ABOUT
TEAM
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY

PRESIDENT
José Germano de Sousa

CML-GS

1st SECRETARY
César Fonseca

Universidade de Évora

2nd SECRETARY
Carla Gonçalo

ULSLO

Fiscal Council

KRESTON & ASSOCIADOS – SROC, Lda.,
Sociedade de Revisores Oficiais de Contas

Administration
Board

President
Francisca Leite
(Luz – GLSMED-Learning Health)

. Executive Director, Hospital da Luz Learning Health

. Director of Training, Research and Innovation, Luz Saúde

. Invited Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, UCP

. Member of the Dean’s Board at the Faculty of Medicine, UCP

. Non-Executive Board Member at UpHill, SA,

. PhD in Medical Engineering and Medical Physics, MIT BSc in Engineering Physics, Instituto Superior Técnico
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2550-2616

VICE-President
Hélder Dores (NMS)

. CoLAB TRIALS Administration Board Member representing NMS|UNL

. Researcher at CHRC|NMS|UNL

. PhD in Clinical Research (NMS|UNL)

. Invited Assistant Professor at NMS|UNL

. Coordinator of the Clinical Cardiology, Sports Cardiology and Cardiac Rehabilitation at Hospital da Luz Lisboa

. Cardiologist at Human Performance Department of the Sport Lisboa e Benfica

. General-Secretary of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology (2021-2023)

. Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology

. Cardiology Consultant

. Aeromedical Medicine Competence (Portuguese Medical Association)

. Military Medicine Competence (Portuguese Medical Association)

. Medical Doctor Degree (NMS|UNL)

https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-4736-5221

VOGAL
Fátima Sena e Silva (ULSLO)

. Hospital Administrator at Clinical research and Innovation Service at ULSLO

. Member of the National Coordination for Mental Health Policies

. Team member in Project “Conclusion of the Mental Health Reform” within the framework of the Recovery and Resilience Program.

. Specialist Technician at the Office of the Minister of Health in the XXII and XXIII Constitutional Governments

. Member of the Board of Directors of: Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca (2016 to 2020);

. Instituto de Oftalmologia Dr. Gama Pinto (2014 to 2016),

. Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Norte (2010 to 2013)

. Hospital Administrator at: Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental (2013 to 2014); Hospital de Curry Cabral (1998-1999); Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca  (1994-1998)

. Degree in Nursing (ESECGL), Specialist in Child and pediatric health (ESEMFR).

. Graduation in Hospital Administration (ENSP)

. Post-graduation in: Senior Management for Public Administration (INA); Strategic Management (INA); Healthcare Units Management (UCP);  Leadership in Healthcare delivery (NovaSBE)

VOGAL
Manuel José Lopes (UÉvora)

Full Professor and Director of the S. João de Deus School of Nursing of the
University of Évora.

Member of the Management Council of the University of Évora

Director of the Doctoral Course in Sciences and Technologies of Health
and Welfare

Researcher at the Comprehensive Health Research Centre and member
of its Board of Directors

Member of the Board of Directors of CoLAB Trials

Member of the Coordination of the Portuguese Observatory of Health
Systems

Member of the General Council of the NHS Foundation

Vice-President of the Portuguese Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology

Former Coordinator of the Reform of the NHS for the Area of
Integrated Continued Care

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7554-8041

VOGAL
Maria José de Sousa (CML-GS)

Medical Doctor, Clinical Pathologist (MD)

Doctorate in Medicine (PhD) (NMS)

Owner and Chair in Grupo Germano de Sousa;

Chief Medical Officer, Chief of Teaching Department, Chief of Education Department, Chief of Quality Department, Head of Immunology and Autoimmunity Department Head of Pre-Natal Department at Centro de Medicina Laboratorial Germano de Sousa

Elected President of Portuguese Scientific Society for Clinical Pathology

Invited Professor of Integrated Master in Medicine (MIM) of NMS-UNL

Head of Laboratory Medicine Curricular Unit of Integrated Master in Medicine (MIM) (3o year) of NMS-UNL

Coordinator of post-Graduation in Laboratory Medicine (1st to 5th Edition) of the UCP (Portuguese Catholic University)

Head of Curricular Unit “Regulation and Integration” in Master in Medicine (MIM) (1st year) of Catholic Medicine School

Researcher in “EASI- European Autoimmunity Standardization Initiative”

Author/Co-author of 30 scientific published papers in the area of autoimmune diseases, prenatal screening, NIPT, immunology, microbiology.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3518-815X

VOGAL
Heitor Costa (APIFARMA)

Director of Institutional Affairs and Innovation at APIFARMA
Member of the Board of AICIB – Agency for Clinical Research and Biomedical Innovation
Member of the Board of Directors of ISBE – Evidence-Based Health Institute
Member of the Committee for the Evaluation of Medicines at INFARMED
Before in the pharmaceutical field:
Executive Director of APIFARMA;
Director of Institutional Relations, Communication and Market Access at Sanofi
Medical Director of the Medinfar Group
Advisor to the Secretary of State for Health
Director of Medicines and Health Products at INFARMED
Director of Evaluation of Health Products – also performed technical functions at the National Centre of Pharmacovigilance, Technical Committee of Medicines and Surveillance of Health Products
Chaired the Committee for the Evaluation of in vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices, the Working Group on Breast Implants (INFARMED/Direção-Geral da Saúde/Instituto do Consumidor/Ordem dos Médicos) and the Working Group to regulate the dispensing by the ambulatory pharmacies of some medicines dispensed exclusively in the hospital pharmacy (more than 30 representatives of various organizations in the sector)
At EFPIA (European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations):
member of the Social and Economic Policy Committee, of the Executive Committee, of the European Markets Committee and of the Group of Directors General of National Associations
At IFPMA (International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations), AESGP (Association of the European Self-Care Industry) and at MedTech Europe  was part of the Group of Directors General of National Associations
Member of several committees and working groups of the Council and the Commission of the European Union and of the European Medicines Agency, having chaired the Coordination Group of Market Surveillance Competent Authorities.
EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR

Catarina Madeira

Executive Director, CoLAB TRIALS

Researcher at CHRC|NMS|UNL
Clinical Research Manager at NOVA CRU/NMS/UNL (2020-2021)

ECRIN European Correspondent for Clinical Research in Portugal (2015-2019)

Researcher at Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (IBB, IST, UL) (2005-2015)

Collaborator as Lecturer in different MSc, PhD and Post-graduation courses at NMS|UNL and Créteil University, Paris (since 2016)

Author/co-author of 30 scientific publications in Advanced Therapies and Clinical Trials management.

Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI®

PhD Biotechnology, IST, UL

MSc Biotechnology, IST, UL

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5053-9421

TEAM
MEMBERS

Raquel Cunha

raquel.cunha@colabtrials.pt

 

. Cooperation and Funding Manager, CoLAB TRIALS

. Involved in managing consortium projects, seeking for funding opportunities and for national and international partnerships, preparing proposals for National and European funding.

. Clinical Project manager, Medical writer, Clinical trial assistant at 2CA-Braga (2021-2024)
. Certifications on Good clinical practice, ISO 14155:2011 for medical devices, Clinical investigator and The new European Union Regulation on Medical Devices (MDR) 2017/745 (2020-2022)

. Junior researcher/post-doctoral fellow at Instituto Superior Técnico (2019-2021)

. Certification program in Medical Science Liaison (MSL) at Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Católica University of Lisbon (PT) (2019)

. PhD Bioengineering Systems at Instituto Superior Técnico (PT), Karp Laboratory (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) and Wyss Institute for biologically inspired engineering (Harvard University) (USA) (2014-2018)

. Research technician at Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (PT) (2012-2013)

. Guest researcher at the University of Twente (NL) (2012)

. Integration into research grants at Instituto Superior Técnico (2009-2011)

Fábio Lampreia

fabio.lampreia@colabtrials.pt

Research and Innovation Manager, CoLAB TRIALS
Project Manager/ Scientific Analyst on novel technologies, products, and marketing opportunities for
major Biotechnology companies – PreScouter, Inc. (2019-2022)
Teaching Assistant at Cardiff University (2020)
PhD in Biosciences – Cardiff University, UK (2019)

Researcher assistant at University of Trento, Italy (2014-2015)
MSc in Biotechnology –  Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal (2014)

Anna Braga

anna.braga@colabtrials.pt

Clinical Research Development Manager, CoLAB TRIALS

Clinical Manager – Sleep and Respiratory Care PHILIPS APAC, Singapore; (2021-2022)

Clinical Specialist – ARTICARES Robotics, Singapore (2019-2020)

Clinical Researcher at Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences – University of Stellenbosch,
South Africa (2016-2018)

Philips Respironics Fellowship in Mechanical Ventilation from the American Respiratory Care
Foundation; New Orleans, LA – USA (2012)

Clinical Researcher at the Clinical and Translational Physiology Unit (Prof Mamede de Carvalho
Lab) – Institute of Molecular Medicine – University of Lisbon, Portugal (2011 – 2019)

PhD in Neurosciences – Faculty of Medicine – University of Lisbon – Portugal (2019)

Masters in Palliative Care – Faculty of Medicine – University of Lisbon – Portugal (2010)

Academic/Professional Equivalence to Degree in Physiotherapy – School of Health Technologies
of Lisbon- Portugal (2001)

Specialization in Locomotor Systems – Escola Paulista de Medicina – Federal University of São
Paulo – Brazil (2000)

Degree in Physiotherapy – Faculty of Physiotherapy – Federal University of Pernambuco – Brazil
(1997)

Publications in peer review scientific journals on topics related to Non-Invasive Ventilation,
Exercise, Telemedicine and Education of patients and caregivers.

Gonçalo Borrecho PhD student

goncalo.borrecho@colabtrials.pt

CoLAB TRIALS team member, PhD student PhD student in Health and Wellness Sciences and Technologies, at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa in association with Universidade de Évora.

Graduated in Anatomical Cytological and Thanatological Pathology in ESSEM in 2009;

Master in Management and Evaluation of Health Technologies from ESTeSL in 2019;

Postgraduate in Digital Pathology in 2023;

Co-author of several publications within the scope of the CiiEM since 2010;

Worked as histotechnologist at CHULN between 2011-2019, and currently working in ULSAC;

Jorge Neves

jorge.neves@colabtrials.pt

Digital Transformation Manager, CoLAB TRIALS

Visiting Assistant Professor at NOVA Information Management School of Universidade Nova de Lisboa
(2009 – Present).

CEO/Founder of Ithaca, Évora, Portugal and Mobnetics, Lisbon, Portugal
(2008-2018).

Senior Manager at Novabase Business Intelligence, Lisbon, Portugal
(2003–2007), Tactical Intelligence unit manager.

Partner at Novabase GeoInformação, Lisbon, Portugal (2002–2003).

Product/Project Manager at PT Multimedia/SAPO (1999–2002).

CEO/Founder of Imersiva, Lisbon, Portugal (1997–1999), later acquired by Novabase.

Virtual Reality Laboratory Researcher and Manager at GASA – FCT/UNL, Monte de Caparica, Portugal (1993–1997).

Researcher at INESC (1992–1993) and UNINOVA (1989-1992).

Luís Alves

luis.alves@colabtrials.pt

  • Data Scientist, CoLAB TRIALS
  • Data Analyst at Indie Campers, Lisbon, Portugal (2023-2024)
  • Teaching Assistant at Instituto Superior Técnico (2021-2023)
  • MSc in Electrical and Computer Engineer – Control, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence at Instituto Superior Técnico (2021-2023)

Cláudia Paiva

claudia.paiva@nms.unl.pt

  • PhD student in Health Sciences at NOVA Medical School, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (NMS|UNL)

 

  • Master of Science degree in Physiotherapy in Musculoskeletal Conditions from the (NMS/|UNL)

 

  • Specialist in Physiotherapy from the “Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal/Porto and Coimbra”

 

  • Invited Adjunct Lecturer for the degree in Physiotherapy

 

  • Clinical Research Coordinator, NOVA CRU, the Clinical Research Unit of NOVA Medical School (2022-present). Role: Coordination of all clinical trials, medical devices and non-interventional studies according good clinical practice (ICH-GCP guidelines), supporting the investigator team in research procedures, patient enrolment and attendance during clinical study in the “Unidade Local de Saúde da Arrábida -ULSA, Setúbal”

 

  • Physiotherapist in the “Federação Portuguesa de Judo”, high competition/Olympics

Natasa Loncarevic

natasa.loncarevic@colabtrials.com

 

  • Science Communication Manager, CoLAB TRIALS
  • MSc student, Science Communication course, NOVA Faculty of Social Sciences (ongoing)
  • Senior Postdoctoral Researcher, NOVA Medical School (2020-2024)
  • Lecturer in the PhD program in Neuroscience, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Serbia (2013-2020)
  • Senior Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Biological Research, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Serbia (2017-2020)
  • PhD Neuroscience, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Serbia
  • BS General Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Serbia
  • Author/co-author of more than 20 scientific publications in the field of Neuroscience
  • ORCID
ABOUT
As a talented professional, what to expect from CoLAB TRIALS?

You will have the opportunity to integrate a dynamic and motivated team of qualified professionals in different areas of the clinical trials field, where the key word is Collaboration.

With a remarkable sense of team spirit, we will provide you continuous training and networking opportunities with different experts focused on bringing innovation and competitiveness in healthcare within Portugal.

If you identify yourself with our core values and are motivated to participate in a new organization focused on bringing innovation to clinical trials, you should contact us (geral@colabtrials.pt), sending your CV and a motivation letter and/or apply if any position is opened.