Matheus Z. Falcão
Matheus Z. Falcão
Alex Trebek Visiting Doctoral Fellow on AI and Society

Alex Trebek Doctoral Fellow in AI and Healthcare (2023)



Matheus Z. Falcão is an Alex Trebek Visiting Doctoral Student Fellow on AI and Society with the AI + Society Initiative at the Centre for Law, Technology and Society at the University of Ottawa.

He was previously the Alex Trebek Visiting Doctoral Fellow on AI and Healthcare at the AI + Society Initiative.

Matheus Z. Falcão is a PhD Candidate at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. His current work focuses on Digital Health, Global Health, and Health Systems. He holds a Master's degree in Law that explored the relationship between the Right to Health and Universal Health Coverage.

Matheus Z. Falcão is the director of the Brazilian Centre for Health Studies (Cebes) and an associate researcher at the Health Law Research Centre of the University of São Paulo. He has experience with research projects in partnership with the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO), the National Council of Justice of Brazil and other public offices and civil society organizations, including the Brazilian Institute for Consumers Defense (Idec) and the South Centre.