Alonso is a PhD student in Health Policy & Management (Health Economics). He is also Co-Director of the Ecuadorian Development Research Lab, where he has secured several grants from the U.S. Embassy in Ecuador to support the training of young research fellows from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
Alonso’s research focuses on the use of quasi-experimental methods to understand the impacts of health policy on population outcomes, with a focus on global health. He has published research on health economics, 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 in Musicology and collaborated on clinical trial research using music therapy with stroke patients.