Dr. Matthew Muturi

Dr. Mathew Muturi is a field epidemiologist and co-lead at the Kenya Zoonotic Disease Unit. He holds a Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine (University of Nairobi) with postgraduate training in Applied Epidemiology from the Kenya Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program. He has a Ph.D. in Epidemiology of Tropical infectious diseases from Freie University, Berlin, Germany, and the International Livestock Research Institute where he is supervised by Prof.Ard Nijhof (Freie University), Prof.Thumbi Mwangi (CEMA) and Dr.Bernard Bett (ILRI). In addition to his in-country public health experience, he has served as a One Health expert and consultant in seven countries for multiple agencies. These include the World Health Organisation, U.S. Sandia National Laboratory, Washington State University Global Animal Health Program in Kenya, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, and U.S. Global Implementation Solutions. His main interests are in linked zoonotic disease studies, global health programs, and one health.