Alondra Oubré

Alondra Oubré is an American medical anthropologist. Born in San Francisco and raised in the Bay Area she currently resides in Southern California. Oubré earned her M.A. in anthropology and a Ph.D. in anthropology and medical anthropology from UC Berkeley. In 1992, she joined Shaman Pharmaceuticals as a staff scientist. She is the author of Instinct and Revelation, and has written on plant drug research, pharmacology, and human biodiversity.