Dr. Steven M Albert, PhD, MS

My research centers on the assessment of health outcomes in aging and chronic disease, including physical and cognitive function, health service use, and clinical decision making. Current efforts include modeling the dynamics of health behavior change across the lifespan and prevention of violence.  In 2020-, my research group will conduct a study of social needs screening in primary care and develop a Social Determinants Data Lab linking the hospital EHR to statetwide human service data systems. We will also use the EHR to assess precursors of firearm violence. Other research will build on our CDC Prevention Research Center efforts to assess weight loss, physicval function, and caregiver stress in old age. I teach courses on aging as a field of public health, modeling of health behavior change, and evaluation of health program interventions.

Cornell University, College of Arts and Sciences, B.A., 1978
Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago, M.A., 1981
Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago, Ph.D., 1987
Thesis: Ritual and Political Process among the Lak, Southern New Ireland, Papua New Guinea

Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Columbia University, M.Sc., 1996
Thesis: Neuropsychological Impairment in Asymptomatic HIV Infection: A Risk Factor for Work Disability








 

BCHS 2715, Dimensions of Aging
BCHS 2534, Clinical Aspects of Dementia Care
BCHS 3003, Seminar in Advanced Evaluation
BCHS 2990, Social Dynamics

Co-PI, Community Violence Prevention, RK Mellon Foundation, 2021-22

PI, Community Violence Prevention, RK Mellon Foundation, 2020-21

Co-PI, Co-PI, Re-Imagining Re-Entry, Hillman Families Foundation, 2020-21

PI, NIH Claude D. Pepper Center on Independence in Older Adults, University of Pittsburgh, Clinical & Population Outcomes Core, 2020-2025

Selected publications, 2020-

Culyba AJ, Miller E, Albert SM, Abebe KZ.  Co-occurrence of Violence-Related Risk and Protective Behaviors and Adult Support Among Male Youth in Urban Neighborhoods.  JAMA Netw Open 2019; 2(9): e1911375.

Shuman V, Coyle PC, Perera S, VanSwearingen JM, Albert SM, Brach JS. Association between improved mobility and distal health outcomes. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci, 2020, Apr 9:glaa086.

Stahl ST, Smagula SF, Rodakowski J, Dew MA, Albert SM, Karp JF, Butters M, Gildengers A, Reynolds CF. Subjective sleep quality and trajectories of interleukin-6 in older adults. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry; 2020; Jun 25:S1064-7481(20)30388-2.

Ie K, Hirose M, Sakai T, Motohashi I, Aihara M, Otsuki T, Tsuboya A, Matsumoto H, Hashi H, Inoue E, Takahashi M, Komiya E, Itoh Y, Tsuchida T, Kurosu E, Albert SM, Okuse C, Matsuda T. Protocol of a randomised controlled trial on the efficacy of medication optimisation in elderly inpatients: medication optimisation protocol efficacy for geriatric inpatients (MPEG) trial. BMJ Open 2020 Oct 12;10(10):e041125.