PhD and Master in Biotechnology from Instituto Superior Técnico (IST). Catarina is certified in Project Management (PMP) by the Project Management Institute (USA), with whom she regularly collaborates in working groups to prepare certification exams. She was a researcher in the field of advanced therapies at IST. She was European Correspondent for Clinical Research in Portugal for ECRIN (European Clinical Research Infrastructure Network) with responsibility for coordinating the implementation of multinational clinical trial projects and supporting researchers in applying to programs for European project funding. Senior Clinical Trial Manager at Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (UNL) / NOVA CRU, having contributed to the planning and management of clinical trials projects with medical devices and drugs (including cellular therapies), nationally and internationally. Catarina is currently the Executive Director of CoLAB TRIALS, a Collaborative Laboratory focused on innovation in clinical trials. She has participated as a lecturer in several national and international master's and doctoral programs in modules on project management and clinical trials. She has also participated in the evaluation of applications for projects funded by the European Commission.