Our Partners
INSPIRE is proud to be led by a multidisciplinary team across Europe. Our partners include research and practical experts in palliative rehabilitation, medical practitioners, allied heathcare professionals, skilled researchers and statisticians, our invaluable administration and coordination team, and distinguished organisations engaging in research dissemination and patient advocacy.
Meet the INSPIRE Team
Joanne Bayly
Scientific Manager: Responsible for overseeing the scientific objectives of INSPIRE
Matthew Maddocks
Scientific Lead for INSPIRE: Co-leading Work Package 9- Management and Coordination
Irene Higginson
Executive Dean of the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care: Scientific advisor for INSPIRE
Charles Normand
Health Economist: Supporting Work Packages 3 & 4 on the economic value of INSPIRE
Toby Prevost
Director of the Clinical Trials Unit & Professor of Statistics: Leading Work Package 3 – Main Trial Coordination and Statistical Analysis for INSPIRE
Joana Vasconcelos
Trial Statistician: Analysing data for work packages 3- the Main Trial Coordination
Emily Boocock
Research Assistant: Providing administrative support to the KCL team
Guillaume Economos
Practitioner: Managing project coordination, communication with the European Commission, and leading Work Package 6 on the implementation process evaluation
Marta Esteban Arnau
Responsible for project management and coordination in INSPIRE
Julia Romeyer
Responsible for developing the implementation process evaluation protocol, including monitoring patients in HCL
Stefania Costi
Research Physiotherapist: Leading in AUSL-IRCCS, delivering the intervention and collaborating across all work packages
Monica Guberti
Research Nurse: Collaborating on Work Packages 1, 3, 7 and 8
Stefania Fugazzaro
Physiotherapist: Preparation of clinical reports for Work Packages 2, 3 and 7
Elena Turola
Biotechnologist: Project manager of Horizon projects at AUSL-IRCCS
Silvio Cavuto
Supporting the economic analysis and clinical report for Work Package 4
Virginia Dolcini
Head of the Grant Office for Work Package 9- Management and Coordination
Barbara Bressi
Physiotherapist: Delivering the intervention and preparing manuscript drafts for the trial for Work Package 2 and 8
May Aasebø Hauken
Professor at the Center for Crisis Psychology: Completing stakeholder interviews for Work Package 1 and engaging with Work Package 7
Line Oldervoll
Professor at the Centre for Crisis Psychology: Responsible for Work Packages 1 and 7; engaging in Work Package 3
Guro Birgitte Stene
Associate Professor at the Centre for Crisis Psychology: Completing document analysis for Work Package 1 and engaging in Work Packages 2 and 7
Elisa Vanzulli
Physician specialised in physical medicine and rehabilitation: Identifying and recruiting patients for the intervention, administering assessment tools, planning individualised intervention plans, and integrating patients’ care along the different phases of the study
Maria Grazia Blandini
Physiotherapist: Responsible for identifying and recruiting patients for the INSPIRE intervention, administering assessment tools, planning individualised intervention plans, and integrating patients’ care along the different phases of the study
Augusto Caraceni
Principal Investigator: Responsible for identifying and recruiting patients for the INSPIRE intervention, administering assessment tools, planning individualised intervention plans, and integrating patients’ care along the different phases of the study
Mai-Britt Guldin
Work Package 5 Lead
Lise Nottelmann
Post-doctoral researcher engaging with Work Package 5
Barry J. A. Laird
Reader in Palliative Medicine: Leader of Work Package 2 – Design and implementation of the INSPIRE intervention
Amy McLuskie
Clinical Research Fellow: Supporting Work Package 2, delivering the Intervention Manual and Handbook for INSPIRE
Cathy Payne
Research Projects Manager: Leading Work Package 8- Dissemination and Exploitation
Fódhla Ní Chéileachair
Projects Officer: Supporting Work Package 8- Dissemination and Exploitation
Eduardo Agustín Veber
Communications Officer: Providing support to Work Package 8- Dissemination and Exploitation