Mr Chris Anderson - Researcher Profile

Biography

Christopher Anderson is a Research Fellow and the Executive Officer with the Problem Gambling Research and Treatment Centre (PGRTC). He is also a member of the Primary Care Research Unit (PCRU) and the Healthy Ageing Research Unit (HARU).

Chris obtained his Bachelor of Science Education and a Bachelor of Theology from the University of Melbourne. He spent eighteen years in secondary teaching, including curriculum development, professional development and public health initiatives in the early years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. He then undertook consultancy work with Divisions of general practice and the Royal Australian College of GPs. He then formalised his research career at La Trobe University in problem gambling before moving to Monash University to the PCRU to coordinate the Primary Health Care Research, Evaluation & Development (PHCRED) program.

Chris has a long career in research into problem gambling and has been involved in a number of large research projects, presented at many conferences and professional development activities.

His main area of research interest is the application of qualitative methodologies to the conceptualisations of gambling and problem gambling to develop a theoretical model for interpreting the cultural conceptualisations of gamblers and problem gamblers for the Australia context.

Qualifications

BACHELOR OF THEOLOGY

Institution: Melbourne College of Divinity

Year awarded: 1983

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (EDUCATION)

Institution: The University of Melbourne

Year awarded: 1976

Publications

Journal Articles

Cowlishaw, S., Merkouris, S., Dowling, N., Anderson, C.J., Jackson, A.C., Thomas, S., 2012, Psychological therapies for pathological and problem gambling (review), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews [P], vol 11, issue Art. No.: CD008937, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 1-88.

Thomas, S., Merkouris, S., Radermacher, H., Dowling, N., Misso, M., Anderson, C., Jackson, A., 2011, Australian guideline for treatment of problem gambling: an abridged outline, Medical Journal Of Australia [P], vol 195, issue 11/12, Australasian Med Publ Co LTD, Australia, pp. 664-665.

Anderson, C., Cowlishaw, S., Dowling, N., Jackson, A., Lorains, F., Merkouris, S., Misso, M., Radermacher, H., Thomas, S., 2011, Pharmacological interventions for the treatment of pathological and problem gambling (protocol), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews [P], vol E, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., England, pp. 1-14.

Anderson, C., Cowlishaw, S., Dowling, N., Jackson, A., Lorains, F., Merkouris, S., Misso, M., Radermacher, H., Thomas, S., 2011, Psychological interventions for the treatment of pathological and problem gambling (Intervention Protocol), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews [P], vol E, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., England, pp. 1-15.

Yang, H., Anderson, C.J., Thomas, S., 2006, Referral: what, why and how?, Journal of Chinese General Practice, vol 9, issue 22, Department of Chinese General Practice, Beijing China, pp. 1833-1836.

Yang, H., Thomas, S., Anderson, C.J., 2006, What is community health services in Australia? Concept and context, Journal of Chinese General Practice, vol 9, issue 21, Department of Chinese General Practice, Beijing China, pp. 1776-1777.

Other

Thomas, S., Merkouris, S., Dowling, N., Radermacher, H., Jackson, A., Misso, M., Anderson, C., 2011, Guideline for screening, assessment and treatment in problem gambling, Guideline for screening, assessment and treatment in problem gambling, vol monograph, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

Jackson, A.C., Goode, L., Smith, S., Anderson, C.J., Thomas, S., 2006, Problem gambling: A guide for Victorian schools, Victorian Government Department of Justice, Australia, pp. 6-76.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Stories of recovery from gambling.

Supervisors:

Anderson, C (Joint-co), Feldman, S (Joint).