MARIA JOÃO SILVA
Maria João is a trainee lawyer at TOL - LEGAL TEAM, RODRIGUES & NÓBREGA, SOCIEDADE DE ADVOGADOS, SP, RL.
She has been working in clinical research since 2009 in public institutions and, since 2018, also in the pharmaceutical industry including at Roche and Amgen.
She was the founder and CEO of the start-up Global Clinical Trial Network in Melbourne, Australia between 2017 and 2019.
During her Law degree, she collaborated on pro-bono cases in the area of labor law and completed several intensive courses in international law, including competition law, economic law, arbitration, judicial cooperation and internal affairs of the EU, cybersecurity, and the judicial system of the United States of America.
Languages
Portuguese, English, French, Spanish.
Educational Background
Law Degree, Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon.
PhD in Biology and Health, University of Montpellier.
Postdoctoral researcher in Medical Oncology and diagnosis, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne.
Postdoctoral researcher in Oncology, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Lisbon.