
Overview
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Andrés Gil earned his B.A. in Sociology/Anthropology from FIU, a M.S.W. from Barry University, and a Ph.D. in Medical Sociology from the University of Miami. Dr. Gil joined FIU in 1996. He was appointed Vice President for Research in November 2009. He also serves as President of the FIU Research Foundation and is a Professor in the Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work. Prior to joining FIU, Dr. Gil was a faculty member and researcher at the University of Miami (Department of Sociology), the University of California, Berkeley (the Western Consortium of Public Health and the School of Public Health), and the University of Connecticut (the School of Family Studies). At FIU, he has been Associate Vice President for Research, Director of Research Development in the College of Health and Urban Affairs, and Associate Director of the Community-Based Intervention Research Group. He is currently Senior Vice President for Research and Economic Development as well as Dean of the University Graduate School.
Dr. Gil’s research focuses on the etiology, epidemiology, and treatment of adolescent substance abuse and mental health. He has authored numerous articles that examine the role of culture, race, and ethnicity in adolescent substance use and mental health. His research has been published in the American Journal of Public Health, Archives of General Psychiatry, Epidemiology, Addiction, and American Journal of Epidemiology, among others. Dr. Gil has conducted numerous longitudinal epidemiological studies in California and Florida, as well as clinical trials testing interventions to reduce substance abuse among adolescents. His research has been funded by several NIH Institutes and various Foundations. He also has served on numerous review and advisory panels for the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and the California Tobacco Related Disease Program. He is on the editorial board of numerous scientific journals in his field of research. He is currently a member of the Advisory Council for the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), a member of the APLU‘s Council on Research Policy and Graduate Education, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Southeastern Universities Research (SURA).
research interests
- Etiology, epidemiology, and treatment of adolescent substance abuse and mental health, as well as the role of culture, race, and ethnicity in adolescent substance use and mental health.
Scholarly & Creative Works
selected publications
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Article
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2014A Randomized Controlled Trial of Guided Self-Change With Minority AdolescentsFull Text via DOI: 10.1037/a0036939 Web of Science: 000345452900017
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2008Longitudinal effects of family factors on alcohol use among African American and White non-Hispanic males during middle schoolFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/15470650802292780 Web of Science: 000258854200004
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2007Heterogeneity in patterns of sexual risk behaviors among African-American youth: Associations with general and race-specific factorsFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/jcop.20158 Web of Science: 000245966800003
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2005Revisiting drug progression: long-range effects of early tobacco useFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2005.01141.x Web of Science: 000231505700025
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2003Patterns of sexual risk behaviors and psychiatric disorders in a community sample of young adultsFull Text via DOI: 10.1023/A:1025776102574 Web of Science: 000185302300006
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2002What do we know about Latino drug use? - Methodological evaluation of state databasesFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/0739986302238211 Web of Science: 000178730100001
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2002Racial/ethnic and gender differences in the incidence and onset age of DSM-IV alcohol use disorder symptoms among adolescentsFull Text via DOI: 10.15288/jsa.2002.63.609 Web of Science: 000178401100014
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2002Brief motivational intervention for substance-abusing delinquent adolescents: Guided self-change as a social work practice innovationFull Text via DOI: 10.1093/hsw/27.3.208 Web of Science: 000177833100007
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2002Psychiatric and substance use disorders in South Florida - Racial/ethnic and gender contrasts in a young adult cohortFull Text via DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.59.1.43 Web of Science: 000173115800009
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2000Acculturation familism, and alcohol use among Latino adolescent males: Longitudinal relationsFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/1520-6629(200007)28:4<443::AID-JCOP6>3.0.CO;2-A Web of Science: 000087671100006
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1999A model for explaining drug use behavior among hispanic adolescentsFull Text via DOI: 10.1300/J023v14n01_05
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1998Temporal influences of family structure and family risk factors on drug use initiation in a multiethnic sample of adolescent boysFull Text via DOI: 10.1023/A:1022807221074 Web of Science: 000074227700006
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1997Acculturation strain theory: Its application in explaining drug use behavior among Cuban and other Hispanic youthFull Text via DOI: 10.3109/10826089709035608 Web of Science: A1997YF36200055
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1997Family factors, theft, vandalism, and major deviance among a multiracial/multiethnic sample of adolescent girlsFull Text via DOI: 10.1023/B:JOSD.0000015190.15162.9d Web of Science: A1997WK60100006
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1996Two different worlds: Acculturation stress and adaptation among Cuban and Nicaraguan familiesFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/0265407596133008 Web of Science: A1996VA94400008
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1996A replication and elaboration of the esteem-enhancement modelFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/00332747.1996.11024755 Web of Science: A1996VA06000002
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1995TEACHER AND PARENT PERCEPTIONS OF BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS AMONG A SAMPLE OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN, HISPANIC, AND NON-HISPANIC WHITE STUDENTSFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/BF02506935 Web of Science: A1995RU18600002
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1994ACCULTURATIVE STRESS AND PERSONAL ADJUSTMENT AMONG HISPANIC ADOLESCENT BOYSFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/1520-6629(199401)22:1<43::AID-JCOP2290220106>3.0.CO;2-T Web of Science: A1994MV81800005
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1993RACIAL MISTRUST AND DEVIANT BEHAVIORS AMONG ETHNICALLY DIVERSE BLACK-ADOLESCENT BOYSFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1993.tb01012.x Web of Science: A1993LP68300004
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1993ACCULTURATION AND DELINQUENT-BEHAVIOR AMONG CUBAN AMERICAN ADOLESCENTS - TOWARD AN EMPIRICAL-MODELFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/BF00938210 Web of Science: A1993LT73700007
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1993RISK-FACTORS FOR EARLY ADOLESCENT DRUG-USE IN 4 ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPSFull Text via DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.83.2.185 Web of Science: A1993KW27300004
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Book Chapter
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2013Risk factors for early adolescent drug use in four ethnic and racial groups. 178-187.Full Text via DOI: 10.4324/9781315822129-21
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2010Alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. 99-122.
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2009Substance Abuse in Minority Populations. 313-333.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-75659-2_15 Web of Science: 000312950400016
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2002Cultural Adjustment and Hispanic Adolescent Drug Use. 125-148.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/0-306-47147-7_6
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2001Chapter 16 Substance Abuse Interventions with Latino Adolescents: A Cultural Framework. 353-378.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/b978-008043577-0/50036-5
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Book Review
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1999Drug use and ethnicity in early adolescence. Ed. 28.Full Text via DOI: 10.2307/2654200 Web of Science: 000080450400067
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Conference
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2011A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF SCHOOL-BASED GUIDED SELF-CHANGE WITH MINORITY ADOLESCENTS. 143A-143A.Web of Science: 000290804301026
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Note
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1994WHO IS HISPANIC - DEFINITIONS AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES. 1985-1987.Full Text via DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.84.12.1985 Web of Science: A1994PY30900023
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1993PATTERNS OF DRUG-USE AMONG CUBAN-AMERICAN, AFRICAN-AMERICAN, AND WHITE NON-HISPANIC BOYS. 257-259.Full Text via DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.83.2.257 Web of Science: A1993KW27300019
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Review
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2004Implementing school-based substance abuse interventions: methodological dilemmas and recommended solutions. 106-119.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2004.00858.x Web of Science: 000225158300009
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Research
principal investigator on
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowships awarded by National Science Foundation 2020 - 2025
- Catastrophic Award Testing awarded by Florida Office of Insurance Regulation 2019 - 2022
- Florida International University-Health Disparities Initiative (FIU-HDI) awarded by Minority Health and Health Disparities 2016 - 2022
- Graduate Research Fellowship Program awarded by National Science Foundation 2015 - 2021
- Graduate Research Fellowship Program awarded by National Science Foundation 2009 - 2016
- Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students in Medicine, Nursing and Public Health Fields awarded by Health Resources & Services Administrati 2011 - 2012
- ARRA - Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students awarded by Health Resources & Services Administrati 2010 - 2011
- Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students in Medicine, Nursing and Public Health Fields awarded by Health Resources & Services Administrati 2010 - 2011
- ARRA - Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students awarded by Health Resources & Services Administrati 2009 - 2010
- Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students awarded by Health Resources & Services Administrati 2009 - 2010
co-principal investigator on
- Catastrophic Award Testing awarded by Florida Office of Insurance Regulation 2019 - 2022
- Brief Intervention for Marijuana Use among Latino Youth awarded by National Institute on Drug Abuse 2009 - 2011
- Brief Intervention of Minority Adolescents. awarded by Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism 2004 - 2010
investigator on
Contact
preferred title
- Vice President for Research and Economic Development
full name
- Andres Gil
Identifiers
ORCID iD
- https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5449-4777 (confirmed)
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