Steven Albert, PhD, MS

Professor, Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, Philip B. Hallen Endowed Chair in Community Health and Social Justice
Education & Training
Cornell University, College of Arts and Sciences, Ithaca, NY | B.A. | 1978
Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL | M.A. | 1981
Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL | Ph.D. | 1987
Representative Publications

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.

Ie K, Chou E, Boyce RD, Albert SM. Fall Risk-Increasing Drugs, Polypharmacy, and Falls among Low-Income Community-Dwelling Older Adults Innovation in Aging, 2021 Jan 8;5(1):igab001. doi: 10.1093/geroni/igab001. 

de Silva MWA, Albert SM.  Kidney Disease, Health, and Commodification of Drinking Water: An Anthropological Inquiry into the Introduction of Reverse Osmosis Water in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka.  Human Organization 2021; 80(2): 140-151.

Albert SM, Venditti E, Boudreau R, Kieffer L, Rager J, Zgibor J, Vander Bilt Joni, Danielson M, Burke L, Glynn N, Jakicic J, Smith K, Semler L, Newman A.  Weight Loss through Lifestyle Intervention Improves Mobility in Older Adults.  The Gerontologist 2021, Apr 5:gnab048. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnab048.

Long K, Albert SM.  Use of Zip Code Based Aggregate Indicators to Assess Race Disparities in COVID-19. Ethnicity & Disease 2021; 31(3), in press.