| Society for Prevention Research | |
| Abbreviation: | SPR |
| Founders: | Zili Sloboda Bill Bukoski |
| Founding Location: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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| Focus: | --> |
| Headquarters: | Fairfax, Virginia |
| Region Served: | --> |
| Membership: | 826 |
| Membership Year: | 2015 |
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| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | Guillermo "Willy" Prado |
| Leader Title2: | Secretary |
| Leader Name2: | Margaret Kuklinski |
| Leader Title3: | Treasurer |
| Leader Name3: | Douglas Coatsworth |
| Publication: | Prevention Science |
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The Society for Prevention Research (SPR) is an American non-profit learned society dedicated to prevention science.
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.[1]
The president of the Society for Prevention Research is Guillermo "Willy" Prado.[2] The following is a partial list of the Society's past presidents:[1]