Project Team
COMOESTAS team is composed by high-skilled technological, clinical and legal professionals that closely cooperate to reach the project's objectives.
Documents and Website content are regularly posted by the consortium led by Prof. Giuseppe Nappi.
Clinical staff
Technological staff
Legal and Management staff
Clinical Staff
Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Casimiro Mondino
Specialists & Role:
Giuseppe Nappi (Project Coordinator): M.D., Full professor of Neurology, Scientific Director of the IRCCS "Neurological Institute C. Mondino" Foundation, President of the University Centre for Adaptive Disorders and Headache
Cristina Tassorelli (Project Manager): MD, PhD Neurologist
Giorgio Sandrini: M.D., Full professor of Neurology, Head of the Pavia section of the University Centre for Adaptive Disorders and Headache.
Grazia Sances: M.D., Neurologist, Head of the Headache Unit of the IRCCS "Neurological Institute C. Mondino" Foundation.
Fabio Blandini : M.D., Neurologist, Biochemist, Head of the Laboratory of Functional Neurochemistry and supervisor of international research programs.
Marta Allena : M.D., Neurophysiopathologist, headache expert.
Region Hovedstaden, Glostrup Amtssygehuset
Specialists & Role:
Rigmor Jensen (Principal Investigator): MD, Dr Med Sci, Professor of Neurology.
Jes Olesen MD, Dr.Med.Sci and honorary doctor at the university of Rome, Full Professor of Neurology.
Signe Bruun Munksgaard MD, Neurologist
Annette Vangaa Rasmussen Study nurse
Universitaetsklinikum Essen
Specialists & Role:
Zaza Katsarava (Principal Investigator): MD, PhD, MSc. Consultant Neurologist and Head of the West German Headache Centre.
Daniel Mueller: MD, Dr. Med., Neurologist.
Thomas Zwarg: MD, Dr. Med., Neurologist
Fundacion para la Lucha contra las Enfermedades Neurologicas de la Infancia
Specialists & Role:
Jorge Leston(Principal Investigator): MD. Neurologist, Headache and Pain clinic staff in FLENI.
Maria Teresa Goicochea: PhD Neurologist; Headache and Pain Clinic staff in FLENI.
Lucas Bonamico: MD. Neurologist, Headache and Pain Clinic staff in FLENI.
Fernando Salvati: MD. Neurologist; Headache and Pain Clinic staff in FLENI.
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Specialists & Role:
Ricardo Fadic (Principal Investigator): MD, Associate Professor of Neurology. Neurology residency and neuromuscular fellowship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Fellow at the Clinician investigator training program at Harvard-MIT.
Raul Valenzuela: MD, Associate Professor of Neurology
Beatriz Shand: MD, Instructor of Neurology
Elizabeth Vergara: Nurse
Fundación de la Comunidad Valenciana para la Investigación Biomedica, la Docencia y la Cooperación Internacional y parael Desarrollo del Hospital Clínico Universitario De Valencia
Specialists & Role:
Miguel JA Láinez (Principal Investigator): MD, PhD, Professor and Chair. Department of Neurology. University of Valencia.
Anna Piera: MD, Neurologist.
Technological staff
Consorzio di Bioingegneria e Informatica Medica
Specialists & Role:
Marco Pagani (Principal Investigator): Head of Project Management Area.
Andrea Stoppini (Technological Manager): Head of Technical Department.
Stefania Pazzi: Operational Manager.
Adriano Gasperi: International affairs manager.
Mauro Landro: Project Manager.
Fundacion ISALUD
Specialists & Role:
Santiago Spadafora (Principal Investigator): Director of the e-learning department of Instituto Universitario de la Fundación Isalud.
María Osa: Farmacéutica. Especialista en Salud Pública
Catalina De la Puente: Researcher, degree in economics and master in health care
Jorge Leguiza, : Pharmacist. MD, Dr., Specialized in Medical Computer Science and in Epidemiology
Rodrigo Pablo Escudero, : MD, PhD. Member of the Information System Working Group of ISALUD.
Legal and Management staff
Ministerio de Salud de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
Specialists & Role:
Nestor Gorini (Principal investigator): Coordinator of the health research program of Buenos Aires Province and professor at the Provincial Health school of Buenos Aires.
CF consulting s.r.l.
Specialists & Role:
Carla Finocchiaro (Principal Investigator): General Manager. Political sciences degree. Company founder and CEO, over 10 years experience in European research programmes and international public relations. Training expertise on EC law.
Serena Cogoni: Junior Assistant.
Ilaria Marsili: International relations degree. Assistance with proposals submission and management.
Grazia Pagano: Political sciences degree. Expertise in European research programmes knowledge management, organisation of workshops and international conference and dissemination activities.
Emilio Cigliano: Law degree. Expertise in Corporate and Litigation and arbitration practice. Drawing up of national and international agreements.












