Passionate about creating healthier and more just communities.

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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.

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Our projects

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Cancerless
Cancer Prevention and Early Detection among the Homeless Population in Europe
Less is More
De-Prescribing Pharmaceuticals for Patient Safety and Sustainable Public Health
Co-Captain
Co-Adapting and Implementing Patient Navigation for Primary Cancer Prevention
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Latest news

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CO-CAPTAIN and COMITMENT Presented as Best Practice Examples
07 July 2025
CO-CAPTAIN and COMITMENT Presented as Best Practice Examples
Tobias Fragner and Igor Grabovac participated in an event presenting a whitepaper on collaboration and participation in the health care system, organised by the Future Health Lab. The event brought together a variety of stakeholders including representatives of industry, academia, civil sector and policy makers to discuss about experiences of implementing participatory programs in Austria....
Igor featured in the Hörgang Podcast
07 July 2025
Igor featured in the Hörgang Podcast
Igor was featured in the “Hörgang“- Podcast organised by the Medical University of Vienna and Springer Publishing Austria. In an episode called “Ungesehen und unversorgt – wenn Medizin Menschen vergisst” (“Unseen and uncared – people that medicine forgot”) Igor spoke about his personal experiences that led him to working in social medicine, as well as...
Community Health Lab Wecomes a New Team Member
15 June 2025
Community Health Lab Wecomes a New Team Member
We are very happy to welcome Filip Stupar to the team. Filip joins us as a student research assistant and will be helping out with activities as a navigator in our CO-CAPTAIN project. Filip is a final year medical student at the Medical University of Vienna and is also writing his thesis at the Community...