Alec Calac

Alec Calac (Pauma Band of Luiseño Indians) is an MD/PhD candidate at UC San Diego School of Medicine and Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science. He works collaboratively with the Global Health Policy and Data Institute on projects that integrate tribal public health, digital technology, social media, and health policy. His scholarship has been published in the Harm Reduction Journal, JAMA Internal Medicine, Journal of Racial and EthnicHealth Disparities, Public Health Reports, Cell, JMIR Infodemiology, American Journal of Health Promotion, JAMA, Journal of Internal Medicine, American Journal of Public Health, and Nature Communications Biology. In 2022, he was named a 40 Under 40 Leader in Minority Health by theNational Minority Quality Forum and participated in the Biden-Harris Leaders in Health Equity Roundtable Series. In addition to his research work, Alec has served as the National President of the Association of Native American Medical Students and Chair of the American Medical Association Standing Committee on American Indian Affairs. He currently serves on the UC Global Health Institute HEAL Fellowship Advisory Board, Indian Health Council Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program Community Advisory Board, and National Minority Quality Forum Cancer Stage Shifting Initiative Scientific Advisory Board.