HaPpY in 2026
February 2026
Congratulations to Anh Le Cong Tuan (ESR3)
on defending his PhD on February 23! An outstanding achievement! well done
🎉 Congratulations to Ms. Ginevra Sperandio (ESR2) for successfully defending her PhD thesis on February 23, completed with great honors, from University of Heidelberg and UVSQ!! well done! 🎓✨👏
🎉 Congratulations to Chiara Di Marino (ESR9) on successfully defending her PhD thesis on February 23! An amazing achievement, celebrated with a double degree from NUIG and UCA! 👏🎓✨
Congratulations to ESR4 on successfully defending her PhD thesis on February 10th and receiving the highest grade from the University of Minho! Well done
HaPpY in 2025
December 2025
Congratulations to Vandana Shree Srinivasan (ESR11) on her thesis defense on the 18th of December Your hard work and dedication have paid off. Well done!
Congratulations to Mithil Gaikwad (ESR10) on his excellent thesis defense on the 15th of December! Well done
Congratulations to Susana Lima (ESR8) on her excellent thesis defense on the 9th of December! A major milestone achieved, well done for this outstanding work and accomplishment
September 2025
We are excited to announce that ESR11 will be presenting at the 9th International Congress on Neuropathic Pain in Berlin! Don't miss her presentation:
July 2025
Congratulations to Ariadni Bella (ESR6) on successfully defending her PhD thesis on the 4th of July. The very first defense of HaPpY Programme!
June 2025
Exciting news! ESRs Francesco, Anh and Ginevra will be presenting at #ISPP2025 in Glasgow! Don’t miss their talk on June 18, 3:30–5:00 PM: "Unraveling the Complexities of Pain and its Comorbidities from Adolescence to Early Adulthood
April 2025
Congrats to Ms. Gonzalez (ESR15) for her article in the Helsinki University Magazine: “Pain is not purely mechanical — emotions and social factors influence it.” 👏🧠 A great read on the complexity of pain! #PainScience
Shoutout to our ESRs for presenting their latest findings on pain & emotional disorders during the DataBlitz and Poster sessions at #EFICCongress2025
March 2025
ESRs were very HaPpY to contribute to the #BrainAwarenessWeek on March 2025
🧠 Ms. González was thrilled to participate in #BrainAwarenessWeek on March 13th at The Think Corner, Helsinki! From Ouch to Aha! The science behind pain perception.
Congratulations to Mrs. Vandana Shree Vedartham (ESR11) for her insightful article on how sleep impacts brain function, featured in Women in Neurosciences UK!
A must-read!
Kudos to Vandana Shree Vedartham (ESR11) for her contribution to this insightful review on "50 years of pain research at the IASP World Congress"! 🧠📚
HaPpY in 2024
November 2024
Don’t miss the interview with Dr. Yalcin and Ms. Sperandio (ESR2) in Horizon Magazine!
October 2024
📢 Don’t miss Annamaria's presentation (ESR4) at the Irish Pain Society meeting 2024 in Dublin on Cannabinoid CB1 receptor involvement in a model of neuropathic pain #HAPpY2021 #IPS2024
👏👏 Don’t miss it! Chiara Di Marino (ESR9) & Daniel Fusco (ESR7) will present their posters at #SfN24 in Chicago (Oct 7–8)! Come discover their exciting work! 🧠✨ #Neuroscience #HAPpYProject
August 2024
🚨 Amsterdam, here we come! Four brilliant HaPpY ESRs will showcase their research on pain & emotional disorders at the IASP World Congress! Stay tuned! #IASP2024 #Neurosciences
