"Attaining success in any field
requires overcoming obstacles
and capitalizing on opportunities.
You CAN attain success and
fulfill your dreams if you follow
the prescription." 

"A Prescription for Success"

1996: Norman Anderson, Ph.D.
Norman Anderson envisions a day when doctors routinely prescribe more than pills to cure ails. He wants physicians to dispense reliable techniques to help people shed unhealthy habits, whether it be smoking, using drugs, overindulging in fatty food or ignoring the need for routine exercise.
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The former Duke University researcher is in one of the best positions to make that happen. 0

In July 1995, Anderson began a two-year appointment as Associate Director of the National Institutes of Health and the first Director of NIH’s Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research—an office created by Congress to try to change the course of national research into how behavior and social factors affect health.
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Anderson, a 39-year-old clinical psychologist and North Carolina native, has spent years trying to trace how stress affects the health of African-American adults. He beat out more than 90 applicants for the NIH post.
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So, how did the son of two long-time baptist ministers and a former starting guard for the Fighting Eagles of North Carolina Central University end up coordinating behavioral and social sciences research across the 24 Institutes and Centers that comprise the largest health research organization in the world? 
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Anderson’s prescription for success is based on the G.P.A. Principle: not grade point average, but setting Goals, developing Plans and taking Action. It’s a prescription that works.