Asian Health Institute

February 15, 2017: Cumulative Stress and Cardiovascular Disease

Date: February 15, 2017
Time: 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Location: Herbst Hall, UCSF Mount Zion Campus 1600 Divisadero (between Post and Sutter St.) San Francisco
Fee: Free
Speaker: Michelle Albert, MD

Imbalance in personal efforts and rewards, financial strains, or unexpected events can generate stresses that affect our cardiovascular health. Come and hear from UCSF cardiologist Professor Michelle Albert who is an expert in this area as she shares her expertise with you in this upcoming lecture. This unique lecture is free and bilingual (English/Cantonese).

Register online at http://bit.ly/ucsfstress or call 415-885-3678 on the recording hotline.

For more information on the Cumulative Stress and Cardiovascular Disease class, click here for the flyer.


Dr. Michelle A. Albert, who recently joined the Division of Cardiology faculty, was raised in Guyana, South America by her grandparents while her parents studied in England. She planned to become an actuary like her father, but everything changed when her grandfather died suddenly in his early 60s. His death, her intense experiences of growing up in a third world nation, her in-depth study of the history of slavery, and her love of science inspired her to become a physician-researcher.

When she was 15, her family moved to Brooklyn. She studied chemistry at Haverford College in Pennsylvania, graduating at age 20, then attended the University of Rochester School of Medicine. She completed internal medicine residency and chief residency at Columbia University, followed by research and clinical fellowships at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, where she served on faculty for a decade, eventually becoming an Associate Professor. She also earned a master's degree in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health. Under the tutelage of Dr. Paul M. Ridker, Dr. Albert researched inflammatory biomarkers of cardiovascular risk prediction, with an emphasis on minorities and women. She has translated her work into cardiovascular health promotion, mentoring, and risk prevention for racial and ethnic minorities and women at the community, national and international levels. Dr. Albert has received several awards for her research and advocacy efforts.

Dr. Albert now transitions to UCSF Cardiology after serving as Chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Howard University in Washington, DC. She joined the UCSF faculty in January.