Steven Albert, PhD, MSPH

Steven M. Albert is a Professor of Public Health, Department of Behavioral & Community Health Sciences, has conducted research on the epidemiology of ALS, with a particular focus on end-of-life care, clinical decision-making, and mental health and cognition. He has conducted three studies at the Eleanor & Lou Gehrig MDA/ALS Center at Columbia University and has been an invited speaker at the International MND/ALS Symposium and the ALS Society national meeting. His research on ALS has appeared in Neurology and Journal of Neurology:

1. Depression and End-of-Life Care in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis sponsored by National Institute of Mental Health

2. Role of Spirituality in Adaptation to Disability in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis sponsored by Fetzer Institute of Mental Health

3. Decision-Making and Palliation in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis sponsored by Open Society Institute, Project on Death in America

(see publications)