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Rafael Pires Miranda is an integrated member at CEGIST and an assistant professor (tenure track) at the Department of Engineering and Management (DEG) of IST. He earned his PhD degree in Engineering and Management at IST, with a final classification of “Pass with Distinction and Honour”. His PhD research, in a corporate environment within a collaboration between CEGIST and Siemens Healthineers, focused on "Developing Approaches for Continuously Monitoring and Evaluating Integrated Remote Care Interventions". He also holds an MSc degree in Biomedical Engineering from IST. Rafael also gained professional experience as a Business Intelligence (BI) Developer at CUF Hospital Group (2018-2020) and at the Enterprise Services department of Siemens Healthineers Portugal (2021-2025). Rafael's research interests encompass multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) under uncertainty and risk, value-based BI, and group work facilitation, with applications to health technology assessment and health policymaking. He authored 5 scientific publications in top “Health Policy & Services” journals and delivered oral presentations at several national and international scientific conferences. Additionally, he currently teaches “Engineering, Decision, and Public Policies”, “Business Analytics” and “Engeneering Project Management”, receiving the IST Excellence Pedagogical Award for two consecutive years. He won the ULisboa – redeSAÚDE 2024 Prize for Best Doctoral Work in the field of Health Systems / Entrepreneurship / Digital Transition and was one of the 12 finalists of the 2025 Três Minutos de Tese na Universidade de Lisboa competition.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Rafael Alexandre Pires Miranda
Date of birth
1995/09/26

Citation names

  • Miranda, Rafael

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
8013-77CC-F018
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0677-1642
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=pt-PT&user=wV7tf4wAAAAJ
Scopus Author Id
58136153800

Email addresses

  • rafaelpiresmiranda@tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Medical Engineering
  • Engineering and Technology - Other Engineering and Technologies

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Proficiency (C2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/10 - 2025/04
Concluded
 Engenharia e Gestão (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Developing approaches for continuously monitoring and evaluating integrated remote care interventions" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Pass with Distinction and Honour
2013/09 - 2018/11
Concluded
 Engenharia Biomédica (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Biomecânica e Dispositivos Biomédicos
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Deep Learning for Multi-Label ICD-9 Classification of Hospital Discharge Summaries" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/01 - 2025/01 Research Trainee (Research) Siemens Healthineers AG, Germany
2018/02 - 2018/10 Research Trainee (Research) Luz Saúde SA, Portugal
2018/02 - 2018/10 Research Trainee (Research) Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2025/10 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Instituto Superior Técnico Departamento de Engenharia e Gestão, Portugal
2025/09 - 2025/10 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Instituto Superior Técnico Departamento de Engenharia e Gestão, Portugal
2023/09 - 2025/07 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Instituto Superior Técnico Departamento de Engenharia e Gestão, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/09 - 2020/09 Técnico Superior de Business Intelligence José de Mello Saúde, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024/10 - 2025/10 Development of an Advanced Business Intelligence Tool for Improving Monitoring and Evaluation Activities of Remote Patient Monitoring Programs for Heart Failure Management
1018P.03394.1.01
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico
Concluded
2020/10 - 2025/04 Desenvolvimento de multi-metodologia para a avaliação de tecnologias para a gestão integrada da saúde e acompanhamento remoto
2020.05845.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Gestão do Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Siemens Healthineers AG, Germany
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/10 - 2025/02 Spatial Data Science Services for COVID-19 Pandemic
DSAIPA/DS/0115/2020
Technical development
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2023 - 2024 MEDI-VALUE: Developing HTA tools to consensualise MEDIcal devices' VALUE through multicriteria decision analysis
PTDC/EGE-OGE/29699/2017
Technical development
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Rafael Miranda; David Franco Rodrigues; Filipa Matos Baptista; Mónica Duarte Oliveira. "From predefined indicators to a management dashboard for heart failure telemonitoring: a modified nominal group technique approach in Portuguese hospitals". BMC Health Services Research (2026): https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-026-14031-1.
    10.1186/s12913-026-14031-1
  2. Oliveira, M.D.; Tavares, A.I.; Miranda, R.; Trindade, R.; Vieira, A.C.L.. "A novel policy dialogue to build sustainable and resilient health systems: findings from PHSSR Portugal". Health Research Policy and Systems 23 1 (2025): https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-105005553501&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/s12961-025-01329-5
  3. Silvério, R.; Baptista, F.M.; Oliveira, M.D.; Pires Miranda, R.A.. "Unlocking Continuous Improvement in Heart Failure Remote Monitoring: A Participatory Approach to Unveil Value Dimensions and Performance Indicators". Telemedicine and e-Health 30 7 (2024): e1990-e2003. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85187699653&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1089/tmj.2023.0560
  4. Rafael Miranda; Mónica Duarte Oliveira; Paulo Nicola; Filipa Matos Baptista; Isabel Albuquerque. "Towards A Framework for Implementing Remote Patient Monitoring From an Integrated Care Perspective: A Scoping Review". International Journal of Health Policy and Management (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.34172/ijhpm.2023.7299.
    10.34172/ijhpm.2023.7299
  5. Miranda, R.; Oliveira, M.D.; Baptista, F.M.; Albuquerque, I.. "Telemonitoring in Portugal: where do we stand and which way forward?". Health Policy 131 (2023): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85149714799&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.healthpol.2023.104761
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Miranda, Rafael. "Deep Learning for Multi-Label ICD-9 Classification of Hospital Discharge Summaries". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, 2018. https://fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/cursos/mebiom/dissertacao/1409728525632106.
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2026/01 - Current An uncertainty-modelling, time-driven, activity-based costing approach for improving cost estimates in project management
Supervisor of Leonardo Schiavon
 Engenharia e Gestão da Inovação e Empreendedorismo (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2025/02 - 2025/11 Improving cost modeling in Health Technology Assessment through a Decision Support System founded in Uncertainty-Modelling Time-Drive Activity-Based Costing
Co-supervisor of Catarina Fernandes Duarte Cabral Baptista
 Engenharia Biomédica (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2025/02 - 2025/11 Assessing Innovation in Healthcare Projects: From a Scoping Review to a Practical Tool for Indicator Selection
Co-supervisor of Alice Alves Matias
 Engenharia Biomédica (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2024/02 - 2024/11 Design and development of a decision support system integrating MACBETH-Voting for use in health contexts
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Biomédica (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023/02 - 2023/12 Incorporating uncertainty in Healthcare Time-Driven Activity Based Costing: From a literature review to a framework for remote care interventions
Co-supervisor of Francisca Filipa Pereira Barbosa Afonso
 Engenharia Biomédica (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2025/08 - 2026/03 "Mais Dados, Melhor Saúde", uma iniciativa científica que visa apoiar o desenho e implementação de um modelo de acesso secundário a dados de saúde em Portugal, que tem o suporte técnico da IQVIA e o apoio da Roche Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Gestão do Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2025 Excellence Pedagogical Award: Evaluation 9/9
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2024 ULisboa – redeSAÚDE 2024 Prize for Best Doctoral Work in the field of Health Systems / Entrepreneurship / Digital Transition
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2024 Excellence Pedagogical Award: Evaluation 9/9
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018 NEBM-IST – José de Mello Saúde 1st Prize "BioMind - Make it in 24h!"
Núcleo de Estudantes de Engenharia Biomédica do Instituto Superior Técnico (NEBM-IST), Portugal
2016 Diploma de Mérito Académico 2015/2016
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2015 Diploma de Mérito Académico 2014/2015
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2014 Quadro de Mérito Académico 2013/2014
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2013 Banco Santander-Totta Excellence Award for High School Students
Banco Santander Totta, Portugal

Other distinction

2025 Três Minutos de Tese na Universidade de Lisboa, 3rd edition (3MT ULisboa): Qualified for the 12 finalists
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal