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CV Lara Ferreira English Dec 2014 CURRICULUM VITAE 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.
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