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Assistant Professor
Long Island University
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
NAME: Butts, Heather Marguerita
POSITION TITLE: Assistant Professor and Director of the Honors College
EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, include postdoctoral training and residency training if applicable. Add/delete rows as necessary.)
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE
(if applicable)
Completion Date
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FIELD OF STUDY
Princeton University, Princeton New Jersey B.A 06/1994 African American History
St. John’s University School of Law, Queens, NY J.D. 06/1997 Law
Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, MA MPH 06/1998 Public Health and Law
Columbia University Teachers College, NY, NY MA 6/2005 Adolescent Psychology/Psychology in Education
A. Personal Statement
I have the expertise, leadership, training, expertise and motivation necessary to successfully carry out the proposed research project. I have a broad background in law and public health, specifically training around adolescent psychology, psychology in education and law. I have done extensive programmatic work with underserved, at risk populations, and have established very strong ties with community organizations and youth populations in New York City, New Jersey and Philadelphia. I have been running a non-profit organization for 10+ years, collaborated with other organizations and produced several works on my programmatic successes. I am keenly familiar with being in communication with members of the team and creating a plan, timeline, and budget. The current application builds on my work.
B. Positions and Honors
Positions and Employment
2019- Present Assistant Professor and Honors College Director, Long Island University Post, Greenvale, NY
2018-2019 Adjunct Professor, Long Island University Post, Greenvale, NY
2010-Present Lecturer, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
2009-Present Co-founder, H.E.A.L.T.H for Youths, Inc., New York, NY
2011-Present Lecturer, St. John’s University School of Law, Queens, NY
2015-2019 Lecturer, New York Law School
2008-2009 Adjunct Professor, SUNY Westchester Community College, Valhalla, New York
2002-2010 Regulatory Specialist, Columbia University Medical Center’s Institutional Review Board, New York, NY
2000-2001 Senior Associate, Healthcare Regulatory Compliance Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers, New York, NY
Honors
St. Vincent De Paul Legal Program Elder Law Clinic Commencement Award (1997)
Northeast Black Law Students Association’s Member of the Year Award (1997)
National Council for Negro Women Award (2006)
Mentor Loyalty Award – iMentor (2007)
The Mailman School of Public Health Recognition for Extraordinary achievement in teaching (2011)
Adjunct of the Year, Student Bar Association, St. John’s University School of Law (2012)
Dean’s Award for Adjunct Teaching, St. John’s University School of Law (2012)
The Council for Certification of IRB Professional Acknowledgement for
Dedication, Service and Contribution to Human Research Protection (2012)
The Network Journal 40 Under 40 Achievement Award (2013)
New Yorkers for Parks Gala Staten Island Ambassador (2017)
Staten Islander of the Week, NY1 (2017)
Other positions/Certifications:
District of Columbia Bar admittance
Certified IRB Professional, 2005 -Appointment – Council for Certification of IRB Professionals, effective December
2005 – December 2012
New York Academy of Medicine Fellow
Committee on Diversity Pipeline Initiatives, NYC Bar 2013
C. Contributions to Science
PUBLICATIONS
• Healing Civil War Veterans in New York and Washington D.C. 2/26/2018 book publication date. The History Press
• Tips for a successful pitfall free lead generating webinar (2015)
• Mindfulness and Adolescents. https://mindbodymedicinenetworkblog.wordpress.com/2013/09/18/mindfulness-and-
adolescents-by-heather-butts-jd-mph-ma/
• Alternative Career Choices https://ms-jd.org/blog/alternative-career-choices-heather-m-butts-jd-mph-ma
.
• African American Medicine in Washington DC, Healing the Capital During the Civil War Era (book). History Press
(2014)
• Dr. Alexander T. Augusta – Physician, Teacher and Human Rights Activist, Journal of the National Medical
Association. Volume 97, No., 1. January 2005. http://www.nmanet.org/Hist106.pdf.
• Protecting Participants and Facilitating Social and Behavioral Sciences Research – Book Review. Journal of
Behavioral Health Sciences & Research, Volume 31, No. 1, January/March 2004.
• Federal Agencies Continue Focus on Clinical Trial Oversight, Journal of Healthcare Compliance (co-authored with
Kendra Dimond Volume 3, Number 2. March-April 2001.
• Patch Adams the film as a public health educational tool. Journal of the National Medical Association.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2569704/
• Half Nelson the film as a public health educational tool. Journal of the National Medical Association.
http://www.journalnma.org/article/S0027-9684(15)31416-4/pdf
• Diving Bell and the Butterfly the film as a public health educational tool. Journal of the National Medical
Association. http://www.journalnma.org/article/S0027-9684(15)31416-4/pdf
• Something the Lord Made the film as a public health educational tool. Journal of the National Medical
Association. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2576108/
• From Uggie in the Artist to Post War Trauma Therapy, 2011 is the Year of the Dog. http://voices.yahoo.com/from-
uggie-inthe-artist-post-war-trauma-therapy-10645799.html
• Housing Bias and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Journal of Mind and Human Interaction (with HF Butts) 8:261-265
(1997)
PRESENTATIONS
• Trauma and healthcare during the Civil War. Washington, DC Historical Society. (Upcoming 2017)
• Career Readiness Bootcamp. Hunter College Pre-Law Program (2017, February).
• Having their Say: Meet the Authors, Faison Firehouse Theater, Harlem (2016, April).
African American Medicine book talk. Everything Goes Bookstore, Staten Island. (2015, May).• African American Medicine in Washington, DC – Dinner Conversation with Heather Butts MPH ’98. The Harvard Club
(2015, April).
• Heather M. Butts and Bob Arnebeck drop by Politics & Prose in Washington, D.C. to talk about their respective
books, African American Medicine in Washington, D.C. and Slave Labor in the Capital. (2015, February)
https://archive.org/details/228AButts
• How the Civil War Changed Washington - Anacostia Community Museum, Heather M. Butts (2015, February)
• Panel discussant - Penn Academy for Reproductive Sciences (PARS) University of Pennsylvania Program –
Multiple Presentations May, 2012 –present.
• Panel discussant - National Conference on Higher Education - February, 2012.
• 5 Tips for Using a webinar facilitator to generate leads and Customers https://blog.anymeeting.com/2012/04/11/5-
tips-for-using-a-webinar-facilitator-to-generate-leads-and-customers/ (2012, April)
• What Should IRBs consider when reviewing a protocol in which race will be identified. (2006, May)
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/hs/medical/bioethics/egir/slides/ButtsFischbach-IRB.pdf
• Columbia University Medical Center Institutional Review Board “IRB 101” Sessions (2004-2010).
• Panel discussant – Current IRB Challenges: Practical Knowledge and Solutions (2005, April)
• Bioethics Department web program – Privacy and Confidentiality
http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/cire/pac/winResources.html
• Moderator - HIPAA- Privacy and Confidentiality in Clinical and Medical Records Research – Columbia
University Medical Center – March 15, 2005.
• Panel discussant - Research Use of Stored Data & Tissues – Columbia University – November 9, 2004.
• Workshop facilitator - Unique Research Communities: Sensitivity to Privacy and Confidentiality, Participants -
Rights, and Communication - Harlem Hospital Center - March 11, 2004.
