Meet the Team
PAINLESS comprises experienced and highly skilled professionals from all across Europe. The team includes experts in chronic pain, cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, medical oncology, palliative care, and neuromodulation, among many other research disciplines. Moreover, PAINLESS benefits hugely from partnerships with innovative software specialists and is supported by European organisations engaged in research dissemination, patient advocacy, and public health promotion.
María Teresa Carrillo de la Peña
Principal investigator
The Brain and Pain team
Noelia Samartin Veiga
Data coordinator: Collection, processing, & management
The Brain and Pain team
Francisco Pichel Contra
Financial and adminstration support officer
The European Projects Office
Belén Fernández Castro
Supporting the analysis of health economics data
IDEGA: Instituto de Estudos e Desenvolvemento de Galicia
Dolores Riveiro García
Supporting the analysis of health economics data
IDEGA: Instituto de Estudos e Desenvolvemento de Galicia
Lara Rubal Otero
Researcher engaged in project set-up, the development of protocol evaluations, conducting face-to-face assessments of patients, and subsequent data analysis
Elena María Brozos Vázquez
Clinician, participant recruiter & work package 2 leader
Eva María Ben Garea
Managing economic and administrative tasks
Mónica Mayo Moldes
Supporting participant recruitment
Isaura Fernández Pérez
Supporting participant recruitment
Edris Noori
Work Package 3: Coordinating efforts to use neuromodulation technology as an intervention for PAINLESS
Ivan Chakalov
Work Package 3: Assisting research efforts within PAINLESS and providing medical expertise
Otília Romano
Carina Fernandes
Supervising data collection, processing and management for work package 1; Scientific dissemination
Claudia Vieira
Yelena Granovsky
Supervising data collection and internal analyses for work packages 2 & 3
Alberto González Villar
External advisor
Daniela Mosoiu
Recruiting participants for work packages 2 & 3; Work package 7 leader
Sorina Hasu
Supporting work packages 2, 3 and 7
André Dufour
Managing clinical protocol and CPM stimulator for work package 1