Leonor Bacelar Nicolau

Assistant Professor
Leonor Bacelar Nicolau

Bio

Participation in Católica Medical School 

  • Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at undergraduate and postgraduate level
  • Researcher

Field of Work

Biostatistics and multivariate data analysis, health economics | health impact assessment | epidemiology, public health, and preventive medicine | infodemiology

Profissional Activity

  • Católica Medical School (FM-UCP, since 2023) 
  • Interdisciplinary Health Research Center (CIIS) – Plataforma CatólicaMed (since 2025)
  • Independent expert evaluator for the European Commission (since 2020).
  • DataScience Cons (founding partner, since 2001)

Education

  • 2017: Double PhD in Health Organization and Management from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon (FMUL – Portugal) and in Health Economics from the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM – France)
  • 2002: Master's Degree in Statistics and Information Management from NOVA IMS Information Management School (ISEGI - New University of Lisbon)
  • 1996: Bachelor's Degree in Economics from NOVA School of Business and Economics (Faculty of Economics - New University of Lisbon)

Other relevant education

  • 2021: 3rd WHO Infodemic Management Training Course – World Health Organization
  • 2021: Foresight Capacity Building Course – provided by PHIRI’s partners RIVM, UNL, and Sciensano – 25 March 2021 to 28 October 2021
  • 2016: Bayesian Analysis: Overview and Applications – ISPOR 19th Annual European Congress, Vienna, Austria – 30 October 2016
  • 2016: Introduction to Health Economic / Pharmacoeconomic Evaluations – ISPOR 19th Annual European Congress, Vienna, Austria – 29 October 2016
  • 2007: The University of Liverpool Health Impact Assessment Training Course (Faculty of Public Health of the University of Liverpool – organized by International Health IMPACT Assessment Consortium), Liverpool, UK – 12-16 November 2007
  • 2006: Computational Statistics Post-Graduate Training Course: Magistral Lectures on Knowledge Extraction and Decision Making (Department of Mathematics and Statistics of the Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II – organized by NOVAUNIVERSITAS Interuniversity Consortium), Naples, Italy – 7-8 September 2006
  • 2002: Pedagogical and Training Course for Professional Trainers approved by the IEFP (Factor H), Lisboa, Portugal – 6May-3 July 2002

Professional Career

  • Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon: (Assistant Professor 2018-2025, and Assistant 2004-2018)
  • Visiting Professor at NOVA IMS Information Management School (formerly Institute of Statistics and Information Management ISEGI, New University of Lisbon) - (Assistant Professor 2002-2006, and Assistant 2017-2024)
  • Visiting Professor at Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa and Executive Manager of the Postgraduate Program in CRM and Marketing Research (2004-2006)
  • Partner at Metostatis - Management Consulting and T de Student - Technical Analysis, Training, and Psychopedagogical Support (1998-2001)
  • Market Researcher at Metris - Social Research and Data Collection Methods - currently Metris-Gfk Portugal (1997-1998)
  • Statistics Intern at the National Statistics Institute INE - Statistical Methodology Service (1996-1997)
  • Journalist-intern at the newspaper Diário Económico, Industry and Services Section (1995-1996)

Languages

Portuguese | English| French