Alex Wright is a malariologist with 15 years of experience in overseas global public health. She graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Science in Public Health and a Certificate in African Studies. She then pursued her graduate work at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, obtaining a Master of Science in Control of Infectious Disease, with a specialty in Malaria. She is currently completing her Doctorate of Public Health at Tulane University in Health Leadership, Advocacy and Equity. Alex has worked for the London School of Tropical Medicine for 15 years as an Overseas Research Fellow Malariologist, specializing in capacity strengthening for vector control laboratories. She was based for 13 years in Moshi, Tanzania working at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College (KCMUCo Moshi) and the National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR Muheza), where she traveled and worked in remote areas of Tanzania conducting clinical malaria control work.

Alex has worked for the last 8 years as a consultant for the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), where she is assigned to 15 countries in Asia, South America, Central America, and East and West Africa working on mosquito laboratory capacity building and vector-borne disease outbreaks. She credits her professional success to her wonderful mentors at the University of Georgia African Studies Institute and College of Public Health.