Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

WILLIAM L. ANDERSON, Ph.D.
 




Associate Professor

Department Chair
B.A., Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 1969
Ph.D., Biochemistry, University of Minnesota, 1974
NIH Post Doctoral Fellow, Immunology, Mayo Foundation, 1979
Associate Consultant, Mayo Clinic, 1981
Medical Education Fellow, University of New Mexico, 2000

HONORS
J.P. Barnum Teaching Award, University of Minnesota, 1973
Dean's Distinguished Service Award, University of New Mexico, 1998
Teaching Excellence Award, University of New Mexico, 1999, 1996, 1993
WGEA Award for Educational Research, Am. Assoc. Med. Colleges., 2001

Office: Basic Medical Sciences Building, room 251
Telephone: (505) 272-8516
E-mail: wanderson@salud.unm.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Effect of Nutrients on Cellular Physiology, Proliferation and Gene Expression

STUDENT PROJECTS
Synthesis of ligand reactive surfaces for biosensors
Construction of membrane-bound enzyme arrays
Use of amphipathic antibody to direct cells to a specific target  
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Anderson WL, Mitchell SM, Osgood MP. Comparison of student performance in cooperative learning and traditional lecture-based biochemistry classes.. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education. :. 33:387-393, 2005

Osgood MP, Mitchell SM, Anderson WL,. Teachers as learners in a cooperative learning biochemisty class.. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education. :. 33:394-398, 2005

Anderson WL, Glew RH. Medical Education Online. Support of a Problem-Based Learning Curriculum by Basic Science Faculty. vol 2:31. Dec 2002.

Glew RH, Anderson W. Protecting professors from the burden of teaching.. Am J Med. :. 111(9):736-7, 2001

W.L. Anderson: Integrated Medical Sciences: Immunology. Fence Creek Publishing, Madison, CT., ISBN: 1-889325-34-1, 1999.

Steve Mitchell, Cheri Koinis, S. Scott Obenshain and William L. Anderson. Scientific Problem-Solving: Improving Student Performance and Identifying Curricular Deficiencies. Western Group on Education Affairs of the American Association of Medical Colleges, Park City, UT, April 1999

M.W. Platt, W.L. Anderson and S.S. Obenshain: Use of Student Centered, Computer-Mediated Communication to Enhance the Medical School Curriculum. Medical Education 33: 757-761, 1999

M. W. Platt, W. Anderson and S. S. Obenshain: Requiring Students to Purchase Computers for Medical School. Academic Medicine. 73: 828, 1998

S.P. Mennin, T. McConnell and W.L. Anderson: Improving Written Narrative Assessments in Small-group, Problem-based Tutorials: Continuous Quality Assurance and Faculty Development through Peer Review. Academic Medicine. 72: 460, 1997.

S. Scott Obenshain, William L. Anderson, Kurt Fiedler, Cheri Koinis, Elaine Marcus, Teresita McCarty, Tom McConnell, Steve Mitchell, and Laura Roberts. Student Progress Assessment: A Cumulative Performance Assessment. Abstract and presentation at the International Conference on Medical Education, Vienna, Sept. 1997

W.L. Anderson and T.B. Tomasi: PEG Modifizierte Antikörper. German Patent Number DE 35 90 392 C2. Granted January 14, 1993.

W.L. Anderson: Integration of Traditional and Case-based Curricula. Proceedings of the First Biennial Conference - Basic Science Education Forum. (R. Koment, ed.), University of South Dakota Press. pp. 23-29, 1993.

W. L. Anderson and T.B. Tomasi: Protein Modification with PEG. Japanese Patent Gazette, Publication Number 5-76960, pp.487-500, Oct. 23, 1993

J.K. Griffith and W.L. Anderson: Induction of Bacterial Antibiotic Hypersensitivities by Tetracycline. U.S. Patent Number 4,911,924. Granted March 1990.