Background
Castro, Roberto was born on June 5, 1960 in Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico. Son of Luis G. and Maria Esther (Perez) Castro.
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Roberto Castro
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Roberto Castro, Mexican sociologist, consultant. Achievements include research in violence against pregnant women, domestic violence, violation of human rights during delivery, social basis of discrimination against persons living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
Education
Bachelor in Sociology, National Autonomous University, Mexico City, 1982. Master of Arts in Population Studies with distinction, University Exeter, England, 1986. Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Sociology, University Toronto, Canada, 1993.
Career
Research assistant National Population Council, Mexico City, 1981—1983. Research assistant department family planning Ministry of Health, 1983—1985. Head department social sciences and health promotion National School Public Health, 1986—1989, head division social sciences, 1989—1990, head division social and administrative sciences Cuernavaca, Mexico, 1993—1995.
Head division community health National Institute Public Health, 1995—1997. Professor National Autonomous University Regional Center for Multidisciplinary Research, 1997—2000, since 2000. Consultant in field.
Achievements
Membership
Co-founder State Committee on Health Research, Cuernavaca, 2003—2004. Member of National Academy of Sciences, National Council for Science and Technology, Latin American Sociological Association (associate), Latin American Forum for Social Sciences and Health (associate), International Sociological Association (associate), American Sociological Association (associate).
Connections
Married Lourdes Campero, October 8, 1988. Children: Lorena Castro-Campero, Fernanda Castro-Campero.
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1982
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Career
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1981 - 1983
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1983 - 1985
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1995 - 1997
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1997
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Recipient Social Research on Families award, National Population Council, 1996, National University award, National Autonomous University, Mexico, 2000. Fellow, Will Keith Kellogg Foundation, 1990-1992, University Toronto, 1993, Fulbright Foundation, 2004-2005. Grantee, Carnagie Foundation /Mexican Foundation for Health, 1996-1997, University California, 1997—2000, World Health Organization, 1988, 1996, Overseas Development Agency, United Kingdom, 1988-1989, University of California-Mexus National Council of Science and Technology, 2004-2005. Connaught scholar, University Toronto, 1990-1991, Leadership fellow, John D. and Catherine MacArthur Foundation, 1998—2000.Recipient Social Research on Families award, National Population Council, 1996, National University award, National Autonomous University, Mexico, 2000. Fellow, Will Keith Kellogg Foundation, 1990-1992, University Toronto, 1993, Fulbright Foundation, 2004-2005. Grantee, Carnagie Foundation /Mexican Foundation for Health, 1996-1997, University California, 1997—2000, World Health Organization, 1988, 1996, Overseas Development Agency, United Kingdom, 1988-1989, University of California-Mexus National Council of Science and Technology, 2004-2005.
Connaught scholar, University Toronto, 1990-1991, Leadership fellow, John D. and Catherine MacArthur Foundation, 1998—2000.