Our very own Hanna Mües defended her doctoral thesis “Too stressed for sex? Associations between sexual experiences, sexual behaviour, stress and stress consequences” at the University of Vienna, Faculty of Psychology under the guidance of Prof Urs Nater. We are very proud of Hanna and her achievement and are happy to report that Hanna is...
Yesterday the Medical University of Vienna and our team had the great pleasure of hosting the European cluster on Cancer Prevention and Early Detection – Implementation Research for the first annual cluster meeting. Over 40 delegates from EU funded Horizon Europe projects came to Vienna to discuss important topics regarding data management and potential for...
Igor participated in a three day training school (17. – 19.09.2024) in Prague organised by the CUPID COST Action. CUPID (Cancer-Understanding Prevention in Intellectual Disabilities) aims to establish a network of researchers and practitioners to develop guidelines and policy for cancer prevention in people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Igor presented our experiences from CANCERLESS...
Lisa Lehner and Igor Grabovac won a new project grant from the Austrian Institue of Public Health (Gesundheit Österreich GmbH – GÖG). The project DIGI: Digital Helath Promotion: A Study on Quality Assurance of Digital Health Information (Digitale Geusndheitsförderung: Studie zur Qualitätsicherung von digitalen Gesundheitsinformationen) will look into the possibility of establishing quality control and...
A new article titled “Health literacy and empowerment for people with severe mental illnesses” and published in psychopraxis.neuropraxis provides insights into the relevance of improving health literacy and empowerment, especially for people with mental ill-health. People with mental ill-health are faced with a high disease burden as well as somatic health risks. The situation is...
Igor was selected to lead the Integration Module of the European Masters in Public Health for 2024 in Rennes. This international program funded by Erasmus Mundus program of the European Union brings together 86 students from over 42 countries. Integration Module brings all students back to the French National School of Public Health (Ecole des...
The FEANTSA Forum in Vienna provided us with an invaluable opportunity to discuss how our team in CANCERLESS was making strides in offering cancer preventive care to people experiencing homelessness within our project’s framework. People experiencing homelessness face significant barriers to healthcare, which often leads to late diagnoses and poor health outcomes. Our session focused...
Sex and sexuality as essential aspects of the human experience are often disregarded in medicine, even as research clearly indicated the many benefits that a healthy and active sexual life has on health and well-being. Sex positivity in regards to medicine and healt sciences also suggests an open and honest dialogue about sexual activitiy and...
On June 8th, 2024, Honja and Lisa led an interactive workshop with participants of the Primary Care Symposium (ÖGAM) in Vienna. They were joined by Magdalena Eitenberger and Katrin Schäfer who took over the role of the moderators to facilitate a lively discussion. The workshop was a practice exchange on prescribing benzodiazepines and antibiotics and...
On June 8th, 2024, Tobi joined experts Monika Stark and Ajoki Kalo in a panel discussion within the Forum “Wunde Punkte” organized by the LBG Research Group on Senescence & Healing of Wounds to address healthcare access for people experiencing homelessness. They highlighted how poverty, lack of health and social insurance, and stigmatization hinder medical...