Dr. Alec Cali
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Alec Cali is the research group lead of disability and exclusion in healthcare 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 intersect with structural factors and health history to influence health practices and beliefs. Their work has provided insights into how we can better address vaccine uptake, health literacy, and intuitional trust among patients traditionally excluded from intervention strategies. Dr. Cali’s work currently explores the mechanisms through which the health sciences can utilize novel metrics, innovative methodology to better reflect the needs of excluded populations in the health system.
Education
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Amsterdam (2023-2025)
Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, Stony Brook University (2018-2023)
Master of Arts in Sociology, Stony Brook University (2016-2018)
Bachelor of Arts in Health Policy, CUNY Graduate Center (2012-2016)
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
Contact Information
E-Mail: alec.cali@uni-heidelberg.de