Rafael Maldonado

Rafael Maldonado carried out research on pharmacology for 11 years in France and the USA and, since 2000, has been Full Professor of Pharmacology at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain), where he founded the Laboratory of Neuropharmacology. His research focuses on the neurochemical basis of affective disorders, pain, drug addiction, and eating disorders, with a particular focus on the development of novel behavioural models. He has a large background in the study of pain processes, particularly neuropathic pain, and extensive experience in collaborative programmes funded by the European Commission, the Human Frontier Science Program, the National Institutes of Health (USA), and private companies. He coordinated the FP7 project LCP NeuroPain, which generated new neuropathic pain models of high predictive value for the preclinical evaluation of novel treatments.