Manuel Gaviria

Chairman @Theraia Capital

Montpellier, FR
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WORK HISTORY

Feb 2026 — Present

Chairman @Theraia Capital

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Founder and President of Theraia Capital, dedicated to advancing healthcare innovation in MedTech and Health Tech. Drawing on extensive experience in research, clinical environments and translational pathways, we support projects from bench to bedside, facilitating the transformation of scientific innovation into clinically relevant and scalable healthcare solutions.

EDUCATION

1994 — 1996

Université Bourgogne Europe

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Neurosciences

1980 — 1987

Universidad del Rosario

Professional Doctoral degree, Medical Doctor

1990 — 1994

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

MD Specialization, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

1992 — 1993

University of Montpellier

Master's degree, Statistics, Informatics and Modelling

1967 — 1980

Lycée Français Louis Pasteur

Baccalauréat section scientifique

1992 — 1993

Université Bourgogne Europe

Master of Science (MSc), Neurophysiology

SKILLS

R&DClinical TrialsHigher EducationPharmaceutical SectorBrain ResearchCorporate Business ManagementTranslational ResearchEvaluation of Research and Innovation Projects, Programmes or PoliciesBiotechnologyClinical ResearchR&D ManagementKnowledge ManagementPreclinical ResearchNeurotraumatologyNeurophysiologyPhysical Medicine and RehabilitationNeurosciencesDissemination of ResultsOperational Management

ABOUT MANUEL GAVIRIA

Medical Doctor specialized in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, I own a Master\'s degree in Statistics and Modeling and a PhD in Neuroscience. I have more than 30 years of professional experience in the field of public and private research in France, in different fields such experimental neurotrauma and neuroprotection, neural regeneration and neuroplasticity as well as in the area of neurological rehabilitation, clinical and integrative neurosciences. I am the Scientific and Medical Director at Equiphoria, an innovative NeuroRehabilitation Institute in the South of France aiming to develop integrative approaches for bringing increased autonomy and quality of live to patients with major neurological disorders and supporting caregivers in everyday life. I am the CEO and founder of Workinbio, specialized in the strategic management of health innovation, where I have been working incorporating, managing and giving advice to private companies in the field of therapeutic innovation in the last two decades. I work since 2002 as an independent expert for several research, education and innovation agencies of the European Commission in the field of Life Sciences (REA, EUREKA, EACEA, AAL), and as a business coach for the EIC Accelerator program of the European agency EASMEA. I participated by the past in a few French regulatory advisory committees in health and disability. I am regularly invited as Guest Editor for different scientific peer-review journals.

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