District 4, Georgia Dept of Health

Alex Wright is an epidemiologist specializing in tropical diseases, specifically malaria. She is from Peach County Georgia and attended UGA for her undergraduate and the London School of Tropical Medicine for her graduate work. She lived in Tanzania for 10 years working on malaria research before being hired as a consultant by World Health Organization. She now works in 13 countries in Africa, Asia and South America helping build laboratory capacity in malaria zones. Most recently, she is sequestered at DPH District 4 (Fayette County) working as an epidemiologist for Covid-19 in 2020.