Dina Batista Pereira (C81F-2B72-3455)

Curriculum Vitae

Dina Batista Pereira

Dina Batista Pereira, holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering and Management in 2013 from University of Beira Interior (UBI), a Master in Management in 2007 from UBI and a degree in Sociologia in 1997 from University of Coimbra. Dina is the Manager of UBIMEDICAL at UBI, incubator for health and life sectors. Among other duties, she is responsible for the creation and scale up of new startups coming from UBI, as well as the organization and management of international projects with other stakeholders from incubators, universities, companies. She collaborates in the teaching activity at UBI: in the Curricular Unit “Project in Biomedical Sciences”, taught in the 1st year of the 2nd cycle in Biomedical Sciences, since the 2018/2019 academic year (12 hours); “Research and Entrepreneurship” within the scope of the curricular units “Monitoring and Assisted Therapeutics” and “Materials and Medical Devices”, of the 1st and 2nd cycle of studies in Bioengineering since 2018/2019 (10 hours); Research and entrepreneurship in the curricular unit ‘Elements of student choice II’ of the 3rd year of the Integrated Master's Degree in Medicine since 2018/2019 (3 hours); in the Curricular units "- Industrial Property and Open Innovation" (20 hours), ESG_MBA@UBI, in the academic years of 2023/2024 and 2024/2025: Responsible; and "Information Technologies and Systems" (20 hours), MBA@UBI, in the academic years of 2021/2022; and 2022/2023: Responsible; in the Curricular activities of "Microeconomics I", Degree in Economics: Accelerator for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Accelerator (10 hours), in the academic years: 2021/2022; and 2022/2023: Responsible; in the "Business Economics", Marketing Degree: Entrepreneurship and Innovation Accelerator Entrepreneurship and Innovation (10 hours), in the academic years: 2021/2022; and 2022/2023: Responsible; and in the "Portuguese and European Union Economy", Degree in Economics and Management Degree: Entrepreneurship and Innovation Accelerator (10 hours), in the academic years: 2021/2022; and 2022/2023: Responsible. She also teaches at Foundation FEFAL in the field of Digital transformation and innovation for local authorities. Dina is co-founder and CEO of FastPrinciple, brand name 'NeuroSoV', startup dedicated at developing new drug candidates for Parkinson Disease and other dementias. Dina is Researcher at CEG-IST - Centre for Management Studies /IST-University of Lisbon (since 2013) and NECE- Research Centre in Business Sciences/University of Beira Interior (since 2018) in the fields of innovation, entrepreneurship and technology transfer. Dina is member of the EIT Food RIS Council, Mentor of the EIT Health Mentoring and Coaching Network (MCN) and of BGI - Building Global Innovators.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Dina Batista Pereira

Citation names

Pereira, Dina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: C81F-2B72-3455
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1119-2744

Addresses

UBImedical - University of Beira Interior Estrada Municipal, 506, 6200-284, Covilhã, Covilhã, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Engineering and Technology - Other Engineering and Technologies
Social Sciences - Economics and Business

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
French	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2024 - 2024 Concluded	US Master Class on Pharma Contract Drafting (Postgraduate Certificate) GLC, United States
2024 - 2024 Concluded	Innovation to business journey (Postgraduate Certificate) The University of Texas at Austin Cockrell School of Engineering, United States
2024 - 2024 Concluded	Building an entrepreneurship education ecosystem (Postgraduate Certificate) Babson College, United States
2020/06/01 - 2020/11/30 Concluded	EIT Food Government Executive Academy (Postgraduate Certificate) Uniwersytet Warszawski, Poland	Successful conclusion
2015/07/01 - 2017/03/01 Concluded	Industrial Management and Engineering (Pós-doutoramento) Instituto Superior Técnico Departamento de Engenharia e Gestão, Portugal
2013 Concluded	Engenharia e Gestão Industrial (Doutoramento) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal "Essays on Entrepreneurial Transference of Technology and Patenting" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Excelente
2007 Concluded	Master in Management (Mestrado) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal "Cooperação Universidade-Empresas: o Caso da Universidade da Beira Interior" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Muito bom
1997 Concluded	Sociologia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal "Na" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	15

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018/01/01 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Universidade da Beira Interior Núcleo de Estudos em Ciências Empresariais, Portugal

2013/05/06 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Instituto Superior Técnico Centro de Estudos de Gestão, Portugal
	Instituto Superior Técnico Departamento de Engenharia e Gestão, Portugal
2015/09/01 - 2017/02/28	Postdoc (Research)	Instituto Superior Técnico Centro de Estudos de Gestão, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018/10/01 - Current	Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Other Careers

	Category Host institution	Employer
2001/12/01 - 2015/07/31	Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior)	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/04/01 - Current	Co-founder and CEO of FastPrinciple, brand name 'NeuroSoV', startup dedicated at developing new drug candidates for Parkinson Disease and other dementias	FastPrinciple, Lda., Portugal
	FastPrinciple, Lda., Portugal
2017/03/01 - Current	Executive director incubadora/aceleradora UBImedical	Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

1999/01/09 - 2001/11/01	Técnica Superior de Investigação	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2023/11/01 - 2027/10/31	Unita 2.0 Project 101124853 — UNITA Researcher Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Universitatea Transilvania din Brasov, Romania Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy Instituto Politécnico da Guarda, Portugal Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, France Université Savoie Mont Blanc, France Universitatea de Vest din Timisoara, Romania Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain	Ongoing
2023/01/01 - 2026/12/31	CSTO2NE - Biomimicry and carbon adsorbent eco-materials for a climate-neutral economy 101086302 Researcher Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal	EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Ongoing
2023/11/01 - 2025/10/31	Catalyst Catalyst - Candidatura nº 5.270 Researcher Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal	Ongoing
2021/09/01 - 2024/09/01	Re-UNITA – Research for UNITA: Fostering the emergence of a shared research and innovation agenda within the UNITA alliance project number n° 101035810 Researcher Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal	EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Science with and for Society Ongoing
2021/07/01 - 2024/07/01	INNOUNITA - INNOvation capacity building in UNITA Project ID: 711 Researcher Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal	European Institute of Innovation & Technology Ongoing
2021/06/01 - 2024/05/31	Med-wet Med-wet Researcher Universidade da Beira Interior Núcleo de Estudos em Ciências Empresariais, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2020/12/01 - 2022/12/31	R&I Loop - Shaping the way Higher Education Institutions do Research and Innovation with and for Society 2020-1-PT01-KA203-078366 Researcher	Education Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency Ongoing
2018/01/01 - 2021/12/31	BIOHEALTH Gear Box Alliance (BIO-ALL) 600936-EPP-1-2018-1-PT-EPPKA2-KA Principal investigator Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal	European Commission Ongoing
2020/04/20 - 2021/04/20	CheckImmune 251_596879301 Researcher Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal Health Products Research and Development Lda, Portugal Centro Hospitalar Cova da Beira EPE, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2018/01/01 - 2020/12/31	R.E.NewAL Skills 591861-EPP-1-2017-1-IT-EPPKA2-SSA Researcher Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal	European Commission Concluded
2014/06 - 2018/05	Technology, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy Lab Provided by PTCRIS: 135785 135785	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2013/04/26 - 2017/04/25	COST Action - Analysing the dynamics of information and knowledge landscapes (KNOWeSCAPE) (TD1210) KNOWeSCAPE (TD1210) Researcher Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal	European Commission Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book	Pereira, Dina. Intrapreneurship and Sustainable Human Capital. Springer International Publishing. 2020. Published • Editor
Book chapter	Pereira, Dina; Leitao, Correia Carlos Joao. "Crescimento sustentável e desempenho exportador de novas empresas: qual é o papel do capital humano e do capital social dos fundadores?". In Mercado de Trabalho em Portugal - Do Teletrabalho ao Salário Mínimo, edited by Nuno Crespo; Nádia Simões, 389-419. Portugal: Actual Editora, 2022. Published Leitão, J.; Pereira, D.. "Sustainable Growth and Exporting Performance of New Companies: What Is the Role of the Founders’ Human Capital and Social Capital?". 29-51. 2022. 10.1007/978-3-031-05307-8_3 Leitão, J.; Pereira, D.; Gonçalves, Â.. "Workers’ Well-Being and Workplace Environment: Crossed Case Studies of Workplaces in Italy, Greece and Portugal". 19-43. 2021. Pereira, Dina; Leitão, João; Baptista, Rui. "Who’s Winning the “Survivor” Race? Gazelle or Non-Gazelle Startups". In Studies on Entrepreneurship, Structural Change and Industrial Dynamics, 169-208. Springer International Publishing, 2020. Published Pereira, D.; Leitão, J.; Baptista, R.. "Who’s Winning the “Survivor” Race? Gazelle or Non-Gazelle Startups". 169-208. 2020. 10.1007/978-3-030-49410-0_11 Leitão, J.; Nunes, A.; Pereira, D.; Ramadani, V.. "Insights into a New Research Agenda for the Behavioural Theory of the Firm". 1-8. 2020. 10.1007/978-3-030-49410-0_1 Leitão, João; Pereira, Dina; Devezas, Tessaleno. "Theoretical Framework and Proposed Model". In Contributions to Management Science, 3-58. Springer International Publishing, 2018. 10.1007/978-3-319-91282-0_1 Pereira, D.; Leitão, J.; Devezas, T.. "Coopetition and Co-innovation: Do Manufacturing and Service Providers Behave Differently?". 397-431. 2017. 10.1007/978-3-319-49604-7_20 Leitão, João; Alves, Helena; Pereira, Dina. "Open Innovative Governance, Municipalities’ Transparency and Citizens’ Quality of Life: Are They a Perfectly Matched Trilogy?". In Entrepreneurial and Innovative Practices in Public Institutions, 169-188. Springer International Publishing, 2016. 10.1007/978-3-319-32091-5_9 Pereira, Dina; Leitão, João. "Coopetition and Open Innovation: An Application to KIS vs. Less-KIS Firms". In Entrepreneurship, Human Capital, and Regional Development, 169-186. Springer International Publishing, 2014. 10.1007/978-3-319-12871-9_9
Conference paper	Leitão, J.; Pereira, D.. "Absorptive capacity, coopetition and product innovation: A comparative analysis between Italian and Portuguese service firms". 2016. 10.1109/IESM.2015.7380295 Leitao, Joao; Pereira, Dina. "Absorptive capacity, coopetition and product innovation: A comparative analysis between Italian and Portuguese service firms". 2015. 10.1109/iesm.2015.7380295
Journal article	Leitão, João; Ferreira, Joaquim; Pereira, Dina. "Are there Marshallian industrial districts in Portugal? revisiting the canello and pavone algorithm". Regional Science Policy & Practice 16 11 (2024): 100132. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rspp.2024.100132. 10.1016/j.rspp.2024.100132 Dario Peirone; Dina Batista Pereira; João Leitão; Olha Nezghoda. "The Role of the Agglomeration Economy and Innovation Ecosystem in the Process of Competency Development and Growth of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises". Administrative Sciences (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci14090222. 10.3390/admsci14090222 João Leitão; Sónia de Brito; Dina Pereira. "Organizational ambidexterity, open innovation and innovation outputs: How do followers and low-flyer EU countries innovate?". International Journal of Innovation Studies (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijis.2024.01.001. 10.1016/j.ijis.2024.01.001 Dina Pereira; João Leitão; Tiago Oliveira; Dario Peirone. "Proposing a holistic research framework for university strategic alliances in sustainable entrepreneurship". Heliyon (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16087. 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16087 Dina Pereira; Joao Carlos Correia Leitao; Pedro Dinis Gaspar; Cristina Fael; Isabel Falorca; Wael Khairy; Nadya Wahid; et al. "Exploring Irrigation and Water Supply Technologies for Smallholder Farmers in the Mediterranean Region". Sustainability (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/su15086875. 10.3390/su15086875 Leitão, J.; Pereira, D.; Gonçalves, Â.; Oliveira, T.. "Digitalizing the pillars of Hybrid Civic Universities: A bibliometric analysis and new taxonomy proposal". Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity 9 1 (2023): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85153750684&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.joitmc.2023.100026 Dina Pereira; João Leitão; Ludovina Ramos. "Burnout and Quality of Work Life among Municipal Workers: Do Motivating and Economic Factors Play a Mediating Role?". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013035. 10.3390/ijerph192013035 João Leitão; Dina Pereira; Ângela Gonçalves. "Business Incubators, Accelerators, and Performance of Technology-Based Ventures: A Systematic Literature Review". Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity 8 1 (2022): 46-46. https://doi.org/10.3390/joitmc8010046. 10.3390/joitmc8010046 João Leitão; Dina Pereira; Ângela Gonçalves. "Quality of Work Life and Contribution to Productivity: Assessing the Moderator Effects of Burnout Syndrome". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052425. 10.3390/ijerph18052425 Isabel Marques; João Leitão; Alba Carvalho; Dina Pereira. "Public Administration and Values Oriented to Sustainability: A Systematic Approach to the Literature". Sustainability (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/su13052566. 10.3390/su13052566 Leitão, João; Pereira, Dina; Brito, Sónia de. "Inbound and Outbound Practices of Open Innovation and Eco-Innovation: Contrasting Bioeconomy and Non-Bioeconomy Firms". Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity 6 4 (2020): 145. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/joitmc6040145. Published • 10.3390/joitmc6040145 João Leitão; Dina Pereira; Ângela Gonçalves. "Quality of Work Life and Organizational Performance: Workers’ Feelings of Contributing, or Not, to the Organization’s Productivity". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16 20 (2019): 3803-3803. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16203803. 10.3390/ijerph16203803 Pereira, Dina; Leitao, Joao. "Absorptive capacity, coopetition and generation of product innovation: contrasting Italian and Portuguese manufacturing firms". International Journal of Technology Management 71 1/2 (2016): 10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijtm.2016.077979. 10.1504/ijtm.2016.077979 Pereira, D.; Leitão, J.. "Absorptive capacity, coopetition and generation of product innovation: Contrasting Italian and Portuguese manufacturing firms". International Journal of Technology Management 71 1-2 (2016): 10-37. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84982845610&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1504/IJTM.2016.077979 Pereira, D.; Leitão, J.; Devezas, T.. "Do R&D and licensing strategies influence start-ups' growth?". International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business 25 2 (2015): 148-170. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84929247097&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1504/IJESB.2015.069283 Pereira, D.; Leitão, J.. "Does the academic spin-off condition play a role in patent valuation?". International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business 18 4 (2013): 373-399. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84876971583&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1504/IJESB.2013.053483

Intellectual property

Patent

Pereira, Dina. 2023. "Ionic-liquid-based formulations for the prevention or treatment of neurological diseases".
Granted/Issued
Pereira, Dina; Leitao, Correia Carlos Joao; Patto, Maria Vaz; Granadeiro, Luiza. 2020. "MÉTODO PARA ESTIMULAR A CRIATIVIDADE USANDO ESTIMULAÇÃO MAGNÉTICA TRANSCRANIANA REPETITIVA (RTMS)".
Granted/Issued

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/09/18	Do the Human and Social Capital of Startups Matter for Initial Hiring Decisions and Survival? An Empirical Application to the Portuguese Entrepreneurial Ecosystem	22nd Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research 2024 in Innsbruck MCI \| The Entrepreneurial School (Innsbruck, Austria)
2016/06/06	Startups’ Dream Teams: Do Similar Backgrounds Matter For NewVenture Growth And Survival?	3rd International ZEW Conference on the Dynamics of Entrepreneurship ZEW (Mannheim, Germany)
2015/10/01	Pereira, D. & J. Leitão (2015). ‘Absorptive Capacity and Firms’ Generation of Innovation: Revisiting Zahra and George’s Model	’5th European Conference on Corporate R&D and Innovation CONCORDi 2015, European Commission JRC IPTS (Sevilha, Spain)
2014/02/14	Coopetition and co-innovation: Do manufacturing and service providers behave differently?.	IECER 2014. University of Applied Sciences HTW Chur, Chur (Switzerland) . (Chur, Switzerland)
2012/03/15	Does the Academic Spin-Off Condition Play a Role in Patent Valuation?.	IECER 2012. University of Regensburg, Germany (Regensburg, Germany)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/06/01 - 2029/06/01	Pre-clinical validation of a new therapeutic solution to prevent Parkinson's disease dementia Co-supervisor	PhD Biomedicina (PhD) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2024 - 2029	Pre-clinical validation of a new therapeutic solution to prevent Parkinson's disease dementia Co-supervisor	Biomedicine (PhD) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2023/09/23 - 2027/09/09	New strategy to prevent the progression of neurodegeneration occurring in Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Co-supervisor	PhD Biomedicina (PhD) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2023 - 2027	New strategy to prevent the progression of neurodegeneration occurring in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Co-supervisor	Biomedicine (PhD) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
2024/10/14 - 2025/06/01	Marketing Digital e Inteligência Artificial: Um estudo das implicações para o futuro das Start-ups nascidas em Incubadoras Co-supervisor	Mestrado em Gestão (Master) Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal

Distinctions

Other distinction

2018	Innovation National Award, Ministry of Economy - “Absorptive Capacity and Firms' Generation of Innovation: Revisiting Zahra and George's Model” (2018) Ministerstwo Gospodarki, Poland
2013	IAPMEI AWARD 2013 - for developing and implementing a start-up contest award for accelerating entrepreneurship creation - 'WINUBI'
2012	Best Paper Award of IECER 2012 - Entrepreneurship and Innovation