Biographies for 2009 Featured Speakers

Belinda "Beau" Anderson, PhD, LAc.

Dr. Anderson earned her PhD in Molecular Biology from the University of Sydney (Australia), and her Masters degree in Chinese and Japanese Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine from the New England School of Acupuncture  (NESA, Boston, MA). Dr. Anderson has over 20 years of teaching, academic administrative and research experience. Recent research positions were at the Sloan Kettering Institute and at NESA in collaboration with the Osher Institute at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Anderson’s current research interests include the mechanism of acupuncture, and acupuncture and IVF. She is widely published, serves as an editor for several complementary and alternative medical journals, and regularly participates on National Institute of Health (NIH) National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) expert panels to determine research-funding allocation. Dr. Anderson is currently the Academic Dean at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in NY, and practices as an acupuncturist and Chinese herbalist in NY City.

Belinda "Beau" Anderson is speaking on Thursday.