Dr. Anderson received his doctorate degree in higher education administration from the University of South Florida and has been working with USF since 2006. His career began overseeing post-award activities in the Morsani College of Medicine (MCOM) Business Office. 

Over the years, Dr. Anderson has transitioned to directing research operations for USF and research administration for USF Health.  In his roles he leads multiple research administrative units at USF, USF Health and MCOM. His major areas of responsibilities include overseeing USF’s research portfolio, and USF Health’s research administration operations along with overseeing business and financial operations for USF Research, USF Health and the MCOM research mission.

Dr. Anderson serves on a variety of USF, USF Health and MCOM committees. He is actively involved in various international and national research administration professional associations, in which he regularly presents at national conferences.