Professor Anderson chairs the NHS England Heart Failure Expert Advisory Group and is past chair of the British Society for Heart Failure. In 2023-24 Prof. Anderson chaired the £4.3 million NHSE heart failure targeted funding programme. Current key initiatives include enhancing rapid diagnostic pathways and electronic patient record systems (EPIC, CERNER) for admitted patients.

Prof. Anderson has served as clinical expert for multiple UK NICE Technology Appraisals and represents the British Society for Heart Failure for the CaReMe board and sits on the Health Innovations Network Programme Board.

Research leadership roles include National Lead Investigator for the Moonraker Programme and National Coordinating Investigator for CONFIRMATION-HF. Prof. Anderson has interests in transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis, acting as National Coordinating Investigator for the ATTR-ACT and DISCOVERY trials.