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Rafael Pires Miranda is an integrated member at CEGIST and an assistant professor 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 4 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 is 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 - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics
  • 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)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
 Pass with Distinction and Honour
2013/09 - 2018/11/22
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
2020/10 - 2024/10 Desenvolvimento de multi-metodologia para a avaliação de tecnologias para a gestão integrada da saúde e acompanhamento remoto
2020.05845.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Submitted

Contract

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

Publications

Journal article
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2017/09 - 2018/03 IV Semana da Bioengenharia | Iniciativa dos alunos dos Mestrados Integrados em Eng. Biomédica e Eng. Biológica e Mestrados em Biotecnologia e Microbiologia, com a missão de estreitar a relação entre a comunidade académica e o mundo empresarial/comunidade científica, divulgando igualmente o trabalho desenvolvido atualmente, em Portugal e no Mundo na área da bioengenharia. O evento contou com um conjunto de palestras apresentadas por investigadores e empresas, nacionais e internacionais, visitas de estudo, workshops, entre outras atividades. (2018/03/05 - 2018/03/09)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2017/09 - 2018/09 Núcleo de Estudantes de Engenharia Biomédica do Instituto Superior Técnico (NEBM-IST) Presidente do Conselho Fiscal
2015/09 - 2017/06 Núcleo de Estudantes de Engenharia Biomédica do Instituto Superior Técnico (NEBM-IST) Colaborador da Secção Lúdica e Desportiva
Distinctions

Award

2018 1º Prémio na competição "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 Prémio de Excelência de Ensino Secundário
Banco Santander Totta, Portugal