Overview
Daniel Shalev, MD, is a psychiatrist, palliative care physician, and health services researcher whose scholarship seeks to improve mental health and symptom care for older adults living with serious illness. An Assistant Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine, he brings together palliative medicine, geriatric psychiatry, behavioral science, implementation science, and digital health to address gaps in how psychological distress is recognized and treated across serious-illness settings.
Dr. Shalev’s research program follows a deliberate path from identifying care-delivery gaps to developing and testing scalable solutions. His national surveys and mixed-methods studies have documented the high burden of depression, anxiety, and other behavioral health needs in palliative care and hospice, as well as the limited availability of integrated mental health services. Building on this work, he is developing Collaborative Care approaches tailored to ambulatory palliative care, including CoCM-PAL, which combines systematic symptom monitoring, evidence-based psychotherapy, psychiatric consultation, and interdisciplinary care management.
A complementary focus of his research is the use of remote, longitudinal symptom assessment to improve clinical care. Through EMA-PAL, a nonproprietary web-based platform developed with patients and clinicians, he examines how real-time symptom information can be translated into equitable, timely clinical action. His work emphasizes stakeholder engagement, accessibility, and fit with interdisciplinary workflows, particularly for older and medically complex patients who may face barriers to conventional care. His work is grounded in the experiences of patients, caregivers, and clinicians.
Dr. Shalev’s scholarship spans qualitative and quantitative health services research, intervention development, pilot testing, implementation-focused research, and clinical trials. He has authored more than 80 peer-reviewed publications, leads and collaborates on federally and foundation-funded studies, and mentors trainees across disciplines. Collectively, his work aims to build a more responsive and integrated system of mental health care for people living with serious illness and those who care for them.
Highlights
- 1JAMA network open · 2026
- 2The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2024
- 3Journal of pain and symptom management · 2025
Publications
Funding
Active
5 grants- Co-IR01MH139215-01Integrating Medicare and Medicaid for dual eligibles with serious mental illness: studying healthcare utilization, quality, and mortalityNational Institute of Mental Health · 2024–2029
- Co-INU58DP007916-01-00Bridging Gaps and Transforming CARE for Young Breast Cancer Survivors and those with Metastatic DiseaseCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · 2024–2029No publications yet
- PIK76AG083287-03CoCM-PAL: Adapting Collaborative Care for Older Adults with Serious Illness and Comorbid Depression or Anxiety Receiving Ambulatory Palliative CareNational Institute on Aging · 2024–2029Career
- MPIUL1TR002384-06Clinical and Translational Science Center - UL1National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences · 2022–2027
- KPT32AG049666-06A1The Weill Cornell Medicine Research Training Program in Behavioral GeriatricsNational Institute on Aging · 2021–2026
Clinical research
Active
1 study- PINaloxone Prescribing Patterns in Outpatient Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical CenterWeill Medical College of Cornell University · OPEN TO ACCRUAL (as of 2024)
Completed & closed trials (2)
- PIEcological Momentary Assessment to Improve Symptom Management in Palliative Care: An Exploratory StudyWeill Medical College of Cornell University · CLOSED TO ACCRUAL (as of 2026)
- PIPalliative Care at the End-of-Life for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness: Barriers, Facilitators, and Mental Health-Serious Illness Care-Integration - BRANYplus TransferWeill Medical College of Cornell University · CLOSED TO ACCRUAL (as of 2024)
Mentoring
- KSKarolina SadowskaMD mentee · Class of 2025
- SBSanam BhatiaMD mentee · Class of 2024
- RWRobert WozniakMD mentee · Class of 2022
- MPMia PattilloMD mentee · Class of 2025
External relationships
Other Interest
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine