Victor Buitron

Dr. Buitron was a clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor of Psychology at Florida State University. He was a faculty member in the NIH Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation Program and was housed in the Center for Translational Behavioral Research (CTBScience). His research focused on suicide prevention in youth, including underserved youth populations and those experiencing complex comorbidity and/or high-acuity clinical care. Within suicide prevention, Dr. Buitron was interested in developing interventions, studying cognitive-interpersonal constructs, and integrating health factors. Additionally, his research aimed to examine the role of youth interpersonal and cognitive development in the etiology of suicide-related cognition and self-injurious behavior. Dr. Buitron had considerable clinical expertise that informed his research, including experience providing individual/group inpatient treatment, intensive outpatient treatment, case management, hospital-based evaluations, and bilingual clinical care.