Heba Omar

Heba Omar holds a Bachelor’s degree in Statistics from the Faculty of Economics and Political Science at Cairo University. She then obtained a Master’s degree in Biostatistics and Demography from the Institute of Statistical Studies and Research at Cairo University. Her master’s thesis focused on The Development of Multidimensional Poverty Indices.

At LIS, Heba supports operational planning and system management, assisting in maintaining efficient workflows. She contributes to the data dissemination lifecycle, and ensures compliance with data governance and security regulations. Heba also assists with coordinating events, external projects, data acquisition processes, and microdata harmonization.

Before joining the LIS data team, she worked as a Senior Statistician at the Economic Research Forum (ERF) in Egypt and as Individual Consultant for the UNDP Regional Centre for the Arab States in Cairo.