Dr. Guillermo (Willy) Prado is Interim Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost and Professor of Nursing and Health Studies, Public Health Sciences, and Psychology at the University of Miami. His research broadly focuses on the development, evaluation, and dissemination of parenting interventions for Hispanic youth and their families. Prado’s research has appeared in over 200 peer-reviewed articles and chapters. His h-index is 53 and the average number of citations per year in recent years is over 800, speaking to the impact of his work on the field. He has been PI, Co-I, or mentor by over $100 million dollars of NIH. His research has been recognized by numerous organizations, including the National Hispanic Science Network, the Society for Prevention Research, and the Society for Adolescent and has been featured in several domestic and international news outlets, including the Miami Herald and CNN en Español. Prado has served on a number of committees including a consensus committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee on Prevention and Control of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in the United States. Prado has also successfully mentored doctoral and post-doctoral fellow, most of which are currently in faculty positions of their own and leaders in their fields. He is the recipient of awards from the Florida Education Fund and the Society for Prevention Research for his commitment to graduate students of color and early career prevention scientists, respectively. Prado is currently PI of NIDA/NIH funded study evaluating the effectiveness of an online adaption of Familias Unidas, an evidence-based family intervention, for Hispanic youth in primary care. He is also the Director of the Investigator Development Core of the NIMHD/NIH funded Center for Latino Health Research Opportunities. Finally, Prado is currently Chair of Section 11 of NAM, past President of the Society for Prevention Research and past Board Member of Research!America, the country’s largest not-for-profit public education and advocacy alliance committed to making research to improve health a higher national priority.