Nicole Alston is a social worker with a particular expertise in grief who has served the Center for Prolonged Grief at Columbia University in various capacities over many years. Alston has worked as a community liaison and recruitment coordinator and an independent evaluator for several of the Center’s studies. Nicole is also a frequent contributor to the Center’s presentations and training. Outside of her work with the Center, Alston has taken clinical and non-clinical roles providing grief support including pediatric social work, group facilitation, and development of grief curriculum for schools. More recently, she has drawn on her diverse skillset to provide support as an associate producer on a film focusing on communities affected by disparities in health. Alston is a Social Work Health Futures Fellow, a Portland State University School of Social Work project sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. She holds a master’s degree in Social Work (Advanced Generalist Practice and Programming) from Columbia University.

Biography current as of October 21, 2021