Alonso is Co-Director and Co-Founder of LIDE. He is a PhD student in Health Economics at the University of Minnesota.

Education

- PhD Student, Health Policy and Management (Health Economics), University of Minnesota
- MA, Econometrics, Xiamen University, 2024
- MA, Music and Dance Xiamen University, 2021
- BA, Finance, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, 2014
- BA, Economics, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, 2014

Experience

Alonso is a second-year PhD student at the University of Minnesota. He is the Co-Director of LIDE, where he has secured several grants from the U.S. Department of State through the U.S. Embassy in Ecuador to support the training of young research fellows from economically disadvantaged communities across the country.

Alonso has published research on health policy evaluation, access to primary care, women’s health, gerontology, and clinical trials in music therapy. His academic interests emerged from an interdisciplinary background. Before pursuing doctoral studies, he worked at Deloitte as a Mergers and Acquisitions Advisor. He later transitioned into health services research after spending five years in China, where he completed graduate studies and collaborated on clinical trial research using music therapy with stroke patients.

Research Interests

- Health economics
- Health policy
- Global health
- Women’s health
- Social epidemiology
- Gerontology
- Music therapy

Publications

Visit Alonso’s Google Scholar profile for a complete list of his publications.