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 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. 

Keywords: Health technology assessment | Multicriteria value measurement | Facilitated decision analysis | Uncertainty and risk modelling