ROCÍO DE LA VEGA

UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA. SPAIN

Rocío de la Vega, PhD, works at the University of Málaga (UMA), Spain, as a faculty member, with a Ramón y Cajal contract since 2020, where she leads a research line focused on digital interventions and pediatric pain.

She received her PhD in Health Psychology from the University Rovira i Virgili, in Tarragona, obtaining the International Mention and Extraordinary Award. In 2015, she moved to the United States (USA), and spent two years working on non- pharmacological pain management interventions at the University of Washington. In November 2017, she obtained a postdoctoral contract at the Seattle Children’s Research Institute.

She has several leadership appointments on international committees: Chair of the International Committee of the Society of Pediatric Psychology- APA Division 54 (SPP), Board member of the European Paediatric Psychology Network (EPPN), Faculty member in Pain In Child Health (PICH) Canadian initiative, and Board Member of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) Early Career Network.