Alex Wright
(Former) Malaria Laboratory Advisor
- Role
- Malaria Laboratory Advisor at USAID
- Location
- Washington, DC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Alex Wright
I immensely enjoyed my time working at the USAID President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) headquarters in Washington, D.C, as the Malaria Laboratory Advisor. I am a field-trained malariologist with 15 years of international experience in malaria control, primarily in East and West Africa. My areas of expertise include field collection of malaria samples (both blood and mosquito), building malaria laboratories, malaria laboratory procurement, molecular malaria surveillance, capacity strengthening, and implementing Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) in vector control laboratories across 15 countries, including Tanzania, Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d\'Ivoire, Mozambique, China, Malaysia, India, Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina. I am particularly passionate about connecting partners within the malaria laboratory space, and fostering collaboration in both entomology and parasitology to advance global malaria control efforts.
Experience
Malaria Laboratory Advisor
Dec 2023 — Present · Washington, DC, US
Education
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U. of London
Masters of Science
2008 — 2009
The University of Georgia
Bachelor of Science
2003 — 2008
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Doctor of Public Health in Leadership, Advocacy, and Equity
2023 — 2025
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