Alice Matos is a veterinarian and public health professional whose work focuses on veterinary workforce development, education, and One Health. She is currently a Veterinary Public Health Resident at The Ohio State University, where she is also completing a Master of Public Health with specializations in Veterinary Public Health and Global Health. Her career reflects a commitment to strengthening veterinary services, improving community health, and advancing collaborative, systemsoriented approaches to public health challenges.
Alice works across Ethiopia, the Philippines, and Thailand, where she contributes to initiatives focused on aligning veterinary curricula with the WOAH Day-1 Competencies and local needs and resources. Her roles have included co-organizing intersectoral workshops with representatives from academia, government, and the private sector; contributing to the Veterinary Education National Action Plan in Ethiopia; supporting the development of curriculum-related action plans in colleges of the Philippines and Thailand; and creating guidance documents for data management and stretegic planning. She has also supported training efforts by developing discussion guides and facilitators’ manuals, and by training data management teams, facilitators, and notetakers to improve the quality and efficiency of stakeholderdriven workshops, enabling them to apply the methodology independently. Beyond her academic work, Alice has been deeply involved with Veterinários Sem Fronteiras (VSF) Portugal, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving public health by enhancing animal health.
She served as President from 2023 to 2025 and remains an active member, supporting volunteer coordination, grant development, budgeting, and community education for one health. Earlier, Alice worked as a veterinary surgeon with CoVets in Cape Verde, performing neuter/spay surgeries, developing GIS-based surveys, and delivering educational programs for children. She also gained laboratory and research experience on antimicrobial resistance through her master’s project on ESBL-producing bacteria in dogs from Cape Verde. Later, she worked with PANAFTOSA/PAHO, compiling and analyzing regional echinococcosis data from ministries of agriculture and health in Latin America. Alice has presented her research at national and international conferences and authored peer-reviewed publications.
Passionate about global health, Alice focuses on curriculum development, program evaluation, and capacity building, and is a strong advocate for clear, actionable, and well-organized technical documentation to ensure project efficiency and impact. She works effectively in cross-cultural settings and communicates across languages and sectors. Outside of work, she enjoys yoga and traveling, and takes on most challenges as long as they come with a large cup of coffee.