FRIEDA
R. BUTLER, PhD, RN, MPH, FAAN, FGSA, Professor at George Mason
University, College of Nursing and Health Science, is Director of the University's
Gerontology Certificate Program. 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. She has served as consultant,
Gerontological Authority and Health Advisor to numerous agencies and organizations
such as the American Public Health Association, USAID, Ebon Research Systems,
Urban Shelters and Health Care Systems, Inc., Consumers United Insurance Company,
the National Center on Black Aging, Inc., First American Bank, TV Channel WHMM,
and the Senate Special Committee on Aging. She recently served as consultant
to the DC Superior Court Monitor for DC Village Nursing Home.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.
She currently serves on the Board of the Washington DC Area Geriatric Education
Center Consortium (WAGCC). 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). Her awards and honors include Nurse of the
Year Award for Research, Service and Education presented by the Quad State Nurses
Association(DC, Maryland West Virginia and Delaware), Sigma Theta Tau, Sigma
Xi(National Scientific Research Society) and a number of commendations. She
has completed and published individual and collaborative interdisciplinary
research which she has presented nationally and internationally.
Her research areas include health promotion and wellness; minority elderly;
health care utilization, behavior problems in nursing home residents, neuroleptics
and behavior in elderly nursing home residents; restraint use and behavior in
nursing home residents; and grandparents and primary care givers. Her curent
research focuses on issues at end of life. In addition to numerous journal articles,
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. 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.
