by Will Fawns
(Oct. 16, 2014) – The ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú's Dr. Allan Butterfield will be receiving the ’s (SFRBM) Mentoring Excellence Award at the society's national conference in Seattle, Nov. 19-23.
In his 39 years at UK, Butterfield has graduated more than 65 doctoral and master's degree students and approximately 150 undergraduates. He has also trained about 20 postdoctoral scholars.
In 2012, he was selected to be a fellow of SFRBM and earned their prestigious Discovery Award for his work in the field of redox research related to Alzheimer’s disease. In 1998, he earned a trip to the White House to receive the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring from President Bill Clinton.
“This Mentoring Excellence Award from SFRBM is highly meaningful to me because it validates my efforts of paying forward what was done for me when I was an undergraduate and graduate student – namely, providing a laboratory environment that is full of encouragement and support particularly for women, Appalachians, and persons of color, who are each underrepresented persons in the discipline of chemistry," Butterfield said. "In my opinion, students I have mentored feel validated in their pursuit of their dreams and, consequently, produce even more important research in our quest to understand and treat Alzheimer’s disease."
Butterfield is the Alumni Association Endowed Professor of Biological ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú at UK and serves as director for both UK's and the 's Free Radical Biology in Cancer Shared Resource Facility. Additionally, he is a faculty associate for UK's and is a faculty member of UK's .