Maria Viegas Nascimento manages testing and validation activities at Instituto Pedro Nunes (IPN), focusing on pre‑clinical and clinical evidence generation for medical devices and digital health solutions on their path to market. Her work focuses on designing and coordinating validation strategies that ensure regulatory compliance, clinical relevance, and robust real‑world value for innovative health technologies.

With a background in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Coimbra, Maria combines strong scientific training with extensive experience in Health Technology Assessment and Market Access. Since 2008, she has been fully dedicated to clinical research, holding different responsibilities across clinical studies coordination, project management, and regulatory consultancy, contributing to national and multinational trials and to evidence strategies supporting reimbursement and market adoption of health technologies.