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James Anderson
Professor of Sociology; Courtesy Faculty, Department of Communication
James Anderson earned his Ph.D. in Education and Sociology from the Johns Hopkins University and joined the faculty at Purdue University in 1970.
Office Phone: (765) 494-4703
Email: andersonj@purdue.edu
Specialization: Methods, medical education, complex organizations.
Courses: Taught (Last two years)
SOC 572 – Comparative Healthcare (Global Perspectives)
SOC 573 – The Human Side of Medicine
SOC 574 – The Social Organization of Healthcare
SOC 681 – Selected Problems of Social Research (Intro to Structural Equation Modeling)
Personal Homepage: http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~janders1/
On-line Course ResourcesPositions at Purdue University
2004 to present Professor of Health Communication
1995 to 1998 Director, Social Research Institute
1994 to Present Co-Director, Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention, Purdue University, Indiana University and University of Colorado
1991 to present Assistant Director of the AIDS Research Center
1975 to 1978 Assistant Dean for Analytical Studies, School of HSSE (now CLA)
1974 to Present Professor of Sociology
1971 to 1976 Associate Director, Health Service Research and Training Program,
1970 to 1974 Associate Professor of Sociology and Industrial Engineering
Service to the Profession
American Sociological Association, Chair, Section on Communication and Information Technologies, 2000-2001
American Medical Informatics Association, Chair, Working Group on Ethical, Legal and Social Issues, 1998- 2000
Chair, Quality Improvement Working Group 2003-2005
Editorial Board, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 2000-2005
International Medical Informatics Association, Chair, Ethical, Legal & Social Issues Track for the 10th World Congress, London,UK, 2001
Society for Simulation and Modeling International, Associate Vice President for Simulation in Health Care, 1992-present
Chair and Editor, International Conference on Health Sciences Simulation, 1991-2005
Editorial Board, The Journal of Socio-Economic Planning Sciences
Editorial Board, Current Drug Safety
Honors and Awards
Fellow, American College of Medical Informatics, 2004
Elected, Senior Member, Society for Computer Simulation International, 1998.
Award for the Best Theoretical Paper, American Medical Informatics Association, 1997.
Wyeth-Ayerst/William Campbell Felch, MD Award for Medical Research, 1995.
T. Hale Ham New Investigators Award, Association of American Medical Colleges,1988.
Governor's Award for Outstanding Contributions to the State of Indiana, 1987.
American Association for Medical Systems and Informatics Award for Outstanding Paper Presented at AAMSI Congress 83, San Francisco, May, 1983.
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