Jonathan Butler, PhD

Assistant Researcher,
Family Community Medicine
[email protected]
+1 405 502-3515

Dr. Butler is an Assistant Professional Researcher in the Department of Family and Community Medicine & the CeNter for the StUdy of AdveRsiTy and CardiovascUlaR DiseasE (NURTURE Center). He is a social epidemiologist and minister with interests in the role of religion, childhood experiences and psychological stress on health outcomes.

Dr. Butler is actively involved in projects in two primary domains: 1) psychosocial stress and type II diabetes risk and obesity and 2) Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) focused on obesity across the life-course.

Dr. Butler was appointed to the SDDTAC by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to represent a medical institution seat. Within the SDDTAC, Dr. Butler also serves as chair of the Data and Evidence Subcommittee. In this role, he organizes multi-disciplinary groups of Bay Area Scientists to advise the San Francisco Mayor about health care priorities. His service on this committee has long-term public policy impact for the Bay Area.

Publications: 

COVID-19 Vaccination Perceptions Among Young Adults of Color in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Health equity

Rios-Fetchko F, Carson M, Gonzalez Ramirez M, Butler JZ, Vargas R, Cabrera A, Gallegos-Castillo A, LeSarre M, Liao M, Woo K, Ellis R, Liu K, Doyle B, Leung L, Grumbach K, Fernandez A

COVID-19 vaccination readiness among multiple racial and ethnic groups in the San Francisco Bay Area: A qualitative analysis.

PloS one

Butler JZ, Carson M, Rios-Fetchko F, Vargas R, Cabrera A, Gallegos-Castillo A, LeSarre M, Liao M, Woo K, Ellis R, Liu K, Burra A, Ramirez M, Doyle B, Leung L, Fernandez A, Grumbach K