Michelle A Albert, MD, MPH

Professor

Dr. Michelle A. Albert, MD MPH is the Walter A. Haas-Lucie Stern Endowed Chair in Cardiology and Professor in Medicine at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF), Admissions Dean for UCSF Medical School and Director of the CeNter for the StUdy of AdveRsiTy and CardiovascUlaR DiseasE (NURTURE Center). Dr. Albert is a graduate of Haverford College, the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Harvard School of Public Health. She completed Internal Medicine Residency and served as Chief Medical Resident at Columbia University Medical Center in New York. Dr. Albert then completed Cardiovascular Clinical and Research Fellowship at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, where she rose in the ranks to an Associate Professor in Medicine. She was previously the Vivian Beaumont Allen Endowed Professor/Chair and Chief of Cardiology at Howard University.

Dr. Albert’s clinical expertise involves both taking care of the most critically ill heart disease patients and preventive cardiology at UCSF. As a physician-scientist-epidemiologist, Dr. Albert has had a longstanding commitment to health equity and is engaged in cutting-edge research that innovatively seeks to incorporate “biology” with social determinants of health to transform CVD science and healthcare of global populations, i.e “the biology of adversity”. Her research has followed a bold, non-traditional path for cardiovascular disease research. A central component of her current work focuses on developing innovative implementation strategies to curb adversity related CVD risk, particularly in women and diverse racial and ethnic populations with a focus on cumulative toxic stress. She is recipient of sustained research funding as principal investigator including NIH R01 funding, funding from Robert Wood Johnson (Harold Amos Scholar), Kellogg and Doris Duke Foundations. Dr. Albert is also a recipient of the American Heart Association (AHA) COVID-19 Rapid Track Grant. Additionally, she is one of two recipients nationally of the prestigious 2018 AHA Merit award for visionary research and is the first woman and under-represented racial/ethnic person to receive this award. Dr. Albert also received the 2020 AHA Population Science, 2023 National Distinguished AHA Leadership, 2023 AHA Distinguished Epidemiology Achievement Awards and 2024 American College of Cardiology (ACC) Distinguished Scientist Award.

Dr. Albert is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), the Association of University Cardiologists (AUC), the American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI) and the Association of American Physicians (AAP).

She is the 86th Immediate-Past President of the American Heart Association (AHA: 2022-2023), Immediate-Past President of the Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc (ABC: 2020-2022), the Past 60th President of the Association of University Cardiologists (AUC: 2021-2022). She is the first person in history to serve collectively and concurrently as President of these three of the most prestigious cardiovascular societies. Dr. Albert is the first woman of color and Black woman to serve as AHA President and AUC President.

Albert currently serves/ed as a member of the federal Advisory Committee to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (ACD), NHLBI Board of External Experts (BEE), 2019 ACC/AHA Cardiovascular Prevention Guidelines committee and as a standing committee member of NIH study section - Mechanisms, Emotion, Sleep & Health (MESH).


Dr. Albert has also served/serves on multiple national AHA and ACC committees including on the Sarnoff Cardiovascular Medical Research Foundation Board of Directors.

Dr. Albert is a member of the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) Your Health Advisory Board and the Health/Cardiovascular Advisory Board for Women’s Day Magazine. Her research has been featured on national and international media outlets such as the BBC, Canada Broadcasting Corporation, TIME, CNN, Today Show, CBS, Associated Press, NPR, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle and Washington Post. She is a sought-after interviewee/speaker on multiple news outlets including TV, digital and print media about especially about topics pertaining to research, cardiovascular health, maternal health and health equity.

Dr. Albert enjoys mentoring trainees at all levels across the United States. She was a nominee/finalist for the competitive 2011-2012 Excellence in Mentoring Award at Harvard Medical School and the recipient of the Women in Cardiology Mentoring Award from the AHA (2016). She received the ACC Heart of Women’s Health Credo Award (2012), Woman’s Day Magazine’s Red Dress Award (2014), the 2018 Daniel D. Savage Science Award (ABC’s highest honor) and the Haverford College Alumni Award (2015) -- given to an alumnus whose “work typifies the values of the college and is of outstanding service to humanity”.

Dr. Albert received an Honorary Doctorate in Science (DSc, Hon) from the University of Rochester in 2023, and also delivered the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 2023 Commencement Address.

Dr. Albert has been named to Forbes 50 over 50 List for her Impact.

Honors and Awards
  • Distinguished Scientist Award, American College of Cardiology, 2024
  • Distinguished Epidemiology Achievement Award, American Heart Association, 2023
  • Distinguished National Leadership Award, American Heart Association, 2023
  • Elected Member, Association of American Physicians, 2023
  • President, American Heart Association, 2022-2023
  • Forbes 50 over 50 Impact List, 2022
  • President-Elect, American Heart Association, 2021-2022
  • President, Association of University Cardiologists, 2021-2022
  • Elected Member, National Academy of Medicine, 2021
  • President, Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc, 2020-2022
  • COVID-19 Rapid Track Science Award, American Heart Association, 2020
  • Population Science Research Award, American Heart Association, 2020
  • American Society for Clinical Investigation, American Society for Clinical Investigation, 2019
  • Merit Award, American Heart Association, 2018
  • Daniel D. Savage Science Award, Association of Black Cardiologists, 2018
  • Women in Cardiology Mentoring Award, American Heart Association, 2016
  • Elected Member, Association of University Cardiologists, 2016
  • The Haverford Award, recognizing an alumnus who uses their knowledge to the benefit of society, Haverford College, 2015
  • Featured "Editor's Choice & Scientist": MA Health Care Reform, Race/Ethnicity and CVD, Circulation Journal (June 17, 2014), 2014
  • Red Dress Award Honoree, Women's Day Magazine, 2014
  • Second Annual Heart of Women's Health CREDO Award, American College of Cardiology, 2012
  • Nesson Fellowship Award, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston MA, 2010
  • J Ira and Nikki Harris Family Research Award, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston MA, 2006
  • Herbert W. Nickens Epidemiology Award, Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc, 2004
  • Learner Young Investigator Award,, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston MA, 2003
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital/Kraft Minority Faculty Development Award, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston MA, 2001
Websites
Publications

  1. Bess C, Ferdinand D, Underwood P, Ivy D, Albert MA, Onwuanyi A, McCullough C, Brewer LC, Association of Black Cardiologists Community Programs Committee. Promoting Cardiovascular Health Equity: Association of Black Cardiologists Practical Model for Community-Engaged Partnerships. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2024. PMID: 38296407


  2. Sheehy S, Brock M, Palmer JR, Albert MA, Cozier Y, Rosenberg L. Perceived Interpersonal Racism in Relation to Incident Coronary Heart Disease Among Black Women. Circulation 2024. PMID: 38235551


  3. Albert MA, Churchwell K, Desai N, Johnson JC, Johnson M, Khera A, Mieres J, Rodriguez F, Velarde G, Williams DR, Wu JC, American Heart Association Advocacy Coordinating Committee. Addressing Structural Racism Through Public Policy Advocacy: A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation 2024. PMID: 38226471


  4. Brusca SB, Albert MA. Balancing the scales of adversity: a socioecological approach to reducing the global burden of stroke and cardiovascular disease. The Lancet. Neurology 2023. PMID: 37827182


  5. Hines AL, Albert MA, Blair JP, Crews DC, Cooper LA, Long DL, Carson AP. Neighborhood Factors, Individual Stressors, and Cardiovascular Health Among Black and White Adults in the US: The Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study. JAMA network open 2023. PMID: 37773494


  6. Donthi N, Lucey CR, Albert MA. Stages of Dismantling Structural Racism in Medicine: A Focus on Medical Training. Circulation 2023. PMID: 37639505


  7. Chang LL, DesJardin JT, Albert MA, Ezekowitz J, Yusuf S. Dietary Sodium Restriction in Patients with Heart Failure. The New England journal of medicine 2023. PMID: 37099346


  8. Albert MA. Economic Adversity and Health Care: Synopsis of American Heart Association Presidential Address. Circulation 2023. PMID: 37011076


  9. Bayne J, Garry J, Albert MA. Brief Review: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Cardiovascular Care with a Focus on Congenital Heart Disease and Precision Medicine. Current atherosclerosis reports 2023. PMID: 36964821


  10. Bowman L, Weidinger F, Albert MA, Fry ETA, Pinto FJ, Clinical Trial Expert Group and ESC Patient Forum. Randomized trials fit for the 21st century. A joint opinion from the European Society of Cardiology, American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, and the World Heart Federation. European heart journal 2022. PMID: 36525339


  11. Wang PJ, Lu Y, Mahaffey KW, Lin A, Morin DP, Sears SF, Chung MK, Russo AM, Lin B, Piccini J, Hills MT, Berube C, Pundi K, Baykaner T, Garay G, Lhamo K, Rice E, Pourshams IA, Shah R, Newswanger P, DeSutter K, Nunes JC, Albert MA, Schulman KA, Heidenreich PA, Bunch TJ, Sanders LM, Turakhia M, Verghese A, Stafford RS. A Randomized Clinical Trial to Evaluate an Atrial Fibrillation Stroke Prevention Shared Decision-Making Pathway. Journal of the American Heart Association 2022. PMID: 36342828


  12. Lauffenburger JC, Barlev RA, Khatib R, Glowacki N, Siddiqi A, Everett ME, Albert MA, Keller PA, Samal L, Hanken K, Sears ES, Haff N, Choudhry NK. Clinicians' and Patients' Perspectives on Hypertension Care in a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Population in Primary Care. JAMA network open 2023. PMID: 36853607


  13. Haynes NA, Johnson M, Lewsey SC, Alexander KM, Anstey DE, Dillenburg T, Njoroge JN, Gordon D, Ofili EO, Yancy CW, Albert MA. Nurturing Diverse Generations of the Medical Workforce for Success With Authenticity: An Association of Black Cardiologists' Roundtable. Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes 2023. PMID: 36603043


  14. Westcott SK, Lewis TT, Albert MA. Tackling Adversity and Cardiovascular Health: It is About Time. Circulation 2022. PMID: 36576955


  15. Bowman L, Weidinger F, Albert MA, Fry ETA, Pinto FJ, Clinical Trial Expert Group and ESC Patient Forum. Randomized Trials Fit for the 21st Century. A Joint Opinion from the European Society of Cardiology, American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, and the World Heart Federation. Global heart 2022. PMID: 36578917


  16. Bowman L, Weidinger F, Albert MA, Fry ETA, Pinto FJ, Clinical Trial Expert Group; and for the ESC Patient Forum. Randomized Trials Fit for the 21st Century: A Joint Opinion From the European Society of Cardiology, American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, and the World Heart Federation. Circulation 2022. PMID: 36524680


  17. Bowman L, Weidinger F, Albert MA, Fry ETA, Pinto FJ, Clinical Trial Expert Group and ESC Patient Forum. Randomized Trials Fit for the 21st�Century: A Joint Opinion From the European Society of Cardiology, American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, and the World Heart Federation. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2022. PMID: 36529563


  18. Lauffenburger JC, Khatib R, Siddiqi A, Albert MA, Keller PA, Samal L, Glowacki N, Everett ME, Hanken K, Lee SG, Bhatkhande G, Haff N, Sears ES, Choudhry NK. Reducing ethnic and racial disparities by improving undertreatment, control, and engagement in blood pressure management with health information technology (REDUCE-BP) hybrid effectiveness-implementation pragmatic trial: Rationale and design. American heart journal 2022. PMID: 36220355


  19. Elkind MSV, Albert MA, Lloyd-Jones DM. Road to Equity in Brain Health. 2022. PMID: 35500047


  20. Kang JH, Vyas CM, Okereke OI, Ogata S, Albert M, Lee IM, D'Agostino D, Buring JE, Cook NR, Grodstein F, Manson JE. Marine n-3 fatty acids and cognitive change among older adults in the VITAL randomized trial. 2022. PMID: 35415212


  21. Bond RM, Ansong A, Albert MA. Shining a Light on the Superwoman Schema and Maternal Health. 2022. PMID: 35157523


  22. Jae Hee Kang, Chirag M Vyas, Olivia I Okereke, Soshiro Ogata, Michelle Albert, I-Min Lee, Denise D'Agostino, Julie E Buring, Nancy R Cook, Fran Grodstein, JoAnn E Manson. Marine n-3 fatty acids and cognitive change among older adults in the VITAL randomized trial. 2021. PMID:


  23. Mital R, Bayne J, Rodriguez F, Ovbiagele B, Bhatt DL, Albert MA. Race and Ethnicity Considerations in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease and Stroke: JACC Focus Seminar 3/9. 2021. PMID: 34886970


  24. Kang JH, Vyas CM, Okereke OI, Ogata S, Albert M, Lee IM, D'Agostino D, Buring JE, Cook NR, Grodstein F, Manson JE. Effect of vitamin D on cognitive decline: results from two ancillary studies of the VITAL randomized trial. 2021. PMID: 34853363


  25. Lloyd-Jones DM, Elkind M, Albert MA. American Heart Association's 2024 Impact Goal: Every Person Deserves the Opportunity for a Full, Healthy Life. 2021. PMID: 34723639


  26. Child ST, Ruppel EH, Albert MA, Lawton L. Network Support and Negative Life Events Associated With Chronic Cardiometabolic Disease Outcomes. 2021. PMID: 34670683


  27. Lloyd-Jones DM, Albert MA, Elkind M. The American Heart Association's Focus on Primordial Prevention. 2021. PMID: 34633862


  28. Cozier YC, Castro-Webb N, Hochberg NS, Rosenberg L, Albert MA, Palmer JR. Lower serum 25(OH)D levels associated with higher risk of COVID-19 infection in U.S. Black women. PloS one 2021. PMID: 34314458


  29. Albert MA, Carnethon MR, Watson KE. Disparities in Cardiovascular Medicine. Circulation 2021. PMID: 34125568


  30. Cameron Hicks, Jonathan Butler, Natalie B Slopen, David Williams, Dayna A Johnson, Susan Redline, Julie E Buring, Michelle A Albert. Abstract P196: Insomnia Symptoms And Ideal Cardiovascular Health In Older Women: Data From The Women’S Health Study. Circulation 2021. PMID:


  31. Bond RM, Gaither K, Nasser SA, Albert MA, Ferdinand KC, Njoroge JN, Parapid B, Hayes SN, Pegus C, Sogade B, Grodzinsky A, Watson KE, McCullough CA, Ofili E, Association of Black Cardiologists. Working Agenda for Black Mothers: A Position Paper From the Association of Black Cardiologists on Solutions to Improving Black Maternal Health. Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes 2021. PMID: 33563007


  32. Njoroge J, Rodriguez F, Albert MA. Dismantling Structural Discrimination in Cardiology Fellowship Recruitment. JAMA network open 2021. PMID: 33427879


  33. Sperling LS, Albert MA, Koppaka R. Disparities in Influenza Vaccination-Opportunity to Extend Cardiovascular Prevention to Millions of Hearts. JAMA cardiology 2021. PMID: 32902564


  34. Jonathan Z Butler, Natalie B Slopen, Alan Zaslavsky, Julie E Buring, Michelle A Albert. Abstract 17418: Religious Attendance and Ideal Cardiovascular Health in Older Women. Circulation 2020. PMID:


  35. Rodriguez F, Solomon N, de Lemos JA, Das SR, Morrow DA, Bradley SM, Elkind MSV, Williams JH, Holmes D, Matsouaka RA, Gupta D, Gluckman TJ, Abdalla M, Albert MA, Yancy CW, Wang TY. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Presentation and Outcomes for Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19: Findings From the American Heart Association's COVID-19 Cardiovascular Disease Registry. Circulation 2020. PMID: 33200953


  36. Nicole Rosendale, Michelle A. Albert. The Intersection of Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Race/Ethnicity on Cardiovascular Health: a Review of the Literature and Needed Research. Current cardiovascular risk reports 2020. PMID:


  37. Poppas A, Albert MA, Douglas PS, Capers Q. Diversity and Inclusion: Central to ACC's Mission, Vision, and Values. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2020. PMID: 32943167


  38. Chin-Hong P, Alexander KM, Haynes N, Albert MA. Pulling at the heart: COVID-19, race/ethnicity and ongoing disparities. Nature reviews. Cardiology 2020. PMID: 32732989


  39. Hill JA, Albert MA, Carnethon MR, Watson KE. Disparities in Cardiovascular Medicine: Circulation's Response. Circulation 2020. PMID: 32813545


  40. Agrawal H, Choy HK, Liu J, Auyoung M, Albert MA. Coronary Artery Disease. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 2020. PMID: 32579480


  41. Liu J, Elbadawi A, Elgendy IY, Megaly M, Ogunbayo GO, Krittanawong C, Tamis-Holland JE, Ballantyne CM, Khalid MU, Virani S, Gulati M, Albert M, Bozkurt B, Jneid H. Age-Stratified Sex Disparities in Care and Outcomes in Patients with ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction. The American journal of medicine 2020. PMID: 32417118


  42. Haynes N, Cooper LA, Albert MA. At the Heart of the Matter: Unmasking and Addressing COVID-19's Toll on Diverse Populations. Circulation 2020. PMID: 32364762


  43. Elbadawi A, Mahmoud K, Elgendy IY, Elzeneini M, Megaly M, Ogunbayo G, Omer MA, Albert M, Kapadia S, Jneid H. Racial disparities in the utilization and outcomes of transcatheter mitral valve repair: Insights from a national database. Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions 2020. PMID: 32473908


  44. Parikh NI, Laria B, Nah G, Singhal M, Vittinghoff E, Vieten C, Stotland N, Coleman-Phox K, Adler N, Albert MA, Epel E. Cardiovascular Disease-Related Pregnancy Complications Are Associated with Increased Maternal Levels and Trajectories of Cardiovascular Disease Biomarkers During and After Pregnancy. Journal of women's health (2002) 2020. PMID: 31934809


  45. Cabeza de Baca T, Chayama KL, Redline S, Slopen N, Matsushita F, Prather AA, Williams DR, Buring JE, Zaslavsky AM, Albert MA. Sleep debt: the impact of weekday sleep deprivation on cardiovascular health in older women. Sleep 2019. PMID: 31361895


  46. Burroughs Peña MS, Mbassa RS, Slopen NB, Williams DR, Buring JE, Albert MA. Response by Burroughs Peña et al to Letter Regarding Article, "Cumulative Psychosocial Stress and Ideal Cardiovascular Health in Older Women". Circulation 2019. PMID: 31567018


  47. Cabeza de Baca T, Burroughs Peña MS, Slopen N, Williams D, Buring J, Albert MA. Financial strain and ideal cardiovascular health in middle-aged and older women: Data from the Women's health study. American heart journal 2019. PMID: 31323455


  48. Burroughs-Peña MS, Mbassa RS, Slopen NB, Williams DR, Buring J, Albert MA. Cumulative Psychosocial Stress and Ideal Cardiovascular Health in Older Women: Data by Race/Ethnicity. Circulation 2019. PMID: 30813768


  49. Albert MA. Ignored in Plain Sight. Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes 2019. PMID: 30909730


  50. Arnett DK, Blumenthal RS, Albert MA, Buroker AB, Goldberger ZD, Hahn EJ, Himmelfarb CD, Khera A, Lloyd-Jones D, McEvoy JW, Michos ED, Miedema MD, Muñoz D, Smith SC, Virani SS, Williams KA, Yeboah J, Ziaeian B. 2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. Circulation 2019. PMID: 30879355


  51. Arnett DK, Blumenthal RS, Albert MA, Buroker AB, Goldberger ZD, Hahn EJ, Himmelfarb CD, Khera A, Lloyd-Jones D, McEvoy JW, Michos ED, Miedema MD, Muñoz D, Smith SC, Virani SS, Williams KA, Yeboah J, Ziaeian B. 2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: Executive Summary. Circulation 2019. PMID: 30879339


  52. Arnett DK, Blumenthal RS, Albert MA, Buroker AB, Goldberger ZD, Hahn EJ, Himmelfarb CD, Khera A, Lloyd-Jones D, McEvoy JW, Michos ED, Miedema MD, Muñoz D, Smith SC, Virani SS, Williams KA, Yeboah J, Ziaeian B. 2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2019. PMID: 30894319


  53. Arnett DK, Blumenthal RS, Albert MA, Buroker AB, Goldberger ZD, Hahn EJ, Himmelfarb CD, Khera A, Lloyd-Jones D, McEvoy JW, Michos ED, Miedema MD, Muñoz D, Smith SC, Virani SS, Williams KA, Yeboah J, Ziaeian B. 2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2019. PMID: 30894318


  54. Jonathan Z Butler, Natalie Slopen, Susan Redline, Mercedes Carnethon, David R Williams, Tiffany M Powell-Wiley, Aruna Pradhan, Julie Buring, Michelle A Albert. Abstract P085: Extremes of Sleep Duration and Type II Diabetes in Older Women Participating in the Women’s Health Study. Circulation 2019. PMID:


  55. Eva M Durazo, Tiffany M Powell-Wiley, Susan Redline, Natalie Slopen, Aric Prather, David R Williams, Julie E Buring, Michelle A Albert. Abstract P268: Long and Short Sleep and Obesity in the Women’s Health Study. Circulation 2019. PMID:


  56. Donna K. Arnett, Roger S. Blumenthal, Michelle A. Albert, Andrew B. Buroker, Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb, Zachary Der. Goldberger, Ellen J. Hahn, Amit Khera, Donald Lloyd-Jones, J. William McEvoy, Erin D. Michos, Michael D. Miedema, Muñoz Daniel, Sidney C. Smith Sidney C. Smith, Salim S. Virani, Kim A. Williams, Yeboah Joseph, Boback Ziaeian. 2019 American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines on the primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases. Hypertension 2019. PMID:


  57. Tomás Cabeza de Baca, Michelle A. Albert. Psychosocial Stress, the Unpredictability Schema, and Cardiovascular Disease in Women. Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications 2019. PMID:


  58. Child ST, Albert MA. Social Networks and Health Outcomes: Importance for racial and socioeconomic disparities in cardiovascular outcomes. Current cardiovascular risk reports 2018. PMID: 36248194


  59. Westcott SK, Beach LY, Matsushita F, Albert CM, Chatterjee N, Wong J, Williams DR, Vinayagamoorthy M, Buring JE, Albert MA. RelationshipBetween Psychosocial Stressors and Atrial Fibrillation in Women >45 Years of Age. The American journal of cardiology 2018. PMID: 30266256


  60. Claudel SE, Adu-Brimpong J, Banks A, Ayers C, Albert MA, Das SR, de Lemos JA, Leonard T, Neeland IJ, Rivers JP, Powell-Wiley TM. Association between neighborhood-level socioeconomic deprivation and incident hypertension: A longitudinal analysis of data from the Dallas heart study. American heart journal 2018. PMID: 30092412


  61. Albert MA. #Me_Who: Anatomy of Scholastic, Leadership, and Social Isolation of Underrepresented Minority Women in Academic Medicine. Circulation 2018. PMID: 29789303


  62. Jonathan Z Butler, Natalie Slopen, Susan Redline, Alan M Zaslavsky, David R Williams, Aruna Pradhan, Julie Buring, Michelle A Albert. Abstract P323: Sleep Debt and Type II Diabetes Mellitus in Middle Aged and Older Women. Circulation 2018. PMID:


  63. Eva M. Durazo, Tomás Cabeza de Baca, Natalie Slopen, Nisha I. Parikh, Julie E. Buring, Robert J. Glynn, Michelle A. Albert. Parity, Job Strain, and Cardiovascular Risk in the Women’s Health Study. Current cardiovascular risk reports 2018. PMID:


  64. Powell-Wiley TM, Ngwa J, Kebede S, Lu D, Schulte PJ, Bhatt DL, Yancy C, Fonarow GC, Albert MA. Impact of Body Mass Index on Heart Failure by Race/Ethnicity From the Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure (GWTG-HF) Registry. Volume 6 of Issue 3. JACC. Heart failure 2018. PMID: 29428434


  65. Carnethon MR, Pu J, Howard G, Albert MA, Anderson CAM, Bertoni AG, Mujahid MS, Palaniappan L, Taylor HA, Willis M, Yancy CW. Cardiovascular Health in African Americans: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Volume 136 of Issue 21. Circulation 2017. PMID: 29061565


  66. Albert MA, Durazo EM, Slopen N, Zaslavsky AM, Buring JE, Silva T, Chasman D, Williams DR. Cumulative psychological stress and cardiovascular disease risk in middle aged and older women: Rationale, design, and baseline characteristics. Volume 192. American heart journal 2017. PMID: 28938955


  67. Nisha I Parikh, Barbara Laraia, Gregory Nah, Meghali Singhal, Eric Vittinghoff, Kimberly Coleman-Phox, Nancy Adler, Michelle A Albert, Elissa Epel. Abstract P319: Do Pregnancy Complications Elevate Cardiovascular Risk After Pregnancy? An Examination of Cardiometabolic Biomarker and Risk Factor Trajectories Up to the First Nine Months Postpartum in Low Income Women. Circulation 2017. PMID:


  68. Evan F Shalen, Gregory Nah, Eric Vittinghoff, Zian H Tseng, Gregory M Marcus, Michelle A Albert, Nisha I Parikh. Abstract P333: Homelessness is an Independent Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease Hospital Readmission in the California Health Care Utilization Project. Circulation 2017. PMID:


  69. Cuevas AG, Williams DR, Albert MA. Psychosocial Factors and Hypertension: A Review of the Literature. Volume 35 of Issue 2. Cardiology clinics 2017. PMID: 28411896


  70. Slopen N, Chen Y, Guida JL, Albert MA, Williams DR. Positive childhood experiences and ideal cardiovascular health in midlife: Associations and mediators. Volume 97. Preventive medicine 2017. PMID: 28087467


  71. Eva M. Durazo, Rachel S. Mbassa, Michelle A. Albert. Ethnic Enclaves and Type II Diabetes: a Focus on Latino/Hispanic Americans. Current cardiovascular risk reports 2016. PMID:


  72. Hira RS, Bhatt DL, Fonarow GC, Heidenreich PA, Ju C, Virani SS, Bozkurt B, Petersen LA, Hernandez AF, Schwamm LH, Eapen ZJ, Albert MA, Liang L, Matsouaka RA, Peterson ED, Jneid H. Temporal Trends in Care and Outcomes of Patients Receiving Fibrinolytic Therapy Compared to Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From the Get With The Guidelines Coronary Artery Disease (GWTG-CAD) Registry. Volume 5 of Issue 10. Journal of the American Heart Association 2016. PMID: 27792640


  73. Cozier YC, Albert MA, Castro-Webb N, Coogan PF, Ridker P, Kaufman HW, Palmer JR, Rosenberg L. Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status in Relation to Serum Biomarkers in the Black Women's Health Study. Volume 93 of Issue 2. Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 2016. PMID: 27000125


  74. Slopen N, Chen Y, Priest N, Albert MA, Williams DR. Emotional and instrumental support during childhood and biological dysregulation in midlife. Volume 84. Preventive medicine 2015. PMID: 26708307


  75. Selomie Kebede, Tiffany Powell-Wiley, Julius Ngwa, Di Lu, Phillip J Schulte, Deepak L Bhatt, Clyde Yancy, Gregg C Fonarow, Michelle A Albert. Abstract 18426: Impact of Body Mass Index on Heart Failure With Preserved or Reduced Ejection Fraction: Outcomes According to Race and Ethnicity From Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure (GWTG-HF) Registry. Circulation 2015. PMID:


  76. Slopen N, Shonkoff JP, Albert MA, Yoshikawa H, Jacobs A, Stoltz R, Williams DR. Racial Disparities in Child Adversity in the U.S.: Interactions With Family Immigration History and Income. Volume 50 of Issue 1. American journal of preventive medicine 2015. PMID: 26342634


  77. Bailey ZD, Slopen N, Albert M, Williams DR. Multidimensional religious involvement and tobacco smoking patterns over 9-10 years: A prospective study of middle-aged adults in the United States. Social science & medicine (1982) 2015. PMID: 26093070


  78. Julius S Ngwa, Natalie B Slopen, Richard F Gillum, Rimma Dushkes, Salih Garner-Grevious, Aryana Jacobs, David R Williams, Alan M Zaslavsky, Julie E Buring, Michelle A Albert. Abstract 110: Cumulative Negative Life Events and Risk of Myocardial Infarction: The Women’s Health Study. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 2015. PMID:


  79. Aryana S Jacobs, Julius S Ngwa, Natalie Slopen, Alan M Zaslavsky, Rimma Dushkes, Julie E Buring, David R Williams, Michelle A Albert. Abstract 156: Everyday Discrimination and Risk of Myocardial Infarction Among Women. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 2015. PMID:


  80. Ravi S. Hira, Deepak Bhatt, Gregg Fonarow, Paul Heidenreich, Christine Ju, Salim Virani, Adrian Hernandez, Lee Schwamm, Zubin Eapen, Michelle Albert, Eric Peterson, Hani Jneid. TEMPORAL TRENDS IN CARE AND OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS RECEIVING FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY COMPARED TO PRIMARY PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION IN THE GET WITH THE GUIDELINES CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (GWTG-CAD) REGISTRY. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2015. PMID:


  81. Aryana Jacobs, Zinzi Bailey, Michelle Albert. Job Burnout, Job Strain (Stress), and Cardiovascular Disease: Selected Review. Heart Disease in Women 2015. PMID:


  82. Slopen N, Non A, Williams DR, Roberts AL, Albert MA. Childhood adversity, adult neighborhood context, and cumulative biological risk for chronic diseases in adulthood. Volume 76 of Issue 7. Psychosomatic medicine 2014. PMID: 25077427


  83. Albert MA, Ayanian JZ, Silbaugh TS, Lovett A, Resnic F, Jacobs A, Normand SL. Early results of Massachusetts healthcare reform on racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in cardiovascular care. Volume 129 of Issue 24. Circulation 2014. PMID: 24727094


  84. Rebecca Cooper-McCann, Colby Ayers, Michelle Albert, James de Lemos, Ian Neeland, Michael McClurkin, Eric Shropshire, Tiffany M Powell-Wiley. Abstract P093: Psychological Stress is Associated with Increases in Weight and Waist Circumference over Time: Longitudinal Data from the Dallas Heart Study. Circulation 2014. PMID:


  85. Redmond N, Richman J, Gamboa CM, Albert MA, Sims M, Durant RW, Glasser SP, Safford MM. Perceived stress is associated with incident coronary heart disease and all-cause mortality in low- but not high-income participants in the Reasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke study. Volume 2 of Issue 6. Journal of the American Heart Association 2013. PMID: 24356528


  86. Albert MA. Not there yet: Medicare Part D and elimination of cardiovascular medication usage sociodemographic disparities after myocardial infarction. Volume 129 of Issue 7. Circulation 2013. PMID: 24326989


  87. Michelle A. Albert, Natalie Slopen, David R. Williams. Cumulative Psychological Stress and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: A Focused Review with Consideration of Black-White Disparities. Current cardiovascular risk reports 2013. PMID:


  88. Slopen N, Kontos EZ, Ryff CD, Ayanian JZ, Albert MA, Williams DR. Psychosocial stress and cigarette smoking persistence, cessation, and relapse over 9-10 years: a prospective study of middle-aged adults in the United States. Volume 24 of Issue 10. Cancer causes & control : CCC 2013. PMID: 23860953


  89. Plitt A, Dorbala S, Albert MA, Giugliano RP. Cardiac sarcoidosis: case report, workup, and review of the literature. Volume 2 of Issue 2. Cardiology and therapy 2013. PMID: 25135396


  90. Clark CR, Ommerborn MJ, Hickson DA, Grooms KN, Sims M, Taylor HA, Albert MA. Neighborhood disadvantage, neighborhood safety and cardiometabolic risk factors in African Americans: biosocial associations in the Jackson Heart study. Volume 8 of Issue 5. PloS one 2013. PMID: 23691005


  91. Nicole Redmond, Joshua Richman, Christopher Gamboa, Michelle A Albert, Mario Sims, Raegan Durant, Stephen Glasser, Monika M Safford. Abstract P114: Association of Psychosocial Wtress with Incident Coronary Heart Disease and All-cause Mortality among Low and High Income Individuals in the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study. Circulation 2013. PMID:


  92. Akintunde O Akinkuolie, Natalie Slopen, Robert J Glynn, Aryana S Jacobs, David R Williams, Julie E Buring, Michelle A Albert. Abstract P124: Unfair Treatment and Prevalent Hypertension among Women: Data from the Women’s Health Study. Circulation 2013. PMID:


  93. Lenny Lopez, Bianca Porneala, James A deLemos, Colby R Ayers, Michelle A Albert. Abstract P237: Perceived Discrimination and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in the Dallas Heart Study. Circulation 2013. PMID:


  94. Mosca L, Hammond G, Mochari-Greenberger H, Towfighi A, Albert MA. Fifteen-year trends in awareness of heart disease in women: results of a 2012 American Heart Association national survey. Volume 127 of Issue 11. Circulation 2013. PMID: 23429926


  95. Powell-Wiley TM, Ayers CR, de Lemos JA, Lakoski SG, Vega GL, Grundy S, Das SR, Banks-Richard K, Albert MA. Relationship between perceptions about neighborhood environment and prevalent obesity: data from the Dallas Heart Study. Volume 21 of Issue 1. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 2013. PMID: 23404728


  96. Slopen N, Glynn RJ, Buring JE, Lewis TT, Williams DR, Albert MA. Job strain, job insecurity, and incident cardiovascular disease in the Women's Health Study: results from a 10-year prospective study. Volume 7 of Issue 7. PloS one 2012. PMID: 22815754


  97. Tsenkova VK, Albert MA, Georgiades A, Ryff CD. Trait anxiety and glucose metabolism in people without diabetes: vulnerabilities among black women. Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association 2012. PMID: 22587407


  98. Slopen N, Dutra LM, Williams DR, Mujahid MS, Lewis TT, Bennett GG, Ryff CD, Albert MA. Psychosocial stressors and cigarette smoking among African American adults in midlife. Volume 14 of Issue 10. Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 2012. PMID: 22367977


  99. Lee TC, Glynn RJ, Peña JM, Paynter NP, Conen D, Ridker PM, Pradhan AD, Buring JE, Albert MA. Socioeconomic status and incident type 2 diabetes mellitus: data from the Women's Health Study. Volume 6 of Issue 12. PloS one 2011. PMID: 22194788


  100. V K. Tsenkova, M A. Albert, A Georgiades, C D. Ryff. Trait anxiety and glucose metabolism in people without diabetes: vulnerabilities among black women. Diabetic Medicine 2011. PMID:


  101. Albert MA. Biomarkers and heart disease. Volume 7 of Issue 5 Suppl. Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine 2011. PMID: 22003335


  102. Manson JE, Bassuk SS, Lee IM, Cook NR, Albert MA, Gordon D, Zaharris E, Macfadyen JG, Danielson E, Lin J, Zhang SM, Buring JE. The VITamin D and OmegA-3 TriaL (VITAL): rationale and design of a large randomized controlled trial of vitamin D and marine omega-3 fatty acid supplements for the primary prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease. Volume 33 of Issue 1. Contemporary clinical trials 2011. PMID: 21986389


  103. Albert MA, Glynn RJ, Fonseca FA, Lorenzatti AJ, Ferdinand KC, MacFadyen JG, Ridker PM. Race, ethnicity, and the efficacy of rosuvastatin in primary prevention: the Justification for the Use of Statins in Prevention: an Intervention Trial Evaluating Rosuvastatin (JUPITER) trial. Volume 162 of Issue 1. American heart journal 2011. PMID: 21742096


  104. Albert MA, Williams DR. Invited commentary: Discrimination--an emerging target for reducing risk of cardiovascular disease? Volume 173 of Issue 11. American journal of epidemiology 2011. PMID: 21354989


  105. Powell TM, de Lemos JA, Banks K, Ayers CR, Rohatgi A, Khera A, McGuire DK, Berry JD, Albert MA, Vega GL, Grundy SM, Das SR. Body size misperception: a novel determinant in the obesity epidemic. Volume 170 of Issue 18. Archives of internal medicine 2010. PMID: 20937931


  106. Moukarbel GV, Albert MA. The ecology of stent thrombosis: a view from a sociobiological perspective. Volume 122 of Issue 11. Circulation 2010. PMID: 20805426


  107. Albert MA. Receipt of high-quality coronary heart disease care in the United States: all about being black or white: comment on "Racial differences in admissions to high-quality hospitals for coronary heart disease". Volume 170 of Issue 14. Archives of internal medicine 2010. PMID: 20660839


  108. Slopen N, Lewis TT, Gruenewald TL, Mujahid MS, Ryff CD, Albert MA, Williams DR. Early life adversity and inflammation in African Americans and whites in the midlife in the United States survey. Volume 72 of Issue 7. Psychosomatic medicine 2010. PMID: 20595419


  109. Albert MA, Cozier Y, Ridker PM, Palmer JR, Glynn RJ, Rose L, Halevy N, Rosenberg L. Perceptions of race/ethnic discrimination in relation to mortality among Black women: results from the Black Women's Health Study. Volume 170 of Issue 10. Archives of internal medicine 2010. PMID: 20498418


  110. Cook NR, Albert MA. Regarding REGARDS: Does inflammation explain racial and regional differences in cardiovascular disease risk? Volume 55 of Issue 9. Clinical chemistry 2009. PMID: 19589843


  111. Albert MA, Pare G, Morris A, Rose L, Buring J, Ridker PM, Zee RY. Candidate genetic variants in the fibrinogen, methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 genes and plasma levels of fibrinogen, homocysteine, and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 among various race/ethnic groups: data from Volume 157 of Issue 4. American heart journal 2009. PMID: 19332210


  112. Conen D, Glynn RJ, Ridker PM, Buring JE, Albert MA. Socioeconomic status, blood pressure progression, and incident hypertension in a prospective cohort of female health professionals. Volume 30 of Issue 11. European heart journal 2009. PMID: 19297384


  113. Albert MA. Heart failure in the urban African enclave of Soweto: a case study of contemporary epidemiological transition in the developing world. Volume 118 of Issue 23. Circulation 2008. PMID: 19047590


  114. Albert MA, Ravenell J, Glynn RJ, Khera A, Halevy N, de Lemos JA. Cardiovascular risk indicators and perceived race/ethnic discrimination in the Dallas Heart Study. Volume 156 of Issue 6. American heart journal 2008. PMID: 19033005


  115. Albert MA. Race/ethnicity and inflammation: is there a link to periodontal disease? Volume 79 of Issue 7. Journal of periodontology 2008. PMID: 18597591


  116. Albert MA. Inflammatory biomarkers, race/ethnicity and cardiovascular disease. Volume 65 of Issue 12 Pt 2. Nutrition reviews 2007. PMID: 18240555


  117. Albert MA, Glynn RJ, Buring JE, Ridker PM. Differential effect of soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 on the progression of atherosclerosis as compared to arterial thrombosis: a prospective analysis of the Women's Health Study. Volume 197 of Issue 1. Atherosclerosis 2007. PMID: 17640650


  118. Albert MA, Glynn RJ, Buring JE, Ridker PM. Relation between soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1, homocysteine, and fibrinogen levels and race/ethnicity in women without cardiovascular disease. Volume 99 of Issue 9. The American journal of cardiology 2007. PMID: 17478152


  119. Judith Meadows, Jacqueline Suk Danik, Michelle A. Albert. Chapter 9 Primary Prevention of Ischemic Heart Disease. Cardiovascular therapeutics 2007. PMID:


  120. Albert MA, Glynn RJ, Buring J, Ridker PM. Impact of traditional and novel risk factors on the relationship between socioeconomic status and incident cardiovascular events. Volume 114 of Issue 24. Circulation 2006. PMID: 17116764


  121. Albert MA, Ridker PM. C-reactive protein as a risk predictor: do race/ethnicity and gender make a difference? Volume 114 of Issue 5. Circulation 2006. PMID: 16880331


  122. Albert MA, Glynn RJ, Wolfert RL, Ridker PM. The effect of statin therapy on lipoprotein associated phospholipase A2 levels. Volume 182 of Issue 1. Atherosclerosis 2005. PMID: 15982658


  123. Unic D, Mihaljevic T, Leacche M, Gasparovic H, Albert MA, Byrne JG. Surgical treatment of a large left-main coronary artery aneurysm. The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon 2004. PMID: 15293160


  124. Albert MA, Torres J, Glynn RJ, Ridker PM. Perspective on selected issues in cardiovascular disease research with a focus on black Americans. Volume 110 of Issue 2. Circulation 2004. PMID: 15249517


  125. Albert MA, Glynn RJ, Buring J, Ridker PM. C-reactive protein levels among women of various ethnic groups living in the United States (from the Women's Health Study). Volume 93 of Issue 10. The American journal of cardiology 2004. PMID: 15135696


  126. Albert MA, Glynn RJ, Ridker PM. Effect of physical activity on serum C-reactive protein. Volume 93 of Issue 2. The American journal of cardiology 2004. PMID: 14715354


  127. Albert MA, Ridker PM. Inflammatory biomarkers in African Americans: a potential link to accelerated atherosclerosis. Volume 5 Suppl 3. Reviews in cardiovascular medicine 2004. PMID: 15303082


  128. Blake GJ, Albert MA, Rifai N, Ridker PM. Effect of pravastatin on LDL particle concentration as determined by NMR spectroscopy: a substudy of a randomized placebo controlled trial. Volume 24 of Issue 20. European heart journal 2003. PMID: 14563343


  129. Albert MA, Glynn RJ, Ridker PM. Plasma concentration of C-reactive protein and the calculated Framingham Coronary Heart Disease Risk Score. Volume 108 of Issue 2. Circulation 2003. PMID: 12835213


  130. Albert MA, Glynn RJ, Ridker PM. Alcohol consumption and plasma concentration of C-reactive protein. Volume 107 of Issue 3. Circulation 2003. PMID: 12551869


  131. Albert MA, Danielson E, Rifai N, Ridker PM. Effect of statin therapy on C-reactive protein levels: the pravastatin inflammation/CRP evaluation (PRINCE): a randomized trial and cohort study. JAMA 2001. PMID: 11434828


  132. Albert MA, Staggers J, Chew P, Ridker PM. The pravastatin inflammation CRP evaluation (PRINCE): rationale and design. American heart journal 2001. PMID: 11376301


  133. Michelle A Albert, Nader Rifai, Paul M Ridker. Plasma Concentration of Cystatin-C and Mannose Binding Protein and the Risk of Developing Peripheral Vascular Disease. Circulation 2001. PMID:


  134. Albert MA, Rifai N, Ridker PM. Plasma levels of cystatin-C and mannose binding protein are not associated with risk of developing systemic atherosclerosis. Vascular medicine (London, England) 2001. PMID: 11789968


  135. Albert MA. The role of C-reactive protein in cardiovascular disease risk. Current cardiology reports 2000. PMID: 10953259


  136. Albert MA, Ridker PM. The role of C-reactive protein in cardiovascular disease risk. Current cardiology reports 1999. PMID: 10980827


  137. Mickell JJ, Pedigo SA, Lucking SE, Albert MA. Age-related differences in the use of morphine, diazepam, and pancuronium for mechanically ventilated children. Developmental pharmacology and therapeutics 1990. PMID: 2311477