Bob Anderson

Robert M. Anderson, EdD

Professor Emeritus of Learning Health Sciences
Associate Director of the Intervention and Technology Research Core of the Michigan Diabetes Research and Training Center (MDRTC)
Leadership Team Community Engagement Research Core Michigan Institute For Clinical And Health Research (MICHR)
boba@umich.edu
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Areas of Interest

Research and scholarly interests: psychosocial issues related to diabetes, patient empowerment approach to diabetes care & education, improving the teaching and counseling skills of health professionals

Subject-matter expertise: educational psychology

Other professional highlights: 

  • Conducted National Institutes of Health-funded research in the above areas for the past 20 years.
  • Director of Diabetes Research Institute of the Anhui Academy of Chinese Medicine in Anhui Provence
  • 2000 American Diabetes Association’s Outstanding Educator in Diabetes Award
  • 1997 Allene Van Son Award for developing “Living with Diabetes: Challenges in the African American Community” given by American Association of Diabetes Educators
  • 1993 American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) Distinguished Service Award 1995 Honorary Member “El Grupo de Estudio de Diabetes Mellitus A.C.” awarded in Acapulco, Mexico, May 1995
  • 1991 Allene Van Son Award for developing a presentation skills videotape entitled "Teaching Vignettes" given by American Association of Diabetes Educators
  • 1989 Carol Sinicki Manuscript Award for "Influencing the Personal Meaning of Diabetes: Research and Practice" given by the American Association of Diabetes Educators
  • 1987 Allene Van Son Award for developing an original teaching exercise entitled: "The Diabetes Values Auction" given by the American Association of Diabetes Educators
  • 1985 Carol Sinicki Manuscript Award for "Is the Problem of Non-Compliance All in Our Heads" given by the American Association of Diabetes Educators

Published Articles or Reviews

Selected publications:

  • Anderson, RM, Funnell MM, Burkhart NT, Gillard ML, Nwankwo RB: 101 Tips for Behavior Change in Diabetes Education. Alexandria, VA: American Diabetes Association, 2002.
  • Anderson RM, Funnell MM: The Art of Empowerment: Stories and Strategies for Diabetes Educators, 2nd Edition. Alexandria, VA: American Diabetes Association, 2005.
  • Anderson RM: Into the heart of darkness: reflections on racism and diabetes care. The Diabetes Educator 24(6):689-692, 1998.
  • Anderson RM: Is it ethical to assign medically underserved African Americans to a usual-care control group in community-based intervention research? (Commentary) Diabetes Care 28(7):1817-1820, 2005. PMCID: PMC15983347
  • Anderson RM, Funnell MM, Aikens JE, Krein SL, Fitzgerald JT, Nwankwo R, Tannas CL, Tang TS: Evaluating the efficacy of an empowerment-based self-management consultant intervention: results of a two-year randomized controlled trial. Therapeutic Patient Education 1(1):3-11, 2009. PMID: 20076768
  • Anderson RM, Musch DC, Nwankwo RB, Wolf FM, Gillard ML, Oh MS, Fitzgerald JT, Johnson MW, Hiss RG: Personalized follow-up increases return rate at urban eye disease screening clinics for African Americans with diabetes: results of a randomized trial. Ethnicity & Disease 13:40-46, 2003.