Faculty

Presentation

Alexandre Lourenço holds a PhD in Management from Nova School of Business & Economics, Lisbon. He is a Specialist in Hospital Administration, postgraduate in Primary Health Care Management and Master in Health Management (MSc) from the National School of Public Health.

Hospital administrator at Coimbra Hospital and University Center, having performed public functions in various institutions of the Portuguese Ministry of Health. Consultant at the World Health Organization (WHO) for the areas of financing, health systems strengthening and health services delivery. He was the President of the Portuguese Association of Hospital Administrators (2016-2022), and he is board member of the European Association of Hospital Managers and Treasurer of the European Health Management Association.

Main academic areas of interest: Healthcare Management, Organization Theory applied to Healthcare, Leadership, Health Policies and Systems.

Teaching

Coordinating and teaching

  • Strategy and Marketing, Hospital Management Practical Cases (II), Health System Organization
  • Collaboration in other modules/curricular units such as: Health services management, Health financing
Research

The main areas of his research currently include: healthcare managers selection and performance, providers resistance to healthcare innovation.

Publications

 

 

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1399-4783

External Action
  • Consultant at the World Health Organization
  • Member of the European Technical Advisory Group on Tuberculosis Control (TAG-TB), World Health Organization
  • Board member of the European Health Management Association (EHMA)
  • Board member of the European Association of Hospital Managers (EAHM)
  • Special Interest Group on Healthcare Management Member of the International Hospital Federation (IHF)
  • Health working group member at the Associação para o Desenvolvimento Económico e Social (SEDES)
  • Member of the EIT Health's High Value Care Forum Advisory Board
  • Member of the Advisory Council of the Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Lisbon
  • President of the Associação Portuguesa de Administradores Hospitalares General Assembly
  • Member of the Associação Portuguesa de Economia da Saúde
  • Associate Editor of the Health Services Management Research
  • Exec Editor-in-Chief of the HealthManagement Journal
  • Membro do Conselho Editorial da Revista de Administração em Saúde (Brasil)