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1. Personal Data Name: Lara Palmira Gomes Medeiros Nobre de Noronha e Ferreira Place and date of birth : Lisbon, 14/07/1975 Nationality : Portuguese Institutional address : School of Management, Hospitality and Tourism, University of the Algarve, Campus da Penha, 8005-139 Faro - Portugal Phone : 351 289 800137 Fax: 351 289 800139 Email : [email protected] ORCID ID : 0000-0003-2378-7750

2. Academic Degrees 2009: PhD in Health Economics , Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra. 2002: MSc in Health Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra. 1997: Licenciatura in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of the Algarve (15 out of 20).

3. Previous and current scientific and/or professional activities Period Position or category Institution June 2012 -present Sudirector ESGHT-University of the Algarve November 2003 -present Adjunct Professor University of the Algarve Centre for Health Studies & 2004 -present Health Economics Researcher Research, University of Coimbra (http://www.uc.pt/org/ceisuc ). April 1999 – November 2003 Lecturer (Assistant) University of the Algarve Private Hospital-Casa de Saúde Santa September 1997 – June 2000 Financial Director Maria de Faro 3.1. Teaching I have a teaching experience of 13 years and I’ve taught mathematics, statistics, market research, health economics and policy in undergraduate and graduate courses at University of the Algarve. 4. Research 4.1. Area of scientific activity Economics; Health Economics; Outcomes research; Econometric modelling. 4.2. Domain of specialization and Present research interests Economics; Health Economics; Outcomes Research; Econometric modelling; Valuing and modelling health; Modelling stated preference data; Data analysis; Tourism economics.

5. Participation in research projects 5.1. Senior researcher

2010: Senior Researcher of the Project “Follow-up on the results of the health channel “Mais Saúde” (Portuguese Health Ministry).

2005-2006: Senior Researcher of the project “Health Related Quality of Life in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis” (University of the Algarve). 5.2. Researcher

1 2012-present: Researcher in the international project “Development of SF-6D V2” of the School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, with the collaboration of researchers from several countries (UK, Australia, Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Japan, Denmark, among others).

2013-present: Researcher in the Project “Measuring value in oncology” (ref. 126019) (Callouste Gulbenkian Foundation), conjoint work between CEISUC, Portuguese Cancer Institute and Fernando Pessoa University).

2010-2012: Researcher in the Project “Health-states and preferences of the Portuguese population” (PTDC/SAU- EPI/115151/2009) (Portuguese Scientific Foundation).

2010-2012: Researcher in the Project “Using the EQ-5D in Health-related quality of life” (Pfizer).

2010-2012: Researcher in the Project “Measuring Health-related quality of life of the Portuguese population – estimating the Portuguese value set for the EQ-5D” (Portuguese Health Ministry).

2007-2009: Researcher in a joint research project of the Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra and of the University of Sheffield – Measuring health state utilities. 2001: Researcher in the project "Constructing indicators for the evaluation of Quality in Tourism" of University of Algarve.

6. Prizes and awards Year Name of the prize or award Name of the granting entity 2006 - 2009 PhD fellowship Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology 1997 Award for research in health economics Private Hospital - Casa de Saúde Santa Maria de Faro

7. Referee 7.1. Research projects/awards Health Research Awards 2012 - Referee for the Health Research Board of Ireland. 7.2. Journals Referee for Journal of Clinical Epidemiology (ISI indexed); Tourism Management (ISI indexed); European Journal of Marketing (ISI indexed); The European Journal on Health Economics (ISI indexed); Value in Health (ISI indexed); Quality of Life Research (ISI indexed); Journal of Public Health (Scopus indexed); Respirology; Tourism & Management Studies (Latindex); Acta Médica Portuguesa (ISI indexed); Pain Practice (ISI WoS indexed).

7.3. International conferences (abstract reviewer) ° TMS Algarve 2014 – Tourism & Management Studies International Conference (Faro 26-29 Nov 2014).

° 10th European Conference on Health Economics: A Joint ECHE/iHEA Conference 2014 (Dublin, 13-16 jul 2014).

° TMS Algarve 2013 – Tourism & Management Studies International Conference (Faro 13-16 Nov 2013)

° TMS – Management Studies International Conference – Algarve 2012 (Faro 21-24 Nov 2012)

° European Conference on Health Economics 2012 (Zurich 18 - 21 Jul 2012).

° International Society for Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research 3rd Latin America Conference (Mexico

2 City 08-10 Sep 2011). ° International Conference in Tourism & Management Studies (Faro 26-29 Oct 2011).

7.4. National conferences (abstract reviewer) ° 5th Workshop Health economics and health policy (Figueira Foz, 5 - 6 Set 2014). ° 13th Portuguese Conference on Health Economics (Braga 10-12 Oct 2013). ° 4th Workshop Health economics and health policy (Évora, 14 - 15 Set 2012). ° 12 th Portuguese Conference on Health Economics (Lisbon 13-15 Oct 2011). ° 3rd Workshop Health economics and health policy (Lagos, 15-17 Oct 2010). ° 11 th Portuguese Conference on Health Economics (Oporto, 8-10 Oct 2009).

8. Publications 8.1. Thesis 1. Ferreira, L.N. Health Utilities Measurement. PhD Thesis in Health Economics, 2008. 2. Ferreira, L.N. Economic Analysis of a Programme to reduce the waiting lists in patients with cataracts. MsC Thesis in Health Economics, 2002.

8.2. Book Chapter 1. Ferreira, L.N. , Ferreira, P.L. (2014). Health State Values and Country-Specific Value Sets. In: Michalos AC (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer, pp 2744-9 (ISBN 978-94-007-0752-8).

8.3. Refereed papers in international indexed journals 1. Ferreira, P.L., Ferreira, L.N. , Pereira, L.N. SF-6D Portuguese population norms. The European Journal on Health Economics. DOI 10.1007/s10198-014-0568-6 (ISI WoS indexed ). 2. Ferreira, L.N. , Pereira, L.N. (2014). Measuring Tourists’ Preferences – Which Road to Choose? Journal of Tourism & Hospitality, 3(2), 1000e130. (DOI: 10.4172/2167- 0269.1000e130). 3. Ferreira, L.N. , Ferreira, P.L., Pereira, L.N. e Oppe, M. (2014) The valuation of the EQ-5D in Portugal. Quality of Life Research. 23:2, 413-423 (ISI WoS indexed) (DOI: 10.1007/s11136-013-0448-z). 4. Ferreira, L.N. , Ferreira, P.L., Pereira, L.N. e Oppe, M. (2014) EQ-5D Portuguese population norms. Quality of Life Research. 23:2, 425-430 (ISI WoS indexed) (DOI: 10.1007/s11136-013-0488-4). 5. Ferreira, L.N. , Ferreira, P.L., Pereira, L.N., Rowen, D. and Brazier, J.E. (2013) Exploring the consistency of the SF-6D. Value in Health. 16(6): 1023-1031 DOI 10.1016/j.jval.2013.06.018 ( ISI WoS indexed ). 6. Ferreira, L.N ., Ferreira, P.L., Pereira, L.N., Rowen, D. (2012) Reducing the floor effect in the SF-6D: A feasibility study. Applied Research in Quality of Life. 7(2): 193-208. (ISI indexed). 7. Ferreira, L.N. , Ferreira, P.L., Rowen, D., Brazier, J. (2011) Do Portuguese and UK health state values differ across valuation methods? Quality of Life Research 20(4): 609-619. (ISI indexed). 8. Ferreira, L.N. , Ferreira, P.L., Pereira, L.N., Brazier, J., Rowen, D. (2010). A Portuguese value set for the SF- 6D. Value in Health , 13(5): 624-630. (ISI indexed). 9. Ferreira, P.L., Ferreira, L.N. , Pereira, L.N. (2008) How Consistent are Health Utility Values?. Quality of Life Research , 17(7): 1031-1042. (ISI indexed) 10. Ferreira, L.N., Ferreira, P.L., Pereira, L.N., Brazier, J. (2008) An Application of the SF-6D to Create Health

3 Values in Portuguese Working Age Adults. Journal of Medical Economics , 11(2): 215-233 (ISSN: 1369-6998). (Scopus) .

8.4. Refereed papers in conference proceedings 1. Ferreira, L.N. , Ferreira, P.L., Pereira, L.N. (2007). Modelling health state preference data using fixed and random effects models. In Proceedings of the 56 th Session of the International Statistical Institute (in press ), published on the CD Proceedings of the ISI 2007 .

8.5. Refereed papers in national indexed journals 1. Pereira L., Ferreira, L. Determinants of Portuguese domestic tourism demand at a time of economic and financial crisis. Tourism & Management Studies. 10(2): 75-83. (ISI indexed) 2. Ferreira, L.N. , Ferreira, P.L., Pereira L. (2014) Comparing the performance of the SF-6D and the EQ-5D in different patient groups. Acta Médica Portuguesa. 27(2):236-245. (ISI indexed) 3. Ferreira P., Ferreira L., Pereira L. (2013) Contributions for the validation of the Portuguese version of the EQ- 5D. Acta Médica Portuguesa. 26(6), 664-675. (ISI indexed) 4. Ferreira P., Ferreira L., Pereira L. (2012). Physical and mental summary measures of health state for the Portuguese population, Revista Portuguesa de Saúde Pública , 30 (2), 163-171. (Latindex; Scielo) 5. Ferreira, L.N. , Ferreira, P.L., (2011). The Portuguese SF-6D for measuring preferences: a set of values and norms for individuals aged 18 to 64. Revista Portuguesa de Saúde Pública . 29(2) 108-115. (Latindex; Scielo) 6. Ferreira, L.N. , Ulisses, B., Ferreira, P.L. (2010) Quality of Life in Asthma Patients. Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia , XVI(1), 23-55 (Latindex; Scielo). 7. Ferreira, P.L., Ferreira, L.N. , Pereira, L.N. (2009). The Portuguese system-weight for the SF-6D. Revista Portuguesa de Saúde Pública . Volume Temático 8: 7-23. (Latindex) (ISSN: 0870-9025). 8. Ferreira, L.N. , Ferreira, P.L. (2008) Quality of life in patients with cataracts. Oftalmologia, 32(3): 159-175 (ISSN: 1646-6950). 9. Pereira, L.N., Ferreira, L.N. (2008) Mapping of Household Consumption Expenditure of Families from EU countries. Encontros Científicos – Tourism & Management Studies , 4: 154-164. (ISSN: 1646-2408). 10. Ferreira, L.N. , Ferreira, P.L., Baleiro R. (2008) Health Related Quality of Life in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Acta Reumatológica Portuguesa , 33(3): 331-342 (ISSN: 0303-464X). (ISI indexed) 11. Ferreira, P.L., Ferreira, L.N. (2007). Measurement of citizens’ health state preferences. Revista Portuguesa de Saúde Pública , 25 (n.º 1-sup.), 50-51. (ISSN: 0870-9025). 12. Ferreira, P.L., Ferreira, L.N. , Pereira, L.N. (2007). Consistency of the health state utility values. Revista Portuguesa de Saúde Pública , 25 (n.º 1-sup.), 49-50. (ISSN: 0870-9025). 13. Pereira, L.N., Ferreira, L.N. (2007). Mapping Research & Development in European Union. CD Multimédia de Actas do IX Seminário Luso-Espanhol de Economia Empresarial – Inovação e Educação: Ensino do Empreendedorismo , Universidade da Beira Interior. (ISBN: 978-972-8790-75-2) 14. Pereira, L.N., Ferreira, L.N. , Jesus, M. (2007) Economic and Social Evaluation of the councils of the Algarve. CD Multimédia de Actas do IX Seminário Luso-Espanhol de Economia Empresarial – Inovação e Educação: Ensino do Empreendedorismo , Universidade da Beira Interior. (ISBN: 978-972-8790-75-2) 15. Pereira, L.N., Ferreira, L.N. (2007) Analysis of the Evolution of Household Consumption Expenditure of Families from EU countries – an approach using double principal component analysis. Actas das JOCLAD

4 2007 : XIV Jornadas de Classificação e Análise de Dados, Porto: Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, 119-123. (ISBN: 978-972-8688-50-9). 16. Ferreira, P.L., Pereira, L.N., Ferreira, L.N. (2007). Consistency of utility values in health – an approach using simple correspondence analysis. Actas das JOCLAD 2007 : XIV Jornadas de Classificação e Análise de Dados, Porto: Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, 163-166. (ISBN: 978-972-8688-50-9). 17. Ferreira, P.L., Ferreira, L.N. (2006) Measuring health preferences in Portuguese population. Revista Portuguesa de Saúde Pública , 24 (2), 5-14 (ISSN: 0870-9025). 18. Ferreira, L.N. , Ferreira, P.L., Gonçalves, S. (2006) Health Gains in patients with cataracts. Notas Económicas . 23, 35-53 (ISSN: 0872-4733). 19. Ferreira, L.N. (2003) Utilities, QALYs and Measurement of Health Related Quality of Life, Revista Portuguesa de Saúde Pública , 3, 51-63. 20. Ferreira, L.N. (2002) Utilities, QALYs and Measurement of Health Related Quality of Life. Working Paper nº1/2002. Portuguese Health Economics Association, Lisbon.

8.6. Abstracts in international scientific meetings with referees

1. Ferreira L.N., Ferreira P.L., Pereira, LN., Rowen D, Brazier J. (2010) What is the impact of reducing the floor effect in the SF-6D? Book of Abstracts da 8th European Conference on Health Economics , Helsinquia, Finlândia (disponível em: http://eche2010.abstractbook.org/presentations/118/)

2. Ferreira L.N., Ferreira P.L., Rowen D, Brazier J. (2010) Do Portuguese and UK health state values differ across valuation methods? Book of Abstracts da 8th European Conference on Health Economics , 2010, Helsinquia, Finlândia (disponível em: http://eche2010.abstractbook.org/presentations/77/)

3. Ferreira L.N., Ferreira P.L., Rowen D, Brazier J. (2008) Modeling a preference-based measure of health using rank data: are the United Kingdom and Portugal valuations’ different? Abstracts presented at the 15 th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research. Quality of Life Research , A-12, Abstract #1525. 4. Ferreira P.L., Ferreira L.N . (2008) British and Portuguese weights for the SF-6D preference based measure: does choice of preference weights make a difference?. Abstracts presented at the 15 th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research. Quality of Life Research , A-12, Abstract #1604. 5. Oliveira, A., Pimentel, F.L., Ferreira, L.N. , Ferreira, P.L. (2008) Health Related Quality of Life in Cancer: Population Norms for the EORTC QLQ-C30. Abstracts presented at the 15 th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research. Quality of Life Research , A-54, Abstract #67/1278. 6. Pimentel, F.L., Oliveira, A., Ferreira, P.L., Ferreira, L.N. (2008) Assessment of Health Related Quality of Life in Cancer: Impact of Disease and Treatment Response. Abstracts presented at the 15 th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research. Quality of Life Research , A-52 - A53, Abstract #62/1280. 7. Baleiro, R., Ferreira, L.N. (2007) Assessment of Health Related Quality of Life in Rheumatoid Arthritis using Generic Utility Measures and Disease-Specific Measures (Abstract) . Annals of Rheumatic Diseases . 66 (11), 674-675. (ISI Proceedings indexed) 8. Baleiro, R., Ferreira, L.N. (2007) Factors that Count for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Health Related Quality of Life (Abstract) . Annals of Rheumatic Diseases . 66 (11), 675. (ISI Proceedings indexed)

5 9. Ferreira, L.N. , Ferreira, P.L., Pereira, L.N. (2007). Modelling a preference-based measure of health. 2007 International Society for Quality of Life Research meeting abstracts . Quality of Life Research , A-11, Abstract #1454. 10. Ferreira, P.L., Ferreira, L.N. (2007). Eliciting and measuring citizens’ preferences for health states. 2007 International Society for Quality of Life Research meeting abstracts . Quality of Life Research , A-96, Abstract 181/1456. 11. Ferreira, L.N. , Ferreira, P.L., Pereira, L.N. (2007). Modelling health state preference data using fixed and random effects models (Abstract). In Gomes, M.I, Pestana, D., Silva, P. (eds.) ISI 2007 Book of Abstracts , 385- 386, CEAUL-INE-ISI (ISBN: 978-972-8859-71-8). 12. Ferreira, P.L., Ferreira, L.N. , Pereira, L.N. (2006) How Consistent is preference measurement? (Abstract) . Quality of Life Research. 2006 International Society for Quality of Life Research meeting abstracts . Quality of Life Research , A-56, Abstract #1562. 13. Ferreira, L.N., Ferreira, P.L. e Pereira, L.N. (2006) An Attempt to Reduce the Floor Effect in the Health Utility Measurement (Abstract). The European Journal of Health Economics . 7(1): S36 (ISSN: 1618-7598). 14. Ferreira, P.L., Ferreira, L.N. , Pereira, L.N. (2006) How Consistent are Health Utility Values? (Abstract). The European Journal of Health Economics . 7(1): S36 (ISSN: 1618-7598). 15. Ferreira, L.N. , Ferreira, P.L. (2005) Portuguese Active Population Health Related Quality of Life using the SF-6D (Abstract) . Value in Health. 8(6): A101 (ISSN: 1098-3015). (ISI Proceedings indexed)

8.7. Abstracts in national scientific meetings with referees

1. Ferreira, L.N. , Ferreira, P.L., Pereira, L.N. (2009). Estimating a Portuguese value set for the SF-6D. Livro de resumos da 11.ª Conferência Nacional de Economia da Saúde, Porto, 67-68.

2. Ferreira, L.N. , Ferreira, P.L. (2009). Estimating health state utilities using rank order models. Livro de resumos da 11.ª Conferência Nacional de Economia da Saúde, Porto, 69.

3. Ferreira, L.N. , Ferreira, P.L., Pereira, L.N. (2009). Modeling health state preferences – an approach using linear mixed models and estimating generalized equations. In Braummann, C. et al. (eds.) Programa e Resumos - XVII Congresso Anual SPE, 54-55, Edições S.P.E. (ISBN: 978-972-8890-21-6).

4. Ferreira, L.N. , Ferreira, P.L. (2009) Estimating health state utilities using rank order models. Livro de resumos das XVI Jornadas de Classificação e Análise de Dados , Faro: Universidade do Algarve, 28-31.

5. Ferreira L.N., Ferreira P.L. (2008) Using rank data to model health state utilities: an approach using the Rank- Ordered Logistic Regression Model. Programa e Resumos - XVI Congresso Anual da SPE , Vila Real, 60 (ISBN: 978-972-8890-19-3). 6. Ferreira, L.N., Ferreira, P.L., Pereira, L.N. (2008). Modelling health state preference data using fixed and random effects. Livro de resumos das JOCLAD 2008: XV Jornadas de Classificação e Análise de Dados , Setúbal, 42-43. 7. Pereira, L.N., Ferreira, L.N. (2007). Mapping Research & Development in European Union (Abstract). Livro de resumos do IX Seminário Luso-Espanhol de Economia Empresarial – Inovação e Educação: Ensino do Empreendedorismo , Covilhã: Universidade da Beira Interior, 53. (ISBN: 978-972-8790-76-9). 8. Pereira, L.N., Ferreira, L.N. , Jesus, M. (2007) Economic and Social Evaluation of the councils of the Algarve

6 (Abstract). Livro de resumos do IX Seminário Luso-Espanhol de Economia Empresarial – Inovação e Educação: Ensino do Empreendedorismo , Covilhã: Universidade da Beira Interior, 27. (ISBN: 978-972-8790- 76-9). 9. Ferreira, P.L., Ferreira, L.N. , Pereira, L.N. (2006) Quality of life of the Portuguese Active Population. Livro de Resumos das XIII Jornadas de Classificação e Análise de Dados . 149. (ISBN: 972-98391-2-3). 10. Ferreira, L.N. , Ferreira, P.L. (2005) Quality of life of the Portuguese Active Population, using the SF-6D. Livro de Resumos da 9ª Conferência Nacional de Economia da Saúde . 41. 11. Ferreira, L.N. (2003) Economic Analysis of a programme to reduce waiting lists in patients with cataracts. Livro de Resumos do 8º Encontro Nacional de Economia da Saúde . 26-27.

8.7. Papers in national periodicals without referees

1. Pereira, L.N., Ferreira, L.N. (2008) Estimating Linear Mixed Models using SAS®. Revista dos Algarves . 17: 45-51. 2. Ferreira, L.N. (2005) Economic Evaluation in Healthcare, Revista dos Algarves . 13, 43-49.

8.8.Research Reports

1. Ferreira, L.N. , Teixeira, V., Monteiro, I. (2010) Follow-up on the results of the health chanel “Mais Saúde” – Final report, (Escola Superior de Gestão, Hotelaria e Turismo) University of Algarve, Faro.

2. Ferreira, L.N. Tourists Satisfaction Study in Quality in Tourism Evaluation Indicators – Final Report, University of Algarve, Faro, Volume II (2001), 118-204. 3. Ferreira, L. N. , Pereira, L., Critical Data Analysis in Auto-Evaluation Report of Hotel Management Course, Tourism, Hotel and Management School (Escola Superior de Gestão, Hotelaria e Turismo), University of Algarve, Faro, 2003, 150-199. 4. Ferreira, L. N., Pereira, L, Data Analysis in Auto-Evaluation Report of Tourism Course, Tourism, Hotel and Management School (Escola Superior de Gestão, Hotelaria e Turismo), University of Algarve, Faro, 2002, 117- 150. 5. Ferreira, L. N. , Pereira, L., Data Analysis in Auto-Evaluation Report of Tourism Course, Tourism, Hotel and Management School (Escola Superior de Gestão, Hotelaria e Turismo), University of Algarve, Portimão, 2002, 112-148.

9. Communications 9.1. Oral communications by invitation

1. Ferreira, L.N. , Ferreira, P.L. Utilities – Health preference measurement. Round Table Health Measurement. 10 th National Health Economics Conference, 22-24 November 2007, Lisbon, Portugal.

9.2. Oral communications presented in international conferences with referees

1. Ferreira, P.L., Ferreira, L.N. , Pereira, L.N. Comparing the performance of the EQ-5D-3L and the EQ-5D-5L in young adults. 10th European Conference on Health Economics: A Joint ECHE/iHEA Conference 2014, 13-16 Jul 2014, Dublin.

2. Mateus, C., Ferreira, L.N. Are quality-adjusted life years equal across different value sets? Evidence from a

7 pilot study in a sample of patients. 10th European Conference on Health Economics: A Joint ECHE/iHEA Conference 2014, 13-16 Jul 2014, Dublin.

3. Pereira, L.N., Ferreira, L.N. Determinants of Portuguese domestic tourism demand at a time of economic and financial crisis.Tourism & Management Studies International Conference (TMS Algarve 2013), 13-16 Nov 2013, Olhão, Portugal.

4. Ferreira, P.L., Ferreira, L.N., Pereira, L.N. e Perdigão, F. How better is EQ-5D-5L compared to EQ-5D-3L? 20th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL 2013), 9-12 Out 2013, Miami, Florida, USA.

5. Ferreira, P.L., Ferreira, L.N. , Pereira, L.N. Validação da versão Portuguesa do EQ-5D e normas para a população Portuguesa. 13.ª Conferência Nacional de Economia da Saúde (13.ª CNES), 10-12 Out 2013, Braga, Portugal.

6. Ferreira, L.N. , Ferreira, P.L., Pereira, L.N. Estimação do sistema Português de valores do EQ-5D. 13.ª Conferência Nacional de Economia da Saúde (13.ª CNES), 10-12 de Outubro 2013, Braga, Portugal.

7. Ferreira P.L., Ferreira L.N. , Pereira L.N. Exploring the performance of the SF-6D and the EQ-5D in different patient groups. 19th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL 2012), 24-27 Oct 2012, Budapest, Hungary.

8. Ferreira L.N. , Ferreira P.L., Pereira L.N. Estimating the Portuguese EQ-5D value set using the TTO. 19th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL 2012), 24-27 Oct 2012, Budapest, Hungary.

9. Pereira L.N., Ferreira L.N. , Ferreira P.L. The valuation of the EQ-5D in Portugal. European Conference on Health Economics 2012 (ECHE 2012) , 18-21 Jul 2012, Zurich, Switzerland.

10. Ferreira L.N. , Ferreira P.L., Pereira L.N. Assessing the performance of the SF-6D and the EQ-5D in different patient groups. European Conference on Health Economics 2012 (ECHE 2012) , 18-21 Jul 2012, Zurich, Switzerland.

11. Ferreira P.L., Ferreira L.N. , Pereira L.N., Rowen D., Brazier J. Exploring the consistency of the SF-6D. European Conference on Health Economics 2012 (ECHE 2012) , 18-21 Jul 2012, Zurich, Switzerland.

12. Ferreira L.N., Ferreira P.L., Pereira, LN., Rowen D, Brazier J. What is the impact of reducing the floor effect in the SF-6D? 8th European Conference on Health Economics (ECHE 2010), 07-10 July 2010, Helsinki, Finland.

13. Ferreira L.N., Ferreira P.L., Rowen D, Brazier J. Modeling a preference-based measure of health using rank data: are the United Kingdom and Portugal valuations’ different? 15 th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL 2008) , 22-25 October 2008, Montevideo, Uruguay. 14. Ferreira P.L., Ferreira L.N. British and Portuguese weights for the SF-6D preference based measure: does choice of preference weights make a difference?. 15 th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL 2008) , 22-25 October 2008, Montevideo, Uruguay. 15. Ferreira L.N., Ferreira P.L., Rowen D, Brazier J. Using rank preferences to model health state utilities:

8 Comparison between British and Portuguese results. 7th European Conference on Health Economics , 23-26 July 2008, Rome, Italy. 16. Ferreira P.L., Ferreira L.N., Pereira, L.N. Modeling a preference-based measure of health using fixed and random effects. 7th European Conference on Health Economics , 23-26 July 2008, Rome, Italy. 17. Ferreira L.N., Ferreira P.L. Comparing utility values using British and Portuguese SF-6D tariffs. 7th European Conference on Health Economics , 23-26 July 2008, Rome, Italy. 18. Ferreira, L.N., Ferreira, P.L., Pereira, L.N. Modelling a Preference-Based Measure of Health. 14 th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL 2007) , 10-13 October 2007, Toronto, Canada. 19. Ferreira, L.N., Ferreira, P.L., Pereira, L.N. Modelling health state preference data using fixed and random effects models. 56 th Session of the International Statistical Institute (ISI 2007) - ISI 2007 , 22-29 August 2007, Lisbon, Portugal. 20. Ferreira, P.L., Ferreira, L.N. , Pereira, L.N. How Consistent is Preference Measurement?. 13 th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL 2006) , 10-14 October 2006, Lisbon, Portugal. 21. Ferreira, P.L., Ferreira, L.N. , Pereira, L.N. How Consistent are Health Utility Values?. 6th European Conference on Health Economics , 6-9 July 2006, Budapest, Hungary. 22. Ferreira, L.N., Ferreira, P.L., Pereira, L.N. An Attempt to Reduce the Floor Effect in the Health Utility Measurement. 6th European Conference on Health Economics , 6-9 July 2006, Budapest, Hungary. 23. Ferreira, P.L., Ferreira, L.N. , Gonçalves, S. Health Gains in Patients with Cataracts . 9 th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL 2002) . 30 October-2 November 2002, Orlando, Florida, USA.

9.3. Oral communications presented in national conferences with referees

1. Ferreira P.L., Ferreira, L.N. , Pereira L.N. Validation of the Portuguese version of the EQ-5D and norms for the Portuguese population. 13th National Health Economics Conference , 10-12 October 2013, Braga, Portugal.

2. Ferreira, L.N. , Ferreira P.L., Pereira L.N. Estimation of the Portuguese EQ-5D value set. 13 th National Health Economics Conference , 10-12 October 2013, Braga, Portugal.

3. Ferreira, L.N. , Ferreira P.L., Pereira L.N. An assessment of the performance of the SF-6D and the EQ-5D in patients groups. 12 th National Health Economics Conference , 13-15 October 2011, Lisbon, Portugal.

4. Ferreira, P.L., Ferreira, L.N. , Pereira, L.N. Should the SF-6D be used independently from the SF-36? 12 th National Health Economics Conference , 13-15 October 2011, Lisbon, Portugal.

5. Pereira, L.N., Ferreira, L.N. Tourists surveys: How can we measure the sampling error? IX Luso-Spanish Seminary of Business Economy , 12-13 November 2009, Faro, Portugal.

6. Ferreira, L.N. , Ferreira, P.L. Estimating health state utilities using rank order models. 11 th National Health Economics Conference , 08-10 October 2009, Oporto, Portugal.

7. Ferreira, L.N. , Ferreira, P.L., Pereira, L.N. Estimating a Portuguese value set for the SF-6D. 11 th National Health Economics Conference , 08-10 October 2009, Oporto, Portugal.

9 8. Ferreira, L.N. , Ferreira, P.L., Pereira, L.N. Modeling health state preferences – an approach using linear mixed models and estimating generalized equations. XVII Annual Congress of the Portuguese Statistical Society , 30 September – 03 October 2009, Sesimbra, Portugal.

9. Ferreira, L.N. , Ferreira, P.L. Estimating health state utilities using rank order models. XVI Classification and Data Analysis Conference , 02-04 April 2009, Faro, Portugal.

10. Ferreira L.N., Ferreira P.L. Using rank data to model health state utilities: an approach using the Rank-Ordered Logistic Regression Model. XVI Annual Congress of the Portuguese Statistical Society , 1-4 October 2008, Vila Real, Portugal. 11. Ferreira, L.N. , Ferreira, P.L., Pereira, L.N. Modelling health state preference data using fixed and random effects. XV Classification and Data Analysis Conference , 27-29 March 2008, Setúbal, Portugal. 12. Ferreira, L.N. , Ferreira, P.L. Measurement of citizens’ health state preferences. 10 th National Health Economics Conference, 22-24 November 2007, Lisbon, Portugal. 13. Ferreira, P.L., Ferreira, L.N. , Pereira, L.N. Consistency of the health state utility values. 10 th National Health Economics Conference, 22-24 November 2007, Lisbon, Portugal. 14. Pereira, L.N. e Ferreira, L.N. Mapping Research & Development in European Union. IX Luso-Spanish Seminary of Business Economy , 15-16 November 2007, Covilhã, Portugal. 15. Pereira, L.N., Ferreira, L.N., Jesus, M. Economic and Social Evaluation of the councils of the Algarve. IX Luso-Spanish Seminary of Business Economy , 15-16 November 2007, Covilhã, Portugal. 16. Pereira, L.N., Ferreira, L.N. Analysis of the Evolution of Household Consumption Expenditure of Families from EU countries – an approach using double principal component analysis. XIV Classification and Data Analysis Conference , 8-10 February 2007, Oporto, Portugal. 17. Pereira, L.N., Ferreira, P.L., Ferreira, L.N. Consistency of utility values in health – an approach using simple correspondence analysis. XIV Classification and Data Analysis Conference , 8-10 February 2007, Oporto, Portugal. 18. Ferreira, P.L., Ferreira, L.N. , Pereira, L.N. Quality of life of the Portuguese Active Population . XIII Classification and Data Analysis Conference , 6-8 April 2006, Lisbon, Portugal. 19. Ferreira, L.N. Portuguese Active Population Health Related Quality of Life using the SF-6D. 9th National Health Economics Conference . 24-26 November 2005, Coimbra, Portugal. 20. Ferreira, L.N. Economic Analysis of a programme to reduce the waiting lists in patients with cataracts. 8th National Meeting of Health Economics . 23-24 October 2003, Lisbon, Portugal.

9.4. Posters presented in conferences with referees

1. Ferreira L.N., Ferreira P.L., Rowen D, Brazier J. Do Portuguese and UK health state values differ across valuation methods? 8th European Conference on Health Economics (ECHE 2010), 07-10 July 2010, Helsinki, Finland.

2. Oliveira, A., Pimentel, F.L., Ferreira, L.N., Ferreira, P.L. Health Related Quality of Life in Cancer: Population Norms for the EORTC QLQ-C30 . 15 th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL 2008) , 22-25 October 2008, Montevideo, Uruguay. 3. Pimentel, F.L., Oliveira, A., Ferreira, P.L., Ferreira, L.N. Assessment of Health Related Quality of Life in

10 Cancer: Impact of Disease and Treatment Response . 15 th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL 2008) , 22-25 October 2008, Montevideo, Uruguay. 4. Ferreira, P.L. Ferreira, L.N. Eliciting and measuring citizens’ preferences for health states. 14 th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL 2007) , 10-13 October 2007, Toronto, Canadá. 5. Baleiro, R.S. Ferreira, L.N. Assessment of Health Related Quality of Life in Rheumatoid Arthritis using Generic Utility Measures and Disease-Specific Measures. EULAR 2007 – Annual European Congress of Rheumatology , 13-16 June 2007, Barcelona, Spain. 6. Baleiro, R.S., Ferreira, L.N. Factors that Count for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Health Related Quality of Life. EULAR 2007 – Annual European Congress of Rheumatology , 13-16 June 2007, Barcelona, Spain. 7. Gaspar, D., Ferreira, L.N. Choosing a speciality: motivations to choose general practice?, 6 th National Congress of Health Psychology, 2-4 February 2006, Faro, Portugal. 8. Ferreira, L.N. , Ferreira, P.L. Portuguese Active Population Health Related Quality of Life using the SF-6D. 8th Annual European Congress of International Society for Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research (ISPOR) , 06-08 November 2005, Florence, Italy. 9. Ferreira, L.N. , Ferreira, P.L., Gonçalves, S. Economic Analysis of a Programme to Reduce Waiting Lists in Patients with Cataracts. 5 th European Conference on Health Economics, 8-11 September 2004, London, United Kingdom. 10. Ferreira, L.N. , Ferreira, P.L., Gonçalves, S. Health gains in patients with cataracts. XXIV Health Economics Meeting, 26-28 May 2004, Madrid, Spain.

10. Visiting

2008: Visiting researcher at ScHARR of the University of Sheffield to research in the fields of HRQoL and work with John Brazier (PhD) and his research team. 2007: Visiting researcher at ScHARR of the University of Sheffield to study health economics, measurement of HRQoL, health econometrics with John Brazier (PhD)

11. Supervising experience 2003- 2004: I supervised a thesis of the MsC in Human resources development Politics, Superior Institute of Work and Enterprise Sciences of University of Lisbon, entitled "Analysis of Formation Needs in Security and Labour Health in two hotels in Algarve".

12. Member of the organizing committee of scientific events:

2011: International Conference in Tourism & Management Studies, ESGHT-UAlg 26-29 Oct 2011 (Olhão- Portugal).

2010: 3rd Workshop “Economics and Health Policy”, National health economics association, 15-17 Oct 2010 (Lagos-Portugal).

2009: XI Luso-Spanish Seminar for Economic Business, ESGHT-UAlg, 11-12 Nov 2009 (Faro-Portugal).

2009: XVI Classification and Data Analysis Conference, UAlg, 02-03 April 2009 (Faro-Portugal).

2003: XI Annual Congress of the Statistical Portuguese Society, FE-UAlg, 24-27 Sep 2003 (Faro-Portugal).

11 13. Other information 13.1. Languages Language Reading Writing Conversation English Excellent Excellent Excellent French Good Medium Medium Portuguese Excellent Excellent Excellent Spanish Good Medium Medium

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