Pilar Baylina has a Master degree (Environmental Engineering, MSc) and Bachelor degree (Chemical Engineering, BSc) from the Faculty of Engineering at University of, and a PhD in Public Health – Policies, Management and Health Administration from the New University of Lisbon, with focus in management of healthcare-associated infections. She is an Adjunct Professor at the Health School – Polytechnic Institute of Porto since 2003. She published several articles in specialised magazines. She has 3 book chapters, supervising 2 doctoral thesis. supervised /co-supervised more than 20 master's thesis. She participates and / or participated as an Investigator and manager in projects related with quality/environmental management, biotechnology and other areas. She works in the Health sector since 1998, with focus in Quality, Environmental, Occupational and Risk Management. She also developed some Public Health research with emphasis on medical Biotechnology. In her professional activities, she interacted with 100 collaborators in co-authoring scientific and technical works. She has several years of experience as consultant/trainer for the development and implementation of quality and environment management systems, risk management, and collaborated with Portuguese Certification agencies and international organisations as external auditor/trainer. She is also an entrepreneur since 2008. She is the Co-founder of InnoPhage, Lda. Actually, she is Vice-President of Portuguese Engineering Association (North council), responsible for the development of several engineering, technical and general, activities and projects.