Team
The SPACES Consortium
Meet the Team
The people contributing to the SPACES project across its partner organisations.
SPACES brings together a multidisciplinary team from six partner organisations in Italy, Portugal and Spain. The team combines expertise in clinical care, rehabilitation, research and patient advocacy to investigate innovative digital approaches for children and adults living with rare bone disorders. The project also receives specialised technical-scientific support from a selected subcontractor in the field of digital telerehabilitation technologies.
Our Project Team
Explore the people contributing to SPACES across the six partner organisations.
Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli (IOR) | Italy
Luca Sangiorgi 
Professional status: MD, PhD
Career stage: Top grade researcher
Role: Project Coordinator
Manila Boarini
Professional status: MSc
Career stage: Senior researcher
Giuseppina Mariagrazia Farella
Professional status: MD
Career stage: Senior researcher
Serena Rizzo
Professional status: MD
Career stage: Senior researcher
Silvana Sartini
Professional status: MD
Career stage: Senior researcher
Silvia Fittipaldi
Professional status: PhD
Career stage: Top grade researcher
Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna (UNIBO) | Italy
Paolo Pillastrini
Professional status: Professor
Career stage: Top grade researcher
Role: Principal Investigator
Lisa Berti
Professional status: PhD
Career stage: Senior researcher
Paolo Mora
Professional status: Professor
Career stage: Recognised researcher
Daniela Platano
Professional status: Professor
Career stage: Recognised researcher
Marco Tramontano
Professional status: Professor
Career stage: Senior researcher
Andrea Turolla
Professional status: Professor
Career stage: Senior researcher
Unidade Local de Saúde de Coimbra (ULS Coimbra) | Portugal
Sérgio Sousa 
Professional status: PhD, MD
Career stage: Senior researcher
Role: Principal Investigator
Ana Margarida Ferreira
Professional status: MD
Career stage: Recognised researcher
Fundación para la Investigación Biomédica del Hospital Universitario La Paz (FIBHULP) | Spain
Gonzalo Ruiz-Zurita 
Professional status: PhD
Career stage: Recognised researcher
Role: Principal Investigator
Santi Rello-Varona
Professional status: PhD
Career stage: Recognised researcher
Fundación para la Investigación e Innovación Biosanitaria de Atención Primaria (FIIBAP) | Spain
Maria Gonzalez Cerrajero
Professional status: MD, PhD
Career stage: Senior scientist
Role: Principal Investigator
ANDO | Portugal
Inês Alves
Professional status: PhD Student, Patient Advocacy
Career stage: First stage researcher
Role: Principal Investigator
AIAS Bologna ETS (selected subcontractor) | Italy
AIAS Bologna ETS
Role: Technical-Scientific Support for Digital Telerehabilitation Technologies.