Isabel Oñate
Research Director at Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolIsabel Oñate is a research director and economist with 11 years of experience translating rigorous evidence—large-scale RCTs, meta-analyses, and aggregated evidence—into policy and program decisions for poverty reduction and social protection. Based at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, she leads research strategy, multi-country surveys, and partnerships while building data systems and operational processes that improve research quality and usability. Her background spans hands-on RCT implementation and advanced quantitative methods from roles at IPA and UNDP to a top-ranked MSc in Economics, giving her both field-level pragmatism and technical depth. She excels at turning complex experimental designs into actionable insights and capacity-building tools that strengthen teams and partners. Outside work she draws fresh perspective from interests in food, architecture, and the mountains, which often inform her collaborative, design-minded approach to problem solving.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Masters in Economics and Finance, Economics, Masters in Economics and Finance, Economics at Barcelona Graduate School of EconomicsNon-degree student, Non-degree student at Northwestern UniversityLicenciatura, Economía, Licenciatura, Economía at Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
English, French, Spanish
Github Skills (5)
stata10
research-data-management9
census8
statistics7
read-me3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
PovertyAction/LAC_summit_python
Aug 2019 - Aug 2019
Contributions:23 pushes in 7 days
isabelonate/hello-world
Jun 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:2 PRs, 3 pushes, 3 branches in 2 months
pythonfirst-repository
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