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Passionate about creating healthier and more just communities.
About us
The Community Health Lab (Grabovac Group) is a research group based at the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Centre for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna. We are a multidisciplinary team that is passionate about creating healthier and more just communities based on implementation science and following the principles of social medicine.
Our projects
Cancer Prevention and Early Detection among the Homeless Population in Europe
De-Prescribing Pharmaceuticals for Patient Safety and Sustainable Public Health
Co-Adapting and Implementing Patient Navigation for Primary Cancer Prevention
Our team
GROUP LEADERIgor Grabovac, MD, PhD
SENIOR RESEARCHERSandra Haider, BSc, MSc, PhD
POSTGRADUATE RESEARCHERTobias Fragner, BSc, MSc
Our publications
Read our latest publication and learn more about our research.
Utilization of drug checking services in Austria: a cross-sectional online survey
Harm Reduction Journal
Cancer care in people experiencing homelessness: identifying key issues, challenges, and facilitators
British Journal of General Practice
Latest news
Igor and Kathrin Kirchhainer win the Veronika Fialka Moser Diversity Prize from the MedUni Vienna
The Medical University of Vienna annually awards exceptional contributions to promotion of diversity in categories “Reseach”, “Teaching”, “Thesis” and “Community”. Named after the late Prof Veronika Filka Moser, the prize was awarded this year for the tenth time. The first place in the category “Teaching” was awarded to Igor and Kathrin Kirchheiner from the Clinic...
Igor gives a talk at the Austrian Parliament
Igor Grabovac gave a key note in the Austrian Parliemant on the 12th of February as part of the “Zukunft Gesundheit” panel organised by Karl Landsteiner Society and supported by MSD Österreich. Igor voiced the need for more equitable approaches in designing cancer care pathways focusing on participatory co-design approaches. Igor also presented our expeirence...
Cancer Prevention Day at the Medical University of Vienna
Our Igor Grabovac supported by Ramona Afzali and Sabrina Pfluger participated in the Cancer Prevention Day organised by the Medical University of Vienna and the General Hospital Vienna. Together with a panel of experts, Igor presented on the role of healthy behaviour in reducing cancer risk, emphasizing: “With primary preventive measures such as physical activity,...