Dr Fernando Carvalho has a Ph.D. in Design (emphasis in Healthcare Service Improvement) from Loughborough University, UK, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Industrial Design from the University of Notre Dame, USA, with a focus on medical design and health services. Fernando also holds two BFA degrees in Visual Communication and Product Design from the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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His doctoral research investigated how Participatory Design approaches can facilitate the integration of Behavioural Insights into healthcare Quality Improvement projects focused on optimising clinical practice and changing staff behaviour within the National Health Service of England, the NHS. Fernando developed an original framework that promotes sustainable improvement by facilitating participatory behavioural change through contextualised, collaborative innovation.

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Dr Carvalho has authored utility patents and published works and has won many scholarships and teaching and professional awards. He has worked for and with many clients worldwide, having founded and co-directed a design studio for over four years. His professional portfolio contains a broad range of projects that include healthcare services, medical devices and hospital interiors, Paralympic sports accessories, digital design, civil construction equipment, information design interventions, and innovative educational solutions.

Fernando has been actively involved in teaching and research for the past fifteen years, having taught and contributed with curriculum development and managerial work in settings as diverse as afterschool projects for children in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, craftsmen training courses, and undergraduate and postgraduate programmes of design and architecture within Universities in Brazil, Chile, USA, Italy, Portugal and the UK.