Bárbara is an i3S Life Science Innovation and Knowledge Transfer Manager, responsible for innovation support and knowledge transfer of medical-based technological solutions. Bárbara specializes in identifying the market potential of health innovative ideas and establishing strategies for valuing knowledge of bench projects in the field of health and biotech. 

Bárbara is also noted for having successfully achieved the coordination of health innovation contests in Life Sciences (Resolve-Health/i3S and MED.IDEAS/NORTEXCEL2020) and as Project Manager for using appropriate verification techniques to manage seed projects in terms of scope, schedule and costs. Bárbara have strong academic background to ground her work, with ten years of previous experience in scientific research (IBMC), entrepreneur skills at clinical implementation and marketing and business manager of health units (Alert Life Science Computing and Sanus Litoral). Bárbara is licensed in Pharmaceutical Sciences, has a graduate degree in Project Management and a PhD from the University of Porto in Biomedical Sciences. Bárbara consolidated her training with the Tech Transfer Leadership in Life Sciences Entrepreneurship, Barcelona School of Management - Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2019), the COHiTEC - Turning Science into Business , PBS, Porto Business School and COTEC (2017) and the Born From Knowledge program, National Innovation Agency (2017).