Alex Nading is a medical and environmental anthropologist in the College of Arts and Sciences. His research, mostly focused on Nicaragua, has examined transnational campaigns against dengue fever, bacterial disease, and chronic kidney disease, as well as grassroots movements to address these issues. 

He is the former editor (2021-24) of Medical Anthropology Quarterly and author of two books, "Mosquito Trails: Ecology, Health, and the Politics of Entanglement" (2014) and "The Kidney and the Cane: Planetary Health and Plantation Labor in Nicaragua" (2025).