Mónica Oliveira

Mónica Duarte Oliveira is a Full Professor of Decision Sciences at Instituto Superior Técnico (University of Lisbon) and a Researcher at CEG-IST. Her research interests include the development of management science models to assist policy and decision makers in health and clinical settings, with a special interest in multi-criteria value modelling using participatory processes. She has enhanced and applied management science techniques in multiple organizations. She has published her research in Operations Research, Management Science, and Health Economics and Policy international journals, and been active in international health projects and involved in advisory boards of the Portuguese Ministry of Health.

Areas of Interest

Decision Sciences; Engineering Management; Management Science; Operational Research; Health Economics; Health Policy; Quantitative Methods to assist Healthcare Management.

Companies

• Coordinator of redeSAÚDE Universidade de Lisboa (2021)
• Full Professor Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa (2020)
• Researcher Centre for Management Studies of Instituto Superior Técnico (2004)
• Associate Professor Instituto Superior Técnico (2014 — 2020)
• Assistant Professor Instituto Superior Técnico (2004 — 2014)
• Researcher The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (1999 — 2010)
• Post Doctoral Research Fellow LSE Health and Social Care (2003 — 2004)
• Risk Manager Banco Santander Portugal (1997 — 1998)

Education

• PhD London School Economics (1999 — 2003)
• MSc London School Economics (1998 — 1999)
• Universidade do Porto (1992 — 1997)
• Instituto Superior Técnico

Awards

2019: Research Incentive Award ISAMB/AstraZeneca Saúde e Ambientes, “Development of Evaluation and Foresight Tools to Analyse Environmental Health in Urban Settings: Development of an Urban Environmental Health Index with Multicriteria Decision Analysis” (authors: Marta Salgado, Paulo Nogueira, Anália Torres, Mónica Oliveira), Conference “Os Efeitos da Alteração dos Ambientes na Saúde Humana”, FMUL.

2017: Honor Mention, Isabel Themido Award for best article published in 2015 and 2016, article Cardoso, T., Oliveira, M.D., Barbosa-Póvoa, A., Nickel, S. (2016) Moving towards an equitable long-term care network: A multi-objective and multi-period planning approach, Omega: The International Journal of Management Science, 58, 69–85.

2017: Honor Mention, Isabel Themido Award for best article published in 2015 and 2016, article Cardoso, T., Oliveira, M.D., Barbosa-Póvoa, A., Nickel, S. (2015) An integrated approach for planning a long-term care network with uncertainty, strategic policy and equity considerations, European Journal of Operational Research, 240, 791-806.

2013: Award Isabel Themido 2013 (ex-aequo), for best article published in 2011 and 2012 published by members of the Portuguese Association of Operational Research: Mestre, A.M., Oliveira, M.D., Barbosa-Póvoa, A. (2012) “Organizing hospitals into networks: a hierarchical and multiservice model to define location, supply and referrals in planned hospital systems”, OR Spectrum, 34, 319-348.

2013: Award (ae-exquo) for Best Communication in the 13th National Conference of Health Economics, Work: “Which space for equity improvements? Planning the delivery of long-term care services under uncertain conditions”. Authors: Teresa Cardoso, Mónica D. Oliveira, Ana Barbosa-Póvoa, Stefan Nickel, Universidade do Minho, Portugal.

2011: Award for Best Communication in the 2nd National Congress of Long-Term Care, Work: “Previsão da Procura de Cuidados Continuados em Condição de Incerteza”. Autores: Teresa Cardoso, Mónica D. Oliveira, Ana Barbosa-Póvoa, Stefan Nickel., Faculdade de Medicina Dentária, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal.

2011: Award for Best Communication in the 12th National Conference of Health Economics, Work: “Prioritizing Health Care Interventions: A Multicriteria Resource Allocation Model to Inform the Choice of Community Care Programmes”. Authors: M.D. Oliveira, T. Rodrigues, C. Bana e Costa, A. Sá., Fundação Calouste-Gulbenkian, Portugal.

2008: Best Young Researcher Award in the Management scientific area, Technical University of Lisbon/Deloitte 2008.

2007: Award AMGEN for the Best Communication in the 10th National Conference of Health Economics, Work: “Estimating Avoided and Avoidable Health Gains from Improving Prescribing of Statins to Lower the Burden of Coronary Heart Disease”. Authors: Mónica Oliveira, Gwyn Bevan, Mara Airoldi, Alec Morton, Jenifer Smith, Fundação Calouste-Gulbenkian, Lisboa, Portugal.

1997: Award Bank of Portugal, Best student in Economics in the Faculty of Economics of the University of Porto 1992/1997.

1997: Co-Award Fundação Engenheiro António de Almeida, Best student in Economics in the Faculty of Economics of the University of Porto 1992/1997.