Albert joined the Fein Memory and Aging Center in 2007, initially serving as the center’s Data Manager. For four years, he served as the liaison between clinical research personnel and the technology team's programmers, helping to identify and systematize improvements in data collection design and implementation across research projects. Since then, he’s transitioned wholly to the technology team, serving as one of the main programmers for LAVA, the open-source clinical research data management solution used at the MAC and at sites around the world. He is also a core member of the team of technologists providing research data management and software development services to the Fein Memory and Aging Center and collaborators.
Albert graduated from Duke University with a BA degree in computer science and English. After college, he worked as a programmer for an internet startup and then as a Business/IT Analyst for Eli Lilly and Company.