Dr. Alec Cali
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Alec Cali is an experienced postdoctoral researcher with a demonstrated history conducting innovative mixed methodology research. Their research focuses on how personal experience with structural factors influence medical beliefs and practices. Dr. Cali has conducted qualitative and experimental research exploring how experiences and perceptions of institutions, health crises (e.g., the opioid epidemic), and COVID policy in High and Low and Middle-Income Countries can influence vaccine uptake, susceptibility to misinformation, and intuitional trust. Their work currently explores the mechanisms through which experiences and perceptions are transformed into beliefs and practices, with a focus on adapting health interventions to phenomena that often reflect wider social issues.
Education
Contributions
Projects & Grants
Horizon Europe, ENDING COVID 19 VARIANTS OF CONCERN THROUGH COHORT STUDIES: END-VOC (2022-2025), https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101046314
Stony Brook University, The President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student, 2023
Stony Brook University, Summer Graduate Student Research Grant, 2023
Stony Brook University, Professional Development Award, 2023
Stony Brook University, PhD Researcher Scholarship, 2016-2023
Other scientific projects & initiatives
Historical Epistemology and Applied Learning (HEAL): A Historical Study of European and Japanese Theories of Knowledge Production, Ideological Construction, and Education for Application in Modern Health Research.
Philosophical Reasoning In Situational Matters (PRISM): A Study of How Individual Philosophical Approaches Influences Health Decision-Making
Tracking Health Responsibility, Individualism, and Viewer Expectations (THRIVE): Crafting the Ideal Patient Through Media Depictions of Alternative Health & Wellness Practices
Researching Inequality and Fault-lines in Health Technology (RIFT): An Examination of How Inequality and Stigma Influence AI As A Health Promotion and Education Tool
Publications
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8939-4904
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=gN_6UCIAAAAJ&hl=de&oi=ao
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alec-Cali