Jeffrey Butler was born in 1955, in Flint, Michigan (USA). He worked for three years as a social worker for the Michigan Department of Social Services, after studying sociology and German at Michigan State University (BA 1979). Jeffrey came to Berlin with a Fulbright scholarship in 1982, received a Masters degree in sociology from the Free University of Berlin in 1988. He was employed as a research associate at the Technical University Berlin, Institue for Hospital Construction, in the grant project, "The elderly and their living area" (1989-1992). He has also been employed as a research associate at the Technical University Berlin, Institute for Biology, in the public health project, "Integration of healthpromotion and medical measures during pregnancy" (1992-1995). Since 1995, Jeffrey has been responsible for health, reporting to the district office of Berlin-Tiergarten -- after the district reform (2001) in the district office of Berlin-Mitte. His work focus points are: health of children and adolescents, health inequalities, migration and health, dental health, health of the elderly, and health aspects of spousal abuse.