Frieda R. Butler
Professor
Unit:
Dept. of Global and Community Health
Mail Stop: 5B7
Office
Location: Robinson B421
Phone: 703-993-1911
Email: fbutler@gmu.edu
Dr. Butler's background covers the spectrum, including Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Gerontology, Adult Nurse Practitioner, and Public Health. In her teaching, she focuses on Research, Gerontology, and Advanced Practice Nursing. Her research delves into Aging, Long Term Care, Behavioral Research, Minority Research, and Grandparents as primary caregivers to their grandchildren. She has held office in numerous professional organizations, served as project and research grant reviewer, expert panel member of NINR, and manuscript reviewer for professional journals. Dr. Butler's current research focuses on Care at End of Life. Her focus areas are Gerontology, Health Care Ethics, and Primary Care. In addition to journal articles, her other publications include a book: A Resource Guide on Black Aging, and a book chapter titled: "Observational Methods for Nursing Home PatientsReceiving Neuroleptic Medications" in Psychopharmocotherapy in Old Age:Principles of Research and Clinical Implications.
Dr. Butler has received awards from Sigma Theta Tau, International Nursing Honor Society; and Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Society. She is a fellow, American Academy of Nursing and the Gerontological Society of America, and has received the Quad State Nurse of the Year Award. She has served as consultant to many health care organizations, including the American Public Health Association and USAID. Dr. Butler has worked in Lesotho in Southern Africa, where she developed the first Nurse Practitioner Program and worked with a team to improve the country's health care infrastructure.
Dr. Butler was appointed Visiting Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Section of Geriatrics and Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Howard University, College of Medicine, Department of Community Health and Family Practice. Dr. Butler's service on boards of Directors include intensive work with the National Center on Black Aging, Housing Division where she served as chair of the Health Committee; the Washington Area Geriatric Education Consortium and Gunston Senior Center. In addition, she has chaired the George Mason University Gerontology Advisory Board since 1994 and has served on the founding board of Gilda's Club Greater Washington. Dr. Butler has written and been the recipient of a number of project and research grants in various areas of health. In addition to developing the first Adult Health Nurse Practitioner Program in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area(1974), Dr. Butler was the founder and director of the first Nurse Managed Wellness Promotion Center for the Minority Elderly in the DC Metropolitan area(1980).
More on Dr. Butler can be found on the CHHS Gerontology Programs website.
Recent Publications:
Butler, F. R. and A. Babgi (2005). "Life Review at End of Life: Measures
of Outcomes." The Gerontologist 4(11): 292.
Davis, M. and F. R. Butler (2005). Building Intergenerational Practice Competences:
Enhancing Interdisciplinary Effectiveness with Older Adults. 58th Annual Scientific
Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Orlando, FL.
Butler, F. R. and A. Babgi (2005). Life Review at End of Life: Measures
of Outcomes. 58th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society
of America, Orlando, FL.
Butler, F. R. and N. Zakari (2005). "Health Changes In Grandparents Raising
Grandchildren." Journal of Gerontological Nursing 31(3): 43-54.
Butler, F. R. and N. Zakari (August 2005). Grandparents Parenting Grandchildren:
An Exploratory Study to Assess Mental Health. Oxford Roundtable, Oxford,
England.
Educational Background:
- PhD
- PNP and ANP
- MPH
- BSN