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Barbara L. Andersen obtained her Bachelor of Science in 1973 with High Honors and High Distinction in psychology from the University of Illinois. She later continued graduate study at Illinois and received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 1980. Dr. Andersen completed her internship at the Neuropsychiatric Institute at UCLA. In 1980 she joined the faculty in the Department of Psychology at the University of Iowa as Assistant Professor. In 1985, she became Associate Professor in the Departments of Psychology, with a joint appointment in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; she remained at Iowa through 1988.
Dr. Andersen joined the Ohio State University faculty in 1989 as Associate Professor in the Departments of Psychology and Obstetrics and Gynecology and was promoted to Professor in 1991. She is currently Director of Clinical Training in psychology and is responsible for oversight and program development for the Psychology Department's 35+ graduate students in clinical. Dr. Andersen is also a member of the Cancer Control and Prevention in the Comprehensive Cancer Center at OSU. In January of 2003, she was appointed as Director of the Behavioral Measurement Shared Resource, which is dedicated to providing oncology investigators with expertise for the design, data collection, and assessment of psychological and behavioral outcomes.
Dr. Andersen is active in teaching and service to the profession. She has taught psychometrics, practicum, and behavioral medicine courses in psychology. She mentors many undergraduate and graduate students as well as junior faculty. She has chaired grant review panels for private foundations and NIH. She has over 130 publications and her research has been funded continuously since 1983. Currently this includes an NCI grant for the Stress and Immunity Breast Cancer Project, an American Cancer Society grant for studying the biobehavioral aspects of cancer recurrence, and a Research Career Award (K05) from the NCI. She is also a collaborator on grants to Dr. Electra Pasket, which is focused on cancer survivors in the WHI cohort, and Dr. Jeffrey Fowler's center grant focused on racial disparities in women with gynecologic cancer.
Dr. Andersen has received numerous awards for her work including the Burlington Award in Teaching (1985) and the Faculty Scholar Award (1988), both from the University of Iowa. She was one of 50 women scientists invited to the White House to attend a briefing on the Clinton Administration's initiatives in science and technology. At Ohio State, she has received the Distinguished University Scholar Award (2000) and the Distinguished Lecturer Award (2003). Also in 2003 she received the Award for Outstanding Contributions in Health Psychology from the American Psychological Association (Division 38). Recently she was the recipient of the Peter Minton, M.D., Ph.D. Hero of Hope Research Champion Medal of Honor (2004) from the American Cancer Society (Ohio Division).