Eugenia Curet
Organizing Committee Member (SSHA - 2019)
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
USA
Dr. Eugenia Curet is the Assistant Dean for Support and Wellness Services for medical students at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) School of Medicine, a non-teaching faculty with the Department of Psychiatry and part-time lecturer within the College of Health Affairs, Department of Social Work. She holds a Master Degree in Social Work with specialization in psychiatric social work, New York University Graduate School of Social Work; a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies focusing on Public Health and Substance Abuse from The Union Institute and University, Cincinnati, Ohio and pursued doctoral studies on advanced clinical social work at the Adelphi University in New York. She attended the 2 years One Spirit Seminary in New York City and was ordained as Interfaith Minister. During 17 years she was the Director of the Vincent P. Dole Research and Treatment Center for Opioid Addiction of Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC), and Instructor in Public Health. She has published and has been a presenter at numerous national and international conferences on subjects ranging from behavioral health, substance abuse and HIV. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and is interested in research and services that focus on prevention and integrated treatment approaches for mental health disorders, suicide prevention, substance abuse and HIV/AIDS. She has also trained health providers on the provision of integrated and culturally sensitive delivery of treatment services to Hispanic populations; HIV and substance abuse; suicide prevention; and mindful meditation.
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