Aging and Public Policy with Dr. Steven Albert

HealthCare Focus

In this episode, we explore how our healthcare system prepares itself for an ageing population, with guest Dr. Steven Albert.

Host: Corina Paraschiv
https://www.linkedin.com/in/corinamihaelaparaschiv/
https://atdesignresearch.com/

Guest Bio:

Steven Albert is Chair of the Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health. He holds the Hallen Chair of Community Health and Social Justice. He has nearly 30 years of research experience in public health, aging, neurologic disease, and health behavior. He served as principal investigator on three NIH R01 efforts (AG18234, Cognitive and Physical Basis of Disablement, 2001-06; MH62200, Depression and End of Life Care in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, 2000-07; and NR012459, End of Life in the Very Old, 2010-15). he currently directs or co-directs the Clinical and Population Outcomes Core of the University of Pittsburgh NIA Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center (P30 AG024827) and the U Pitt CDC Prevention Research Center (PRC U48 DP001918). He recently co-directed the HRSA Public Health Social Work Leadership training program (6G05HP7841) and U Pitt NIMH Advanced Center for Intervention Services Research for Late Life Depression Prevention (MH090333). He has also completed an extensive array of CDC-funded research, including an evaluation of the Pennsylvania Department of Aging’s statewide falls prevention program (SM Albert, PI, “Comparative Effectiveness of Community-Based Falls Prevention in Pennsylvania,” CDC ARRA U48 DP002657, 2010-13) that established the evidence base for the program. Our efforts led to important changes in these programs to support effectiveness and dissemination, as well as certification as an evidence-based program for Title-IIID ACL/AoA funding. He has also led the community health needs assessment (CHNA) for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s 40-hospital network. He has mentored doctoral (15+), postdoctoral (10+), visiting fellows (4), and junior faculty (6) across a number of academic fields.

Diving Further:

Prohaska TR, Anderson L, Binstock RH. Public Health for an Aging Society, Johns Hopkins Press, 2012.

Albert, SM & Freedman VA. Public Health and Aging, Springer Publishing Company, 2nd Edition, 2010.