Raúl Alegría-Morán is a veterinary epidemiologist from the Vet School of Universidad de Chile. He earned his master's degree at the University of Liverpool and then returned to Chile to complete a PhD at Universidad de Chile. His studies have been linked to zoonotic diseases in central Chile's small producer/backyard farm animal populations. Alegría-Morán is a former rugby and basketball player at the university and amateur levels, a fan of Star Wars, The Beatles (particularly George Harrison), and video games, and most importantly, father to a beautiful daughter.