Jeanne Ann Farr Anson, MHSA, Associate Director, Office of Planning, Finance and Information Technology, FDA, National Center for Toxicological Research

University of Maryland, B.S., 1973, Zoology, College Park, MD
University of Arkansas, MHSA, 1989, Health Services Administration, Little Rock, AR
American Management Association, Certification 1995, Strategic Planning and Management

Experience:

• 1974-1974, Laboratory Scientist, State of Maryland Health Department, Prince George’s, MD.
• 1974-1980, Microbiologist, FDA, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR.
• 1979-1979, Consumer Affairs Officer, FDA, EDRO, Maryland and Minnesota.
• 1980-1990, Biologist, FDA, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR.
• 1981-1991, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Counselor, FDA, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR
• 1987-1989, Federal Women’s Program Manager (FWPM-NCTR)
• 1989-1990, FDA Mid-Level Associate, FDA, Office of Commissioner, Rockville, MD.
• 1990-1996, Chief, NCTR Planning Staff, FDA, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR.
• 1996-1998, Associate Director, Planning and Information Management, FDA, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR.
• 1998-present, Associate Director, Planning, Finance and Information Technology, FDA, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR.

Honors:

• Arkansas Federal Woman of the Year, 2001-Managerial/Supervisory Achievement.
• NCTR-Federal Women’s Program Woman of the Year Award, 2001.
• Outstanding Alumnus Award, Health Services Administration Alumni UALR, 1993.
• Jeanne D. Weiss Outstanding Graduate Award, Health Services Administration, 1988.

FDA Group Recognition Awards:

• FY99 Performance and Planning and Budgeting Team (FDA), 1998
• Information Technology Business Planning Team (FDA), 1998
• NCTR 25^th Anniversary Committee, 1997
• NCTR Planning Staff (Strategic and Operational Planning), 1997
• Phytoestrogen Bibliography Implementation Group, 1995
• Research Integration and Coordination Group, 1992
• Center/ORA Planning and Budgeting Staffs, 1991.
• FDA Commendable Service Award for facilitating the growth and span of NCTR research programs, 1994.

Current Primary Research Interests: Computational Biosciences.

• Development of knowledge bases and predictive models.
• Development of a data warehouse for chemoinformatic and bioinformatic data.
• Biomarkers of toxic stress.

Most Recent Publications (from a total of 59 publications):

• Perkins, R., Anson J., Blair, R., Branham, W., Chen, Y., Dial, S., Fang, H., Hass, B., Jackson, M., Lu, M., Meehan, J., Moland, C., Nossaman, R., Shi, L., Tong, W., Welch, W., and Sheehan, D. "The Endocrine Disrupter Knowledge Base: A Prototype Toxicological Knowledge Base and Predictive Models for Endocrine Disrupting Compounds." In QSAR’s for Endocrine Disruption, Pollution Prevention, Toxicity Screening and Persistence Prediction: Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Walker JD, SETAC, Pensacola, FL. (2000).

• Perkins, R., Anson, J., Tong, W., Branham, W., Blair, R., Hass, B., Fang, H., Shi, L., Chen, Y., Meehan, J., Nossaman, R., Welch, W., and Sheehan, D. "A Knowledge Base for Mining Endocrine Disrupter Data." Proceedings: American Chemical Society National Meeting, (1999).

• Tong, W., Perkings, R., Anson, J., Branham, W., Blair, R., Hass, B., Fang, H., Shi, L., Chen, Y., Meehan, J., Nossaman, R., Welch, W., and Sheehan, D. "Endocrine Disrupter Knowledge Base (EDKB)". Proceedings: SOT Annual Meeting, (1999).

• Perkins, R., Anson, J., Branham, W., Fang, H., Hass, B., Blair, R., Lu, M., Tong, W., Welch, W., Chen, Y., Meehan, J., Jackson, M., Nossaman, R., Shi, L., and Sheehan, D. "The Estrogen Knowledge Base: A Prototype Toxicological Knowledge Base and Predictive Models for Endocrine Disrupting Compounds". Proceedings of the 1998 8^th International Workshop on QSAR in Environmental Sciences, in press (1998).

• Anson, J., Sheehan, D., Branham, W., Hass, B., Fang., H., Welch, W., Xing, L., Tong, W., Chen,. Y., Meehan, J., Jackson, M., Nossaman, R., Strelitz, R., and Perkins, R. "The Estrogen Knowledge Base: A Prototype Research Review Model." 1997 FDA Forum on Regulatory Sciences: 122 (1997).

• LaBorde, J.B., Pipkin, J.L., Hinson, W.G., Anson, J.F., Sheehan, D.M., Young, J.F. and Hansen, D.K. "Retinoic acid-induced stress protein synthesis in the mouse." Life Sciences, 56(21): 1767-78 (1995).