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Rafael José Vieira finished his Integrated Master Degree in Medicine in 2020 at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto. He is a PhD candidate in Clinical and Health Services Research at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto. He is an Invited Assistant at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto and a collaborator in the Thematic Line on Healthcare Policy, Technology and Digital Transformation of RISE—Health Research Network. He has published over 25 articles in Web of Science-indexed journals and received over 100 citations. He is a member of the GRADE Working Group and Cochrane Portugal. His main teaching and research interests concern health technology assessment, particularly the field of evidence synthesis and economic evaluation of healthcare interventions, and real-world data analysis, particularly using Bayesian methods.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Rafael José Monteiro da Silva Vieira

Citation names

  • Vieira, Rafael
  • Vieira, Rafael-José
  • José-Vieira, Rafael
  • Vieira, RJ

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
7712-0D37-BE97
ORCID iD
0000-0003-1834-3055
Google Scholar ID
bhde6LEAAAAJ
Researcher Id
P-2373-2015
Scopus Author Id
57189456989

Email addresses

  • rafaelvieira@med.up.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Departamento de Medicina da Comunidade, Informação e Decisão em Saúde - Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Rua Doutor Plácido da Costa, 4200-450, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Health Care Sciences and Services
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Health Policy and Services
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Epidemiology
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine - Allergy

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2022/09 - 2025/07
Ongoing
 Investigação Clínica e em Serviços de Saúde (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021/02 - 2021/04
Concluded
 Blended Learning Introduction to Clinical Studies (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
 20
2014 - 2020
Concluded
 Medicina (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"Efficacy and safety of corticosteroid implants in non-infectious uveitis: a systematic review with network meta-analysis" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2018/08
Concluded
 R Programming (online via Coursera) (Outros)
Johns Hopkins University, United States
2018/07
Concluded
 The Data Scientist's Toolbox (online via Coursera) (Outros)
Johns Hopkins University, United States
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021 - Current Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022/05 - 2022/05 Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Escola Superior de Saúde de Santa Maria, Portugal
2016 - 2018 Trainee Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/01 - 2021/12 Interno (Médica) Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018 - 2022 Medical Content Creator Kenhub GmbH, Germany
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2020/10/01 - 2021/02/28 COVIDLearning - Knowledge Sharing for Health Professionals
NORTE-01-02B7-FEDER-065157
Researcher
Centro de Investigação em Tecnologias e Serviços de Saúde, Portugal
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Vieira, Rafael; Fonseca, Joao A; Fernando Lopes; Freitas, Alberto. "Trends in hospital admissions for obstructive lung disease (OLD) in Portugal from 2000 to 2010". 2017.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.22073.57442
  2. Freitas, Alberto; Rute Almeida; Jácome, Cristina; Sá-Sousa, Ana; José-Vieira, Rafael; Fonseca, João A. "Hospitalisations with obstructive lung disease in Portugal, from 2011 to 2015". Paper presented in X international, interdisciplinary conference on spatial statistics, geographical epidemiology and geographical aspects of public health (GEOMED 2017), Porto, 2017.
Conference poster
  1. Vieira, Rafael; Fonseca, Joao A; Fernando Lopes; Freitas, Alberto. "Trends in hospital admissions for obstructive lung disease (OLD) in Portugal from 2000 to 2010". 2016.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.15362.68807
Journal article
  1. Catarina Baía Soares; Rafael José Vieira; Sandra Costa; Rita Moita; Mariana Andrade; Hercília Guimarães. "Neurodevelopment outcomes in the first 5 years of the life of children with transposition of the great arteries surgically corrected in the neonatal period: systematic review and meta-analysis". Cardiology in the Young (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s104795112300375x.
    10.1017/s104795112300375x
  2. Bernardo Sousa-Pinto; Rafael José Vieira; Jan Brozek; António Cardoso-Fernandes; Nuno Lourenço-Silva; Renato Ferreira-da-Silva; André Ferreira; et al. "Intranasal antihistamines and corticosteroids in the treatment of allergic rhinitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol". BMJ Open (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076614.
    10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076614
  3. Jean Bousquet; Bernardo Sousa-Pinto; Frederico S. Regateiro; Ana Margarida Pereira; Luisa Brussino; Violeta Kvedariene; Désirée E. Larenas-Linnemann; et al. "MASK-air® direct patient data support the ARIA-MeDALL hypothesis on allergic phenotypes". Allergy (2023): https://doi.org/10.1111/all.15842.
    10.1111/all.15842
  4. JAE IL SHIN; Jimin Hwang; Rosie Kwon; Seung Won Lee; Min Seo Kim; Jae Il Shin; Dong Keon Yon; GBD 2019 Allergic Disorders Collaborators. "Global, regional, and national burden of allergic disorders and their risk factors in 204 countries and territories, from 1990 to 2019: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019". Allergy 78 8 (2023): 2232-2254. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/all.15807.
    10.1111/all.15807
  5. André Ferreira; Rafael José Vieira; Maria João Furtado; Miguel Lume; José P. Andrade; Pedro Menéres. "Detection of subclinical microvascular changes in systemic lupus erythematous using optical coherence tomography angiography: A systematic review and meta-analysis". Survey of Ophthalmology (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.survophthal.2023.07.008.
    10.1016/j.survophthal.2023.07.008
  6. B Sousa-Pinto; Y Palamarchuk; L Leemann; S Jankin; X Basagaña; J Ballester; A Bedbrook; et al. "From MASK-air® and SILAM to CATALYSE (Climate Action to Advance HeaLthY Societies in Europe)". Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology 34 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.18176/jiaci.0923.
    10.18176/jiaci.0923
  7. Jean Bousquet; Mohamed Shamji; Josep M. Anto; Holger J. Schünemann; G. Walter Canonica; Marek Jutel; Del Giacco SR; et al. "Patient-centered digital biomarkers for allergic respiratory diseases and asthma: The ARIA-EAACI approach – ARIA-EAACI Task Force Report". Allergy 78 7 (2023): 1758-1776. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/all.15740.
    10.1111/all.15740
  8. Vanessa Gorasso; Joana Nazaré Morgado; Periklis Charalampous; Sara M. Pires; Juanita A. Haagsma; João Vasco Santos; Jane Idavain; et al. "Burden of disease attributable to risk factors in European countries: a scoping literature review". Archives of Public Health 81 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13690-023-01119-x.
    10.1186/s13690-023-01119-x
  9. Helena Sofia Ribeiro; André Assunção; Rafael José Vieira; Paulo Soares; Hercília Guimarães; Filipa Flor-de-Lima. "Platelet transfusions in preterm infants: current concepts and controversies—a systematic review and meta-analysis". European Journal of Pediatrics (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-023-05031-y.
    10.1007/s00431-023-05031-y
  10. André Ferreira; Rafael José Vieira; Bernardo Sousa-Pinto. "Methodologic lessons from published systematic reviews". Eye (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41433-023-02599-5.
    10.1038/s41433-023-02599-5
  11. R.J. Vieira; B. Sousa-Pinto; A.M. Pereira; C.R. Cordeiro; C.C. Loureiro; F. Regateiro; L. Taborda-Barata; J. Bousquet; J. Fonseca. "Asthma hospitalizations: A call for a national strategy to fight health inequities". Pulmonology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pulmoe.2022.12.001.
    10.1016/j.pulmoe.2022.12.001
  12. Bernardo Sousa-Pinto; Holger J. Schünemann; Ana Sá-Sousa; Rafael José Vieira; Rita Amaral; Josep M. Anto; Ludger Klimek; et al. "Consistent trajectories of rhinitis control and treatment in 16,177 weeks: The MASK-air® longitudinal study". Allergy (2023): https://doi.org/10.1111/all.15574.
    10.1111/all.15574
  13. Bernardo Sousa-Pinto; Cristina Jácome; Ana Margarida Pereira; Frederico S Regateiro; Rute Almeida; Wienczyslawa Czarlewski; Marek Kulus; et al. "Development and validation of an electronic daily control score for asthma (e-DASTHMA): a real-world direct patient data study". The Lancet Digital Health 5 4 (2023): e227-e238. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2589-7500(23)00020-1.
    10.1016/s2589-7500(23)00020-1
  14. André Ferreira; Rita Anjos; Rafael José-Vieira; Miguel Afonso; Ana Carolina Abreu; Sílvia Monteiro; Mafalda Macedo; et al. "Application of optical coherence tomography angiography for microvascular changes in patients treated with hydroxychloroquine: a systematic review and meta-analysis". Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-023-06023-2.
    10.1007/s00417-023-06023-2
  15. Periklis Charalampous; Juanita A Haagsma; Lea S Jakobsen; Vanessa Gorasso; Isabel Noguer; Alicia Padron-Monedero; Rodrigo Sarmiento; et al. "Burden of infectious disease studies in Europe and the United Kingdom: a review of methodological design choices". Epidemiology and Infection (2023): 1-32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0950268823000031.
    10.1017/s0950268823000031
  16. Jean Bousquet; Josep M. Anto; Bernardo Sousa-Pinto; Wienczyslawa Czarlewski; Anna Bedbrook; Tari Haahtela; Ludger Klimek; et al. "Digitally-enabled, patient-centred care in rhinitis and asthma multimorbidity: The ARIA-MASK-air ® approach". Clinical and Translational Allergy 13 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/clt2.12215.
    10.1002/clt2.12215
  17. Bernardo Sousa-Pinto; Ana Sá-Sousa; Rafael José Vieira; Rita Amaral; Ana Margarida Pereira; Josep M. Anto; Ludger Klimek; et al. "Cut-off values of MASK-air® Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs)". The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaip.2022.12.005.
    10.1016/j.jaip.2022.12.005
  18. Rafael José Vieira; Nhân Pham-Thi; Josep M. Anto; Wienczyslawa Czarlewski; Ana Sá-Sousa; Rita Amaral; Anna Bedbrook; et al. "Academic Productivity of Young People With Allergic Rhinitis: A MASK-air Study". The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice 10 11 (2022): 3008-3017.e4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaip.2022.08.015.
    10.1016/j.jaip.2022.08.015
  19. Rafael José Vieira; Bernardo Sousa-Pinto; Aram Anto; Markus Berger; Stephanie Dramburg; Oliver Pfaar; Ludger Klimek; et al. "Real-world data using mHealth apps in rhinitis, rhinosinusitis and their multimorbidities". Clinical and Translational Allergy 12 11 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/clt2.12208.
    10.1002/clt2.12208
  20. Rafael José Vieira; Bernardo Sousa-Pinto; António Cardoso-Fernandes; Cristina Jácome; Diana Portela; Rita Amaral; Ana Sá-Sousa; et al. "Control of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Test: A systematic review of measurement properties and COSMIN analysis". Clinical and Translational Allergy (2022): https://doi.org/10.1002/clt2.12194.
    10.1002/clt2.12194
  21. José-Vieira, Rafael; Bernardo Sousa-Pinto; Josep M. Antó; Aziz Sheikh; Ludger Klimek; Torsten Zuberbier; João A. Fonseca; Jean Bousquet. Corresponding author: Jean Bousquet. "Usage patterns of oral H1-antihistamines in 10 European countries: a study using MASK-air® and Google Trends real-world data". World Allergy Organization Journal 15 7 (2022):
    Open access • Accepted • 10.1016/j.waojou.2022.100660
  22. Bernardo Sousa-Pinto; Holger J. Schünemann; Ana Sá-Sousa; Rafael José Vieira; Rita Amaral; Josep M. Anto; Ludger Klimek; et al. "Comparison of rhinitis treatments using MASK -air® data and considering the Minimal Important Difference". Allergy (2022): https://doi.org/10.1111/all.15371.
    10.1111/all.15371
  23. Bernardo Sousa-Pinto; Ana Sá-Sousa; Rafael José Vieira; Rita Amaral; Ludger Klimek; Wienczyslawa Czarlewski; Josep M. Antó; et al. Corresponding author: Jean Bousquet. "Behavioural patterns in allergic rhinitis medication in Europe: A study using MASK-air ® real-world data". Allergy (2022): https://doi.org/10.1111/all.15275.
    10.1111/all.15275
  24. Bernardo Sousa-Pinto; Luís Filipe Azevedo; Ana Sá-Sousa; José-Vieira, Rafael; Rita Amaral; Ludger Klimek; Wienczyslawa Czarlewski; et al. Corresponding author: Jean Bousquet. "Allergen immunotherapy in MASK-air users in real-life: Results of a Bayesian mixed-effects model". Clinical and Translational Allergy 12 3 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/clt2.12128.
    10.1002/clt2.12128
  25. José-Vieira, Rafael; Nhân Pham-Thi; Josep M. Antó; Wienczyslawa Czarlewski; Ana Sá-Sousa; Rita Amaral; Anna Bedbrook; et al. "Academic productivity of young people with allergic rhinitis: A MASK-air® study". The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice (2022):
    Under revision
  26. André Ferreira; Rita Anjos; José-Vieira, Rafael; Miguel Afonso; Ana Carolina Abreu; Sílvia Monteiro; Mafalda Macedo; et al. "Application of Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography for hydroxychloroquine-induced microvascular changes: a systematic review and meta-analysis". Ophthalmologica (2022):
    Submitted
  27. Vieira, Rafael; André Ferreira; Menéres, Pedro; Luis Figueira; Sousa-Pinto, Bernardo. "Efficacy and safety of intravitreal and periocular injection of corticosteroids in non-infectious uveitis: a systematic review". Survey of Ophthalmology (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.survophthal.2021.12.002.
    10.1016/j.survophthal.2021.12.002
  28. Rafael Vieira; Bernardo Sousa-Pinto; Luís Figueira. "Beware of word truncation in PubMed: unexpected problems and potential solutions". BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine (2021): bmjebm--2019--111286-bmjebm--2019--111286. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjebm-2019-111286.
    10.1136/bmjebm-2019-111286
  29. Rafael Vieira; Bernardo Sousa-Pinto; Luís Figueira. "Efficacy and Safety of Corticosteroid Implants in Non-infectious Uveitis: A Systematic Review with Network Meta-analysis". Ocular Immunology and Inflammation (2020): 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/09273948.2020.1787463.
    10.1080/09273948.2020.1787463
  30. Rafael Vieira; João Almeida Fonseca; Fernando Lopes; Alberto Freitas. "Trends in hospital admissions for obstructive lung disease from 2000 to 2010 in Portugal". Respiratory Medicine 116 (2016): 63-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2016.05.018.
    10.1016/j.rmed.2016.05.018
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Efficacy and safety of corticosteroid implants in non-infectious uveitis: a systematic review with network meta-analysis". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, 2020. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/128823.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2017/02/09 Trends in hospital admissions for obstructive lung disease (OLD) in Portugal from 2000 to 2010 IJUP—Encontro de Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto (10.ª Edição)
Universidade do Porto (Portugal, Portugal)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2022/05/09 - 2022/05/11 Training School - General concepts of burden of disease
Other
 Training School - General concepts of burden of disease
European Burden of Disease Network, Belgium
2022/02/10 - 2022/02/10 Advanced data presentation using R: Interactive apps and animated graphs
Workshop
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022/02/08 - 2022/02/10 Meta-analysis with R
Workshop
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021/07/10 - 2021/07/12 EAACI Hybrid Congress 2021
Congress
European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Switzerland
2021/02/06 - 2021/02/06 Data Analysis using PowerBI
Workshop
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021/02/05 - 2021/02/05 mHealth patient-centred technologies - the future is now
Workshop
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021/02/04 - 2021/02/04 How to work with Rayyan QCRI: a free Systematic Reviews web app
Workshop
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021/02/01 - 2021/02/01 Social marketing and public health: an approach to mitigate COVID-19 and other epidemics
Seminar
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2016/09/15 - 2016/09/18 11th YES Meeting
Congress
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2022/06 - Current EIT Health Alumni
2022/06 - Current HARMONY - Novel tools for test evaluation and disease prevalence estimation
2022/04 - Current European Burden of Disease Network Working Group Member
2022/01 - Current Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), University of Washington (US) Collaborator
2021/06 - Current European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Junior Member
2021/02 - Current Cochrane
2018/02 - Current Data Science Portuguese Association

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022 - Current Metodologia de investigação: da bibliografia ao desenho de estudo Blended Learning Introduction to Clinical Studies (Outros) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022 - Current Bioestatística: da teoria à prática da análise de dados Blended Learning Introduction to Clinical Studies (Outros) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022 - Current DECIDES III: Decisão, Dados e Saúde Digital Medicina (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022 - Current Metodologia de Investigação em Saúde Evidência e Decisão em Saúde (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022 - Current Investigação em Serviços de Saúde Evidência e Decisão em Saúde (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022 - Current Avaliação de Tecnologias em Saúde Evidência e Decisão em Saúde (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021 - Current DECIDES I - Decisão, Dados e Estatística em Saúde Medicina (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021 - Current DECIDES II - Decisão, Dados e Evidência em Saúde Medicina (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2022/05 - 2022/05 Investigação aplicada aos Cuidados Paliativos Pós-Graduação em Cuidados Paliativos (Pós-Graduação) Escola Superior de Saúde de Santa Maria, Portugal
2022/03 - 2022/04 Pediatristics - Curso Teórico-Prático de Bioestatística (Outros) Sociedade Portuguesa de Pediatria, Portugal
2021 - 2021 Introdução à Investigação em Saúde Medicina (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021 - 2021 Bioestatística, Informação e Decisão em Saúde II Medicina (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2016 - 2018 Morfofisiologia do Aparelho Locomotor Medicina (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2016 - 2018 Morfofisiologia do Sistema Nervoso Medicina (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2017 Anatomo-Clinical Conferences 2nd Semestre Award - 1st Place
Porto Biomedical Journal, Portugal
2016 Honourable Mention - Public Health & Medical Informatics Poster Session
YES Meeting, Portugal
2016 Anatomo-Clinical Conferences 1st Semestre Award - 1st Place
Porto Biomedical Journal, Portugal