Ashley Michelle Butler, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

ambutler@bcm.edu

Associate Professor: Pediatrics-Psychology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Baylor College Of Medicine: 09/2011 - Houston, TX, United States

PhD from University Of Florida: 08/2009 - Gainesville, Florida, United States; Clinical Child/Pediatric Psychology

Internship at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: 07/2009 - Philadelphia, PA

State of Texas, Licensed Psychologist

Loan Repayment Program Health Disparities Research Scholar: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

NHLBI Research in Implementation Science for Equity (RISE) Program Scholar: (08/2015 - 07/2016)

A Pilot and Feasibility Evaluation of Food Prescription to Address Food Insecurity among Youth with Type 1 Diabetes: (06/20/2025 - 05/31/2028); Gift funding from National Institute on Diabetes Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Leveraging Passport to Care in a telehealth framework to improve equitable access to survivorship services: (02/21/2024 - 02/20/2027); Gift funding from Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas

Telehealth Behavioral Self-Management Intervention for Teens with Type 2 Diabetes #R40MC41746: (07/01/2021 - 06/30/2024); Health Resources and Services Administration

Building Capacity in Hispanic Serving Institutions for PCOR/CER focused on Mental Health Impacts of COVID-19 #EASC: (09/01/2021 - 02/28/2023); Grant funding from Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

Developing and Pilot Testing Community and Family-Based Strategies to improve Type 1 Diabetes Management in African American and Latino School-Aged Children #1 DP3 DK113236: $1,806,696.00 (05/03/2017 - 04/30/2021); Grant funding from National Institute on Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disorders; This award is to adapt a family-based intervention that was validated with adolescents for school-aged children, and integrate it with a validated peer-delivered intervention format for African American and Latino families. The goals of the project are to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary outcomes for improving or stabilizing glycemic control in African American and Latino school-aged children.

Mentoring Behavioral Scientists for Career Development in Pediatric T1D Research (PI: Barbara Anderson, PhD) #K12 DK097696: (09/01/2015 - 08/31/2017); Grant funding from National Institute on Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disorders; Role: Scholar (09/01/2015 - 08/31/2017) This award is a training grant to mentor junior Faculty and Post-Doctoral Fellows to develop careers in behavioral research in type 1 diabetes

Development and Dissemination of a Guide for Policymakers to Address Child Mental Health Disparities: $10,000.00 (08/01/2015 - 07/31/2017); Grant funding from National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities; The goal of this project is to identify policymakers’’ perspectives on how to frame and format a policy brief that aims to support implementation of evidence-based programs, practices, and policies that target and modify risk factors during childhood to reduce mental health disparities to inform brief development and dissemination

Research Leadership Development Program for Diverse Early Career Scientists #1R25DK118763: (07/01/2018 - 04/30/2025); Grant funding from National Institute on Diabetes Digestive and Kidney Diseases