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Anthony Butch, Ph.D., is director of the UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory and a professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He has served as director of the toxicology and chemistry sections for UCLA Medical Center’s clinical laboratory since joining the faculty in 1999.
Butch’s research focuses on improving methods to detect athletic doping in order to stay ahead of players who try to take advantage of advances in drug development.
He is also interested in validating tests to evaluate immune function in immune-deficient individuals and in developing antibody-based tests to detect protein levels associated with various diseases. His research led to a UCLA patent for a screening test for ataxia-telangiectasia, a genetic disorder that attacks children’s neurologic and immune systems, confining them to a wheelchair and resulting in early death.
He teaches UCLA medical students, fellows, residents and graduate students in courses exploring the nuances of drug testing, toxicology, chemistry and immunology.
Prior to joining the UCLA faculty, Butch was an assistant professor of pathology at the University of Arkansas, where he also served as director of clinical chemistry and immunology at the university’s medical center.
Butch earned a bachelor’s degree in medical technology from Michigan State University in 1977 and a doctoral degree in immunology from Wayne State University in 1987. He completed his post-doctoral training in clinical toxicology/chemistry and cellular immunology at Washington University in St. Louis.
Butch is a diplomate of the American Board of Clinical Chemistry and a fellow of the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry. He has published more than 110 papers, abstracts and book chapters, serves on two editorial boards, and is a reviewer for more than 10 journals.