He earned his MD at Stanford University. He also has an MSc in Biomedicine, Biotechnology, and Society from the London School of Economics, and a BA in Biochemistry with a minor in Latin American and Latino Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Anderson speaks English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Since 2005, he has conducted ethnographic research with different communities of drug users, including migrant Mexican communities in the United States, the Uniao do Vegetal ayahuasca religion in Brazil, cognitive enhancer users in the UK, and mutual aid groups for addiction recovery in Mexico. He is working on a clinical trial of psilocybin-assisted group therapy for existential distress in palliative care patients.