EDUCATION

Ed.D., Research Methods and Science Curriculum, Harvard, 1971
M.A., Science Education, Stanford, 1966
B.S., Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1965

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

CoMMensa, Inc., Arlington, Massachusetts

President (1995 to present)
Founder of a growing research and consulting enterprise dedicated to the practical application of science, technology, and wisdom to decision-making, across the boundaries of academic disciplines. CoMMensa offers the pharmaceutical industry the latest and most relevant tools, techniques, and ideas with which to evaluate and communicate the benefits and risks of medical interventions, beyond simple safety and efficacy.

Phase V Technologies, Inc., Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts

Vice President (1991 to 1995)
Director of Research (1987 to 1995)
Scientifically responsible for the conduct of a growing portfolio of medical research and consultation projects, with clients among the nation's principal pharmaceutical firms. Phase V is best known in the field for its pioneering work in the measurement and statistical analysis of the quality of life.

M/A-COM Government Systems, Lexington, Massachusetts

Program Manager (1984 to 1987)
Managed an annual $2-3 million in military programs developing secure and jam-resistant communications hardware and software. Responsible for the efforts of 3-6 project engineers, with 25-35 engineers reporting to them, in the Boston Engineering Center.

Hayden Software Company, Inc., Lowell, Massachusetts

Senior Product Manager (1984)
Product Development Consultant (1982-84)
Conceived, designed, programmed, and tested an innovative business decision support simulation system for microcomputer implementation. Prepared the system for market introduction in 1984.

Abt Associates, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts (1968-83)

Director, Computer Division (1982-83)
Manager, Abt Microcomputer Software (1982-83)
Organized and managed a new microcomputer software venture. Created and marketed software for statistical, technical, and management applications.

Project Director (1969-81)
Deputy Area Manager, Education Systems Analysis (1970-79)
Director, Research Design Group (1970-73)
Directed several national data collection, statistical analysis, and research design projects. Organized and directed interdisciplinary teams in policy research. Planned and evaluated service delivery systems. Applied System Dynamics simulation for national educational policy design in the Republic of Ireland. Took over two multi-million-dollar projects in crisis; restored client confidence, technical quality, and financial soundness. Successfully represented the positions of several research teams in debates over findings in government policy circles, to academic audiences, and in the trade and public press. Supervised company-wide technical quality control during the period when Abt Associates established itself as a market leader in policy research.

Harvard Graduate School of Education

Teaching Assistant (1967-68)
With one associate and under faculty direction, set up and ran an internal consulting facility which provided assistance to students and faculty in research design and computer applications.
Phi Delta Kappa / Harvard “Book Award” for year's best doctoral dissertation, 1971.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Hollenberg, Norman K., Gordon H. Williams, and Richard B. Anderson, Symptoms and the Distress They Cause: Comparison of an Aldosterone Antagonist and a Calcium Channel Blocking Agent in Patients with Systolic Hypertension. Accepted for publication, Archives of Internal Medicine, 2002.

Anderson, Richard B., Norman K. Hollenberg, and Gordon H. Williams: Stress Arising from External Events: Implications for Assessment of Drug Effects. Submitted to Drug Information Journal, 2002.

Hollenberg, Norman K., Gordon H. Williams, and Richard B. Anderson, Medical Therapy, Symptoms, and the Distress They Cause: Relation to Quality of Life in Patients With Angina Pectoris and/or Hypertension. Archives of Internal Medicine 2000;160:1477-1483.

Anderson, Richard B., What Does It MEAN?: Anchoring Psychosocial Quality of Life Scale Score Changes With Reference to Concurrent Changes in Reported Symptom Distress. Drug Information Journal. 1999; 33:445-453.

Anderson, Richard B., Norman K. Hollenberg, and Gordon H. Williams, Physical Symptoms Distress Index: A Sensitive Tool for Evaluating the Impact of Pharmacologic Agents on Quality of Life. Archives of Internal Medicine 1999;159:693-700.

Anderson, Richard B. and Marcia A. Testa, Symptom Distress Checklists as a Component of Quality of Life Measurement: Comparing Prompted Reports by Patient and Physician with Concurrent Adverse Event Reports via the Physician. Drug Information Journal. 1994; 28:89-114. Received Donald E. Francke Award for best article in DIJ for 1994.

Testa, Marcia A., Richard B. Anderson, Johanna F. Nackley, and Norman K. Hollenberg, Quality of Life and Antihypertensive Therapy in Men: A Comparison of Captopril with Enalapril. New England Journal of Medicine 1993; 328:907-13.

Testa, Marcia A., Norman K. Hollenberg, Richard B. Anderson, and Gordon H. Williams, Assessment of Quality of Life by Patient and Spouse During Antihypertensive Therapy with Atenolol and Nifedipine Gastrointestinal Therapeutic System. American Journal of Hypertension 1991; 4:363-373.

Schaefer, Robert and Richard B. Anderson, The Student Edition of Minitab (Addison-Wesley, 1988).

Anderson, Richard B., The Student Edition of MathCAD, (Addison-Wesley, 1987; Release 2.0, 1988).

Anderson, Richard B., “SampleCalc” (Abt Microcomputer Software, 1982), an early microcomputer program to assist survey designers in sample design.

Many policy research reports for federal, state, and international governmental agencies; details on request.

PERSONAL

Lived in France 1961-64, 1968-69; fluent in non-technical French Sigma Xi, Phi Delta Kappa, MIT Alumni Council, MIT Educational Council