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 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...
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,...
The Community Healt Lab is happy to announce that our team has become stronger through two new recruits! We are happy to welcome Ramona Afzali and Sabrina Pfluger in the team! Ramona Afzali is a graduate student in Medicine at the Medical University of Vienna and very interested in social inequities and their influence on...
On the occasion of World Cancer Day, Honja participated in a Youth Policy Dialogue on cancer with the newly appointed EU Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare, Olivér Várhelyi. The event brought together 30 young individuals from across Europe, providing them with the opportunity to engage with the Commissioner, share their experiences as cancer survivors...
For the annual World Cancer Day on the 4th of February, the European Unions Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) organised an innagural project showcase event under the motto “Fostering synergies to beat cancer: The impact of EU-funded projects“. This event brought together representatives of projects funded by the European Commission that focus on cancer...
On November 28, 2024, our Honja had the opportunity to present at the Austrian Patient Advisory Board (Österreichischer Patient:innenbeirat). The talk, titled Verschreibungspraktiken in Wien: Erste Erkenntnisse zu „Deprescribing“, focused on findings from our “Less is More?“-project. The session delved into the concept of deprescribing drawing on preliminary data from Vienna. The presentation highlighted the challenges...
Honja Hama and Igor Grabovac visited the European Cancer Summit between 20th and 22nd of November in Brussels. The European Cancer Summit is a high level event organized by the European Cancer Organisation and brings academic researchers, medical practitioners involved in cancer prevention and care and policy makers from national and EU levels. We are...
Lisa Lehner, together with Igor Grabovac won a new grant from the Vienna Science and Technology Fund – WWTF! The transdisciplinary project called “HPVienna: Pioneering a Transdisciplinary Urban Surveillance System for Human Papilloma Virus with Vulnerable Communities” focuses on surveillance, genotyping and modelling of HPV in vulnerable communities in Vienna. The project brings together the Bergthaler...
The 17th European Public Health Conference was held between the 12th and 15th of November in Lisbon, Portugal under the motto: “Sailing the waves of European Public Health: Exploring the sea of innovation”. Over 3000 delegates all over the world presented their work and participated in various skills building workshops. Our team was also very...