CTB Professional Project Staff Bio

 

Cesáreo Fernández Gomez, Ph.D.

 

Post- Doctoral researcher, with a grant provided by the Researchers Training Program of the Basque Government (Spain) cfgomez@ku.edu


 

Background and Professional Interests:


Cesáreo Fernández, Ph.D., and Master on Addictions, is a Spanish psychologist (on Industrial and Clinical Psychology). During the last 17 years, he has been a project manager, consultant, researcher and scientific research assistant for several European and national associations working in public health, mental health and substance abuse. He is author and co-author for more than 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals, books, and chapters on mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment. His work for the KU Work Group on Health Promotion and Community Development involves coordinating the translation of the Community Tool Box to Spanish, and the adaptation and validation of the Community Tool Box into European and Latin American contexts.