Raul Caetano, MD, PhD

Dean, UTSW School of Health Professions
Professor
Office of Dean- UT Southwestern School of Health Professions, Health Care Sciences
Graduate Program: Clinical Psychology

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

raul.caetano@utsouthwestern.edu

Biography

Dr. Caetano, a native of Brazil, earned an MD from the State University of Rio de Janeiro in 1969. After studying psychiatry at the University of London in England, he came to the United States in 1978 and earned a Master of Public Health in behavioral sciences and a PhD in epidemiology from the University of California, Berkeley. In 1983, he began working as a senior scientist for the California-based Alcohol Research Group, a National Institutes of Health-supported national alcohol research center that studies alcohol and drug use and related topics, and was director by the time he left to join the UT System in 1998.

Dr. Caetano has published his work on various topics, including the epidemiology of substance abuse and alcohol use by minorities, in dozens of scientific journals. He serves on the editorial boards of many substance-abuse publications and is a member of the advisory board of a number of related agencies in the community.

Dr. Caetano arrived at UT Southwestern in 1998 to serve as regional dean for the Dallas campus of the School of Public Health, a component of the UT Health Science Center at Houston. Dr. Caetano, also an adjunct professor of psychiatry at UT Southwestern and a professor of epidemiology at the School of Public Health, began his tenure as dean of the UT Southwestern School of Health Professions on August 7th, 2006.

Research Interests

Alcohol Health and Research
Epidemiology
Psychiatry
Public Health

Publications

Subtypes of Substance Dependence and Abuse: Implications for Diagnostic Classification and Empirical Research.

Babor, T., Caetano, R. , Addiction , 2006; (101 (Suppl. 1)):104-110

Diagnosis of alcohol dependence in epidemiological surveys: An epidemic of youthful alcohol dependence or a case of measurement error?

Caetano, R., Babor, T. , Addiction , 2006; (101 (Suppl. 1)):111-114

Alcohol abuse and dependence findings from the National Epidemiological Study of Alcohol-Related Conditions (NESARC)

Caetano, R. , Alcohol Health and Research , 2006; (29):152-155

Preventing low birth weights in Illinois: Outcomes of the Family Case Management Program.

Silva, R., Thomas, M., Caetano, R., Aragaki, C. , Maternal and Child Health Journal , 2006; (10):133-138

The epidemiology of drinking among women of child-bearing age.

Caetano, R., Ramisetty-Mikler S., Floyd L. R., McGrath, C. , Alcoholism, Clinicial and Experimental Research , 2006; (30):1023-1030

Honors/Awards

MERIT (Method of Extend Research in Time) Award

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health (1999)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American College of Epidemiology

American Public Health Association

Brazilian Association for the Study of Alcohol and Other Drugs

Research Society on Alcoholism

Texas Public Health Association