US Patent Holder — Synapstory Eye-Tracking
WendyAnson, PhD
Jerusalem, Israel · Los Angeles, California
Portfolio
Five Decades of
Award-Winning Work
US Patent holder. EMMY winner. NIH Science Writer. CHSE certified. Brain Media Award recipient. A career spanning science, film, invention, and literary storytelling.
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Publications & Patents
Published & Patented
Peer-reviewed book chapters, NIH research communications, and a US patent in trauma detection technology.
Information Theory and the Semiotic Sign
Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin · New York — Approaches to Semiotics series
Published chapter in the peer-reviewed volume edited by Irmengard Rauch and Gerald F. Carr — exploring information theory as a concrete grounding for the mental and physical relations constituting the semiotic sign.
View writing sample →Assessment in Healthcare Simulation
Wolters Kluwer / Society for Simulation in Healthcare
Chapter 7.3. Peer-reviewed chapter on competency assessment methodologies in clinical simulation environments.
National Health Research Communication
NIH — OBSSR, NIEHS, NHLBI Divisions
Produced national guidelines, healthcare innovation reports, and patient safety assessments for multiple NIH divisions.
Women in Science: Tales and Trajectories
National Institutes of Health — OBSSR
Published piece on the 9th Matilda White Riley Behavioral and Social Sciences Day panel — honoring women whose research in behavioral sciences and public health integrates behavioral and biological aspects of health and disease.
View writing sample →Synapstory: Eye-Tracking Trauma Detection
US Patent — unique method for eye-tracking trauma
Awarded US Patent for Synapstory — a novel, non-invasive eye-tracking method for detecting PTSD and trauma markers in children.
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About
Where Science
Meets Story
Wendy Anson, PhD holds a US patent for Synapstory — a groundbreaking eye-tracking method for detecting trauma in children. She is an EMMY Award-winning TV producer, NIH Science Writer, CHSE-certified healthcare simulation educator, and published book chapter author (Wolters Kluwer / Society for Simulation in Healthcare).
A USC Annenberg Fellow and doctoral graduate in Educational Psychology & Technology, Wendy has written for NIH divisions including OBSSR, NIEHS, and NHLBI — producing national guidelines, assessment tools, and curriculum for institutions including Kaiser Permanente, CHLA, and USC Medical Center.
Her award-winning 70-minute documentary Flashback received the Brain 2008 Media Award from the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation. She interviewed Noam Chomsky and Carl Sagan for KCET Public Television.
Career
Five Decades of Impact
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