This seminar will take place on June 15 at 14:30. The seminar will be in a hybrid format with:
- in-person session in the IST Alameda Campus, Department of Engineering and Management's Meeting Room
- online, via Zoom https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/84998853159
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Summary
Health threats pose significant dangers to humankind and form a major source of human suffering and sorrow. Responsible leadership and reasoned decision making can significantly improve the arenas that are affected by health threats, through establishing a better allocation of very scarce resources for building health capabilities and for increasing health preparedness, responsiveness and resilience.
We examine how public health leaders can use the cutting-edge research from Decision Sciences to better manage emerging and re-emerging health threats, with a focus on enhancing health security. While these decisions must be informed by the best available evidence, they must also address competing priorities and key uncertainties and must mitigate critical risks, albeit in a cost-effective manner which seeks to maximize societal value.
Speaker's bio
Gilberto Montibeller is Professor of Management Science at the School of Business and Economics, Loughborough University (UK) and a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Threats and Emergencies (CREATE), University of Southern California (USA). Dr Montibeller is an international expert in Risk and Decision Analysis, with a focus on health decision analysis and security risk management. He has led projects in this field for the World Health Organization, Pan-American Health Organization, UK Department for Environment, Health and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), UK Department of Health and Social Care, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/Malaria Initiative, among others.