Joana Alves is an Assistant Researcher at NOVA NSPH. Her main scientific interests focus on health economics, namely health inequalities and behaviours, incentives, behavioural economics and health technology assessment. Her most recent research focuses on the emergence of inequalities in smoking among adolescents and young adults, parental transmission of smoking behavior and the assessment of health inequalities resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Previously, she held positions as Visiting Assistant Professor at ENSP NOVA and was a consultant at Deloitte. She is a member of the Commission for Health Technology Assessment (CATS-INFARMED) and has worked as an expert for the National Health Council.
She has a PhD in Public Health from NOVA NSPH and a Master’s and a a bachelor’s degree Economics from NOVA School of Business and Economics.
