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Dr. Anderson is an NIH-funded researcher. Her recent research involves acupuncture clinical trials, implementing acupuncture in community-based clinics, educating clinicians in research and evidence-based medicine, and the use of Chinese herbs to treat COVID-19 symptoms. Dr. Anderson is a board member of the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, serves as deputy editor for Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing, and is co-chair of the Research Working Group of the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine. She has been a licensed acupuncturist specializing in women’s health and fertility since 2004, and from 2009–2018 she worked at Â鶹ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ University Fertility Center.

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

MA, Higher and Postsecondary Education
Teachers College Columbia University
Â鶹ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, NY
2017

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

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

• NIH K07 Career Development Award, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY
• Tsay Fellowship Award, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, MA
• PhD Scholarship, Australian Wool Research Trust Fund
• John Nivison Epworth Prize, University of New England (Australia)

• NIH-National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH). Acupuncture for Medicare beneficiaries with chronic low back pain: Access, utilization, and outcomes. NIH grant # 1R01AT012615-01A1. Consultant (2024–2027)
• Blavatnik Family Foundation. Implementing Group Acupuncture Therapy with Modified Yoga for Chronic Pain in Federally Qualified Health Centers, co-investigator (2019–2020)
• NIH-National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH). K07 Career Development Award. Evidence Informed Practice: Faculty Training and Curriculum Development. NIH grant # 1K07AT007186-01 ($670,000). Principal investigator (2013–2021)
• Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). PIPr Program: Public Health, Integrative Health and Primary Care Training. HRSA grant # D33HP29242. Co-investigator (2015–2018)
• Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). Acupuncture Approaches to Decrease Disparities in Outcomes of Pain Treatment (AADDOPT-2). PCORI grant # AD-1402-10857. Co-investigator (2015–2017)
• Council of Colleges for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (CCAOM). Seed grant. Scientific worldview differences between medical students at Pacific College and Einstein ($3,100). Principal investigator (2016–2017)
• NIH-NCCIH. Process of Integrating Evidence (PIE) for CAM Educators. NIH grant # R13AT008642. Co-investigator (2015)
• NIH-NCCIH. Developmental Center for Research in Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  (DCRC): The New England School of Acupuncture in collaboration with Harvard Medical School.
  NIH grant # 5 U19 AT002022-0. Co-investigator (2004–2006)
• NIH-NCCIH. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (EBCAM). . NIH grant # 5 R25 AT00714. Co-investigator (2004–2006)
• NIH-National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). The Role of Cell-cell Interactions in Development. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. NIH grant # R37 (Merit Award) #HD18369. Co-investigator (1999–2001)
• (GRDC, Australian Government). Construction of Bean Yellow Mosaic Virus-Resistant Plants by Genetic Engineering. GRDC grant # UCS7SR (AUS $96,500). Principal investigator (1993–1996)
• (GRDC, Australian Government). Construction of Cucumber Mosaic Virus-Resistant Lupin Plants by Genetic Engineering. GRDC grant # UCS1GL (AUS $123,500). Principal investigator. (1990–1993)
• Charles Sturt University (Australia). Faculty Research Grant (AUS $4,000). Principal investigator (1990–1991)
• Adelaide University Center for Gene Technology. Australian Research Council Special Center for
  Basic and Applied Plant Molecular Biology. Co-investigator (1988–1989)

• National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, board member (2023–present)
• Explore: The Journal of Science & Healing (Elsevier/PubMed), deputy editor (2018–present)
• NIH National Advisory Council for Complementary and Integrative Health (NIH-NCCIH), board member (2018–2021)
• Society for Acupuncture Research
• Academy for Integrative Health and Medicine
• Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health
• American Association of Acupuncturists
• NJ Association of Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine

• Most H, Conboy L, Ostrick R, Anderson BJ. PLOS ONE 2024;19(12). PMID: 39700216.
• State of the Profession. Pacific College Symposium. (largest East Asian Medicine annual conference in the US). Oral presentation/invited speaker. San Diego, CA (October 2024)
• Anderson BJ, Munk N, Moonaz S, Healey D. Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine 2024. Dec 9. PMID: 39648830.
• Chinese herbal medicine and COVID-19: A qualitative analysis of approaches to evidence-based practice by licensed acupuncturists in the United States. 2024 International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health. Oral presentation. Cleveland, OH (April 2024) Published Abstract.
• Anderson, B. J., Zappa, M., Glickstein, B. & Taylor-Swanson, L. (2023). "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." Journal of integrative and complementary medicine. Vol 29 (Issue 11), pages 738-746.
• 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). "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." Global advances in integrative medicine and health. Vol 12, pages 27536130231202515.
• Evidence-based medicine analysis of Chinese herbal medicine prescribing for COVID-19 patients during the pandemic in the United States: A cross-sectional survey. 2nd World Congress for Integrative Medicine and Health. Poster. Rome, Italy (September 2023)
• Anderson, B. J., Zappa, M., Leininger, B. D. & Taylor-Swanson, L. (2023). "Cross-Sectional Survey of Acupuncturists in the United States Who Prescribed Chinese Herbal Medicine for Patients with Symptoms Likely Related to COVID-19." Journal of integrative and complementary medicine. Vol 29 (Issue 8), pages 510–517.
• Water Cooler Conversation Between Folks at Complementary and Integrative Health and Research-Focused Institutions about Research Collaboration. Academic Consortium Integrative Medicine and Health Symposium. Performance Presentation. Chicago, IL (February 2023) Published Abstract.
• Dudla, S., Herron, P. D., Marantz, P. R., Milan, F. B., Campbell, C. & Anderson, B. J. (2021). "Comparing scientific worldviews between allopathic medical degree and East Asian medicine degree students utilizing the thinking about science survey instrument (TSSI)." BMC medical education. Vol 21 (Issue 1), pages 546.
• Anderson, B. J., Meissner, P., Mah, D. M., Nielsen, A., Moonaz, S., McKee, M. D., Kligler, B., Milanes, M., Guerra, H. & Teets, R. (2021). "Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Bundled Acupuncture and Yoga Therapy to Treat Chronic Pain in Community Healthcare Settings: A Feasibility Pilot." Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (Â鶹ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, N.Y.). Vol 27 (Issue 6), pages 496–505.
• Anderson, B. J., Dudla, S., Marantz, P. R., Kligler, B. E., Leininger, B. D. & Evans, R. (2021). "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." BMC medical education. Vol 21 (Issue 1), pages 256.
• Nielsen, A., Teets, R., Moonaz, S., Anderson, B. J., Walter, E., Milanes, M., Mah, D. M., Diane McKee, M. & Kligler, B. (2020). "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." Global advances in health and medicine. Vol 9, pages 2164956120964716.

Complementary and Integrative Health

• Acupuncture clinical trials
• Implementing acupuncture in community-based clinics
• Educating clinicians in evidence-based medicine
• Use of Chinese herbs to treat COVID-19 symptoms