University of Colorado Denver School of Pharmacy

University of Colorado Denver School of Pharmacy

Heather D. Anderson

CONTACT INFORMATION

University of Colorado Denver School of Pharmacy

Department of Clinical Pharmacy

Postal Address:Mail Stop C238-L15

12631 East 17th Avenue

Aurora, CO 80045

Telephone: (303) 724-0683

FAX: (303) 724-1120
E-mail:

education

B.A. (Applied Math, 1994), University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO

Minor: Psychology

M.S. (Biostatistics, 2002), University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Denver, CO

Thesis: “Alcohol and marijuana use in American Indian adolescents: An application and extension of a mixture-distribution model with correlated random effects,” Chair: Dr.Anna E. Barón

Ph.D. (Epidemiology, 2008), University of Colorado Denver, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Denver, CO

Dissertation: “A developmental approach to depression in youth: Examining the effect of child maltreatment, race and gender on the developmental trajectories of depressive symptoms,” Chair: Dr. John Hokanson

AcADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Denver School of Pharmacy(June 2010 – present)

  • Joint appointment: Colorado School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology

Instructor, University of Colorado Denver School of Public Health, Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health (January 2009 – June 2010)

  • Joint appointment: School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry

honors, special recognitions and awards

Graduate Fellowship, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (2004-2005)

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Public Health Association (Mental Health Section), member

Society for Epidemiologic Research, member

International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR), member

International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology, member

review and referee work

Ad Hoc Reviewer for:

Child Abuse and Neglect (2007 - 2009)

Social Science and Medicine (2007 - 2009)

Clinical Therapeutics (2010)

Teaching Record

Teaching Assistantships, University of Colorado Denver, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics:

Spring 2001, Biostatistics (BIOM 6601), Professor: Dr. Doug Curran-Everett

Conducted weekly lab, including lectures on SAS programming and basic statistical analyses; graded all lab and homework assignments; held office hours

Fall 2005, Analytical Epidemiology (PRMD 6632), Professor: Dr. John Hokanson

Graded all homework assignments and exams; prepared and presented several lectures; held office hours

Spring 2009, University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine, Guest lecturer on Epidemiological Methods for 3rd Year Psychiatry Residents

Fall 2009, University of Colorado Denver, School of Pharmacy, Guest lecturer for Pharmacoepidemiology (PHSC 7615/EPID 7615),Professor: Dr. Rob Valuck

Led weekly lab

Fall 2010, University of Colorado Denver, School of Pharmacy, Course Director for POR Graduate Student Seminar (PHSC 7570)

Grant support

Extramural Awards

Key Personnel, May 2001-April 2005. Placebo-Controlled Randomized Trial of Fluoxetine and CBT for Depression among Substance Dependent Teens. NIDA. Principal Investigator: Paula Riggs, M.D.(UCD, Psychiatry)

Key Personnel, September 1, 2002-August 31, 2005. Substance Abuse and Indian Child Welfare. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, RWJ047400. Principal Investigator: Paul Spicer, Ph.D.(UCD, Psychiatry)

Key Personnel, May 2004-April 2007. Chronic Stress and Drug Abuse Problems in Two American Indian Tribes. NIDA R01 DA017803. Principal Investigator: Janette Beals, Ph.D.(UCD, Psychiatry)

Key Personnel, June 2006-November 2006. The Impact of the FDA Black Box Warning on Antidepressant-Suicidality Risk on Major Depressive Disorder Outcomes. Eli Lilly and Company. Principal Investigator: Robert Valuck, Ph.D. (UCD, Pharmacy).

Co-Investigator, October 2006-February 2009. The Epidemiology of Depression and Substance Use: Adolescents in Child Welfare. DHHS ACF 90PH0012/01. Principal investigator: Anne Libby, Ph.D. (UCD, Psychiatry)

Key Personnel, January 2008-December 2008. Efficacy and safety of oral diabetes medications. DARTNet/AHRQ Task Order. Principal Investigator: David West, Ph.D. (UCD, Family Medicine).

Key Personnel, August 2007-December 2008. Antidepressant Discontinuation on the Risk of Suicide Attempt. American Foundation of Suicide Prevention. Principal Investigator: Robert Valuck, Ph.D. Distinguished Investigator Award (UCD, Pharmacy).

Key Personnel, March 2009-October 2010. Expanding DARTNet to Conduct a Comparative Effectiveness Study on Major Depression. DARTNet/AHRQ Task Order. Principal Investigator: David West, Ph.D. (UCD, Family Medicine).

Principal Investigator, July 2010 – June 2013. Differential Side Effect Tolerability Reduces Antidepressant Utilization and Effectiveness among Depressed Adults in Primary Care. AHRQ K12 Career Development Award. Institutional K12 Principal Investigator: Anne M. Libby, Ph.D. (UCD, Pharmacy).

Contracts

California Department of Mental Health

Key personnel, FY2000-2001. Public Mental Health Services to Youth in Foster Care and on Probation and Their Families.

Forest Pharmaceuticals

Key personnel, 2008. Drug-Drug Interactions with SSRI Antidepressants

bibliography

Peer-reviewed Journals

  1. Orton H., Rickard R and Gabella B. Capture-recapture estimation using statistical software. Epidemiology 1999 Sep; 10(5): 563-4.
  2. Orton H., Rickard R, Miller L. Using active medical record review and capture-recapture methods to investigate live birth prevalence of Down syndrome in Colorado. Teratology 2001; 64 suppl 1: S14-9.
  3. Libby, A.M., Cuellar, A., Snowden, L.R., & Orton, H.D. (2002) Substitution in a Medicaid mental health carve-out: services and costs. Journal of Health Care Finance, Summer, 28(4), 11-23.
  4. Libby, A.M., Sills, M.R., Thurston, N.K. & Orton, H.D. (2002) Costs of childhood physical abuse: comparing inflicted and unintentional head injuries. PediatricsJuly 2003; 112(1): 58-65.
  5. Beals, J., Novins, D.K., Spicer, P., Orton, H.D., Manson, S.M. & the AI-SUPERPFP Team. (2004) Challenges in operationalizing the DSM-IV clinical significance criteria. Archives of General Psychiatry, 61(12): 1197-1207.
  6. Libby, A.M., Orton, H.D., Novins, D., Spicer, P., Buchwald, D. Manson, S.M. (2004) Childhood physical abuse and lifetime alcohol and drug disorders for two American Indian tribes. Journal of Studies on Alcohol January 2004; 65:74-83.
  7. Libby, A.M., Orton, H.D., Novins, D., Beals, J., D. Manson, S.M. (2005) Childhood physical abuse and lifetime depressive and anxiety disorders in two American Indian tribes. Psychological Medicine, 35(3):329-340.
  8. Libby, A.M., Coen, A.S., Price, D.A., Silverman, K., Orton, H.D. (2005) Inside the Black Box: what constitutes a day in a residential treatment centre? International Journal of Social Welfare, 14: 176-183.
  9. Sills, M.R., Libby, A.M., & Orton, H.D. (2005) Pre-Hospital and In-Hospital Mortality: A Comparison of Inflicted and Unintentional Traumatic Brain Injuries. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 159: 665-670.
  10. Libby, A.M.,Orton, H.D., Stover, S.K.,and Riggs, P.D. (2005) What Came First, Major Depression or Substance Use Disorder? Clinical Characteristics and Substance Use Comparing Teens in a Treatment Cohort. Addictive Behaviors, 30:1649-1662.
  11. Libby, A.M., Orton, H.D., Barth R.P., Webb, M.B., Burns, B.J., Wood, P., and Spicer, P. (2006) Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Specialty Treatment Services by Race/Ethnicity: A National Study of Children and Parents Involved with Child Welfare. American Journal of Public Health, 96 (4): 628-631.
  12. Shore, J., Beals, J., Orton, H., Buchwald, D. (2006) Comorbidity of alcohol abuse and dependence with medical conditions in 2 American Indian Reservation Communities. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 30(4): 649-655.
  13. Shore, J., Savin, D., Orton, H., Beals, J., Manson, S. (2007) Diagnostic Reliability of Telepsychiatry in American Indian Veterans. American Journal of Psychiatry, 164: 115-118.
  14. Libby, A.M., Orton, H.D., Barth R.P., Webb, M.B., Burns, B.J., Wood, P., and Spicer, P. (2007) Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to Parents of Children Involved with Child Welfare: A Study of Racial and Ethnic Differences for American Indian Parents. Administration and Policy in Mental Health andMental Health Services Research, 34(2): 150-159.

Published online:

  1. Libby, A.M., Brent, D.A., Morrato, E.H., Orton, H.D., Allen, R.R., Valuck, R. J. (2007) Pediatric Depression Treatment Declines After FDA Advisory on Antidepressants for Risk of Suicidality. American Journal of Psychiatry, 164(6): 884-91.
  2. Valuck, R.J., Libby, A.M., Morrato, E.H., Orton, H.D., Allen, R., Baldessarini, R. (2007) Spillover Effects on Adult Depression Treatment in Primary Care After FDA Advisory on Suicidality Risk of SSRI Antidepressants Targeting Pediatric Patients with MDD. American Journal of Psychiatry, 164(8):1198 - 1205.
  3. Norris J.M., Yin X., Lamb M.M., Barriga K., Seifert J., Hoffman M., Orton H.D., Baron A.E., Clare-Salzler M., Chase H.P., Szabo N.J., Erlich H., Eisenbarth G.S., Rewers M. (2007) Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid intake and islet autoimmunity in children at increased risk for type 1 diabetes.JAMA. 298(12):1420-8.
  4. O'Connell J.M., Novins D.K., Beals J., Whitesell N., Libby A.M., Orton H.D., Croy C.D., and the AI-SUPERPFP Team (2007) Childhood characteristics associated with stage of substance use of American Indians: Family background, traumatic experiences, and childhood behaviors.Addictive Behaviors, 32(12):3142-52.
  5. Morrato, E.H., Libby, A.M., Orton, H.D., deGruy, F.V. III, Brent, D.A., Allen, R, Valuck, R.J. (2008). Frequency of Provider Contact After FDA Advisory on Risk of Pediatric Suicidality With SSRIs. American Journal of Psychiatry, 165(1):42-50.
  6. Libby, A.M., Orton, H.D., Beals, J., Buchwald, D. Manson, S.M. (2008) Childhood abuse and later parenting outcomes in two American Indian tribes. Child Abuse and Neglect, 32(2): 195-211.
  7. Orton, H.D., Szabo, N.J., Clare-Salzler, M., Norris, J.M. (2008) Comparison between omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid intakes as assessed by a food frequency questionnaire and erythrocyte membrane fatty acid composition in young children. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 62(6): 733-738.
  8. Orton, H.D., Riggs, P.D., Libby, A.M. (2009) Prevalence and characteristics of depression and substance use in a U.S. child welfare sample. Children and Youth Services Review, 31:649-653.
  9. Shore, J.H., Orton, H.D., Manson, S.M. (2009) Trauma-related nightmares among American Indian Veterans: views from the Dream Catcher. American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research: The Journal of the National Center, 16(1): 25-38.
  10. Libby, A.M., Orton, H.D., Valuck, R.J. (2009) Persisting decline in depression treatment after FDA warnings. Archives of General Psychiatry, 66(6): 633-639.
  11. Valuck R.J., Orton H.D., Libby A.M. (2009) Antidepressant Discontinuation and Risk of Suicide Attempt: A retrospective, nested case-control study. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 70(8): 1069-1077.
  12. Libby, A.M., Pace, W.P., Bryan, C., Anderson, H.D., Ellis, S., Allen, R.R., Brandt, E., Huebschmann, A.G., West, D., Valuck, RJ. (2010) Comparative Effectiveness Research in DARTNet Primary Care Practices: Point of Care Data Collection on Hypoglycemia and Over-the-Counter and Herbal Use among Patients Diagnosed with Diabetes, Medical Care, 48(6, Suppl 1), S39-S44.
  13. Anderson, H., Libby, A.M. Depression with and without comorbid substance dependence in a child welfare sample of young adults. Depression Research and Treatment (in press).

Book Chapters

28.Libby, A.M.,Orton, H.D., Barth R.P., Burns, B.J. (2007) Family service needs: Alcohol, drug, and mental health service need for parents and children involved with child welfare. InChild Protection: Using Research to Improve Policy and Practice, Haskins, R., Wulczyn, F., and Webb, M.B., editors. (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press).

Other Publications: Abstracts

  1. Sills, M. R., Libby, A. M., & Orton, H.D. (2003). Comparing mortality from inflicted and unintentional traumatic brain injuries. Pediatric Research, 53(4), 197A-197A.
  2. Sills, M. R., Libby, A. M., & Orton, H.D. (2004). Intentionality, severity, and pre-hospital and in-hospital mortality of traumatic brain injuries in young children. Pediatric Research, 55(4), 349A-349A.

Other Publications: Reports

Valuck, R.J., Libby, A.M., Morrato, E.M., Orton, H.D., and Allen, R. (2006) Market level effects of the FDA black box warning for community depression care. Report to Eli Lilly and Company.

Other Publications: Manuscripts Under Review

Anderson, H. The effect of out-of-home placements and depression on suicide ideation among youth in the Child Welfare System. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (under review).

national and regional presentations

Coalition for Health Services Research. June 2005, Boston, MA, “A national assessment of youth involved with child welfare: Prevalence of emotional and behavioral problems, access to treatment, and the role of court involvement,” oral presentation.

College on Problems of Drug Dependence. June 2005, Orlando, FL, “Fluoxetine and cannabis withdrawal in depressed adolescents,” poster presentation with C. Thurstone (lead author), P.D. Riggs, and A.M. Libby.

College on Problems of Drug Dependence. June 2005, Orlando, FL, “Randomized controlled trial of fluoxetine vs. placebo + CBT in depressed adolescents with substance use disorders,” poster presentation with P.D. Riggs (lead author), M. Lohman, R. Davies, C. Klein, M. Chapman, M. Laudenslager, S.K. Mikulich-Gilbertson, A.M. Libby, S. Stover, and C. Thurstone.

American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. December 2007, Boca Raton, FL, “Referrals from Primary Care Providers to Specialty Mental Health Providers Increase Quality-of-Care Indicators for New Episodes of Pediatric Depression, 1998-2005, ” poster presentation with A.M. Libby (lead author) and R.J. Valuck.

Child Development, April 2009, Denver, CO, “An Examination of the Effect of Race and Gender on the Developmental Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms in Youth,” poster presentation.

American Public Health Association, November 2010, Denver, CO, “Methods for detecting suicidality outcomes in observational comparative effectiveness research,” oral presentation.

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