
Alec Calac, PhD
@ajcalac
Pauma Band of Luiseño Indians | @ANAMS1975 Past President | @NMQF 40 under 40 Leader in Minority Health | MS3 @UCSDMedSchool | views mine
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https://www.anamstudents.org/leadership 05-03-2017 22:28:15
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Thrilled to share new work led by Jie Yang in the lab published today in nature. We find that Aspirin prevents metastasis by releasing T cells from immune suppression by platelet TXA2. Cambridge University CRUK Cambridge Centre rdcu.be/eci1U





📥 Now published in Tobacco Control! Representation of Commercial and Traditional Tobacco on Social Media: Deconstructing Historical Narratives to Address the Indigenous Youth Tobacco Epidemic UC San Diego School of Medicine tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/…


Dr Acosta and Dr Irons are in the UC San Diego School of Medicine PRIME-Health Equity program and informed and advocated for our PRIME-TIDE (Transforming Indigenous Doctor Education) Program 👏🏽

MSTP's Alec Calac, PhD, Ph.D. recently published a module in @aamctoday's @mededportal on "An Introduction to Traditional Healing in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities," discussing the importance of coordinating AI/AN patient care with physicians and traditional healers. 🩺💻



This Sunday, we held our 2025 UC San Diego M.D. Commencement Ceremony to honor our 54th graduating class, a group who will no doubt use their talents & skills to help others & change the world. We couldn’t be more proud. 🥼🔱 🔗 Read the full story ➡️ lnkd.in/g-3hSTAk


Our article on tribal public health authority is now out in JMIR. It was a pleasure to write this with @Swain_WillMD and Dr. Luis Gasca at Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine Residency Rochester!