Faculty Profile

Mechanism of action of light therapy for fall/winter depression; Chronobiology and pathophysiology of mood disorders; Immune system functioning in patients with mood disorder; Psychiatric and medical disorders comorbid with fall/winter depression; Use of quizzes to improve learning in undergraduate neurobiology.

2003-10 National Institute for Student Achievement, Curriculum and Assessment: Cognition and Student Learning Research Grant Program
Co-investigator: "Test-enhanced Learning"
2005-06 Apollo Light Systems, Inc.
Principal Investigator: "Comparing wavelengths using LED light for SAD Treatment".

1/03- "Depression: Diagnosis and Treatment" online (Undergraduate/Graduate)
Dept. of Psychology and Extended University, Univ. of New Mexico

9/02- "Circadian Biology: From Cellular Oscillators to Sleep Regulation" (Undergraduate) Harvard Univ., Dept. of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Course Instructors: Prof. J.W. Hastings, Prof. C.A. Czeisler
My role is preparation of web-based instructional materials for the
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Instructional Computing Group
course website, including course lecture video-presentations, glossary, and self-tests [http://fas.harvard.edu/~mcb186]

8/01- "Brain and Behavior" entirely on-line using WebCT (Undergraduate)
Dept. of Psychology and Extended University, University of New Mexico

2000-02 Associate Visiting Professor of Psychology; University of New Mexico
"Stress and Health" (Undergraduate/Graduate)
"Hypothalamus and Mood Disorders" (Graduate)
"Brain and Behavior" (Undergraduate) (including WebCT-enhanced and traditional lecture format)
2001-2005 Diagnosis and Treatment of Seasonal Affective Disorder
Harvard Longwood Residency Lecture

2000- Diagnosis and Treatment of Seasonal Affective Disorder
Brigham & Women's Hospital Psychiatry Fellowship Lecture

1998-2004 Lecturer on Personality Disorders and PTSD
Harvard Medical School, Second Year Students--Introduction to Psychiatry (700): As of November, 2001, I have been developing web- based instructional material to accompany this lecture, using the Harvard Medical School MyCourses website toolkit

11/00 DSM-IV Major Depression as a Hypothalamic Disorder: Studies on Seasonal Affective Disorder; Psychology Area Lecture
Dept. of Psychology, University of New Mexico; Albuquerque NM

Ash JB, Piazza E, Anderson JL. Light therapy in the clinical management of an eating-disordered adolescent with winter exacerbation.
International Journal of Eating Disorders. 1998 Jan;23(1):93-7. [PMID: 9429924]

Vasile RG, Sachs G, Anderson JL, Lafer B, Matthews E, Hill T. Changes in regional cerebral blood flow following light treatment for seasonal affective disorder: responders versus non-responders.
Biological Psychiatry. 1997 Dec 1;42(11):1000-5. [PMID: 9386851]

Anderson JL, Rosen LN, Mendelson WB, Jacobsen FM, Skwerer RG, Joseph-Vanderpool JR, Duncan CC, Wehr TA, Rosenthal NE. Sleep in fall/winter seasonal affective disorder: effects of light and changing seasons.
Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 1994 May;38(4):323-37. [PMID: 8064650]

Anderson JL, Vasile RG, Mooney JJ, Bloomingdale KL, Samson JA, Schildkraut JJ. Changes in norepinephrine output following light therapy for fall/winter seasonal depression.
Biological Psychiatry. 1992 Oct 15;32(8):700-4. [PMID: 1457625]

Wehr TA, Giesen HA, Schulz PM, Anderson JL, Joseph-Vanderpool JR, Kelly K, Kasper S, Rosenthal NE. Contrasts between symptoms of summer depression and winter depression.
Journal of Affective Disorders. 1991 Dec;23(4):173-83. [PMID: 1791262]

Anderson JL, Wirz-Justice A, Graw P, Kräuchi K. Light therapy and fall/winter depression: links to serotonin, melatonin, and headache. In: Nappi G, Bono G, Sandrini G, Martignoni E, Micieli G (eds.) Headache and Depression: Serotonin Pathways as a Common Clue. New York: Raven Press, 1991; 109-132.

Wirz-Justice A, Anderson JL. Morning light exposure for treatment of winter depression: the one true light therapy?
Psychopharmacology Bulletin. 1990;26(4):511-20. [PMID: 2087544]

Czeisler CA, Kronauer RE, Mooney JJ, Anderson JL, Allan JS. Biological rhythm disorders, depression and phototherapy: a new hypothesis.
Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 1987 Dec;10(4):687-709. [PMID: 3332326]

Yerevanian BI, Anderson JL, Grota L, Bray M. Effects of bright incandescent light on seasonal and nonseasonal major depressive disorder.
Psychiatry Research. 1986 Aug;18(4):355-64. [PMID: 3749392]


Reviews

McDaniel MA, Anderson JL, Derbish MH, Morrisette M. Testing the testing effect in the classroom.
European Journal of Cognitive Psychology. 2007; 19:4494-513.

Vasile RG, Anderson JL. Pathogenesis of SAD: Neuroimaging. In Partonen T, Magnusson A (eds.) Seasonal Affective Disorder: Practice and Research. London: Oxford Univ. Press, 2001: 237-245.

Anderson JL. The immune system and major depression.
Advances in Neuroimmunology. 1996; 6:119-129.

Anderson JL. Energy and metabolism in depression: a circadian link between synapse and symptom. In G Racagni, et al. (eds.)
Biological Psychiatry. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1991; 1:206-209.

Anderson JL, Wirz-Justice A. Biological rhythms in the pathophysiology and treatment of affective disorders. In: Horten RW, Katona C (eds.)
Biological Aspects of Affective Disorders. London: Academic Press, 1991: 224-269.

Strupp HH, Sandell JA, Waterhouse GJ, O'Malley SS, Anderson JL. Psychodynamic therapy: theory and research. In: Rush AJ, ed.
Short-Term Psychotherapies for Depression. New York: Guilford, 1982:215-250.