency in Internal Medicine at Jackson Memorial Hospital. He is the Principal Investigator of the UM Harm Reduction Research Group which houses the IDEA Exchange, Miami’s pilot syringe access program. His research interests include behavioral interventions and innovative approaches to HIV prevention. He has […]