Research Profile
Research Interests:
Dr. Anders is Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Emeritus) at the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute and the current President of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP.) He is a graduate of Stanford University School of Medicine (1960). Following a rotating internship at Mount Sinai Hospital, NYC, and 1 year of pediatric residency at Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, he served for 2 years as a flight surgeon and USAF pediatrician in Tripoli Libya (1962-1964). He then completed psychiatry training and psychoanalytic training at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, NY followed by a two-year NIMH research fellowship and subsequent NIMH Career Development Award at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY. He was appointed Director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at SUNY/Buffalo in 1972 and then headed Divisions of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Stanford University (1974-1984) and Brown University (1985-1992). He joined the faculty of UC Davis as Chair, Department of Psychiatry (1992-1998) and then was appointed Executive Associate Dean of the School of Medicine (1998-2002). He formally retired from the University of California in 2005 but continues an active program of sleep research at the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute.
Recent Publications:
Hilty D, Ingraham R, Yang S, and Anders T: Multispecialty phone and email consultation to primary care providers for patients with developmental disabilities in rural California. J. Telemed E-Health, 10:413-421.
Solomon M, Goodlin-Jones B, and Anders T: A social adjustment enhancement intervention for High Functioning Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome and Pervasive Developmental Disorder NOS. J. Aut. Develop Dis, 34:649-668.
Gaylor EE, Burnham MM, Goodlin-Jones BL, and Anders T: A longitudinal follow-up study of young children's sleep patterns using a developmental classification system. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 3(1):44-61.
