Assaf Oron
Senior Analyst at Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolAssaf Oron is a senior analyst and statistician with 12 years of applied experience building predictive models and driving data-driven decisions across healthcare, environmental science, and high-tech industries. He holds a Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Washington and has led methodological work at institutions including IHME, the Gates Foundation, and Seattle Children’s Research Institute. Assaf designs spatio-temporal exposure models, novel clinical trial analyses, and machine-learning curricula—having co-developed and taught an R-based certificate that introduced predictive methods to practicing analysts. He combines academic rigor with product-focused impact, from patented mixture-analysis algorithms in biotech to process improvements at Intel that saved millions. Based in Seattle, he mentors teams and translates complex high-dimensional data into actionable insights for policy and research.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Statistics, Ph.D., Statistics at University of WashingtonB.Sc., Physics and Amirim Honors Program, B.Sc., Physics and Amirim Honors Program at The Hebrew University of JerusalemM.Sc., Environmental Science, M.Sc., Environmental Science at Weizmann Institute of Science
Hebrew
Github Skills (10)
graphic9
r9
xlconnect9
data-visualisation9
r-language8
r-package8
cran5
excel5
cross-platform2
python2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
assaforon/upndown
Oct 2020 - Oct 2025
R package for calculation and analysis of Up-and-Down designs
Contributions:104 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 1 month
assaforon/table1xls
Oct 2013 - Jul 2017
Contributions:33 commits, 21 pushes in 3 years 9 months
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