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Faculty Bio

Dr. Anderson is Associate Dean and Professor at Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ in the College of Health Professions, and Associate Clinical Professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Anderson is an NIH-funded researcher, Board member of the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, Deputy Editor for Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing, Co-Chair of the Research Working Group of the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine, and from 2018-2021 was a member of the NIH National Advisory Council for Complementary and Integrative Health. Dr. Anderson is a licensed acupuncturist specializing in women’s health and fertility and from 2009-2018 worked at New York University Fertility Center.

MA, Teachers College Columbia University, New York, NY, 2017
Higher and Postsecondary Education

MS, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Worcester, MA, 2004
Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine

PhD, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 1988
Molecular Biology

BS, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia, 1982
Agriculture

Research Interest

Complementary and Integrative Health - acupuncture clinical trials, implementing acupuncture in community-based clinics, educating clinicians in evidence-based medicine, and the use of Chinese herbs to treat COVID-19 symptoms.

Publications

"The History of Chinese Medicine Really Is Very Detailed Regarding Pandemics": A Qualitative Analysis of Evidence-Based Practice and the Use of Chinese Herbal Medicine by Licensed Acupuncturists During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States.
Anderson, B. J., Zappa, M., Glickstein, B. & Taylor-Swanson, L. (2023). Journal of integrative and complementary medicine. Vol 29 (Issue 11) , pages 738-746.

Group Acupuncture Therapy With Yoga Therapy for Chronic Neck, Low Back, and Osteoarthritis Pain in Safety Net Settings for an Underserved Population: A Feasibility Pilot Study.
Teets, R., Nielsen, A., Moonaz, S., Anderson, B. J., Mah, D. M., Walter, E., Milanes, M., Jyung, H., Soto Cossio, L. E., Meissner, P., McKee, M. D. & Kligler, B. (2023). Global advances in integrative medicine and health. Vol 12 , pages 27536130231202515.

Cross-Sectional Survey of Acupuncturists in the United States Who Prescribed Chinese Herbal Medicine for Patients with Symptoms Likely Related to COVID-19.
Anderson, B. J., Zappa, M., Leininger, B. D. & Taylor-Swanson, L. (2023). Journal of integrative and complementary medicine. Vol 29 (Issue 8) , pages 510-517.

Comparing scientific worldviews between allopathic medical degree and East Asian medicine degree students utilizing the thinking about science survey instrument (TSSI).
Dudla, S., Herron, P. D., Marantz, P. R., Milan, F. B., Campbell, C. & Anderson, B. J. (2021). BMC medical education. Vol 21 (Issue 1) , pages 546.

Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Bundled Acupuncture and Yoga Therapy to Treat Chronic Pain in Community Healthcare Settings: A Feasibility Pilot.
Anderson, B. J., Meissner, P., Mah, D. M., Nielsen, A., Moonaz, S., McKee, M. D., Kligler, B., Milanes, M., Guerra, H. & Teets, R. (2021). Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.). Vol 27 (Issue 6) , pages 496-505.

Survey analysis to determine the impact of evidence informed practice education upon East Asian medicine faculty clinical instruction and students' skills, knowledge, attitudes and behaviors within a master's degree program.
Anderson, B. J., Dudla, S., Marantz, P. R., Kligler, B. E., Leininger, B. D. & Evans, R. (2021). BMC medical education. Vol 21 (Issue 1) , pages 256.

Group Acupuncture Therapy With Yoga Therapy for Chronic Neck, Low Back, and Osteoarthritis Pain in Safety Net Setting for an Underserved Population: Design and Rationale for a Feasibility Pilot.
Nielsen, A., Teets, R., Moonaz, S., Anderson, B. J., Walter, E., Milanes, M., Mah, D. M., Diane McKee, M. & Kligler, B. (2020). Global advances in health and medicine. Vol 9 , pages 2164956120964716.