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...
To mark the end of year one, Honja, Lisa and Igor joined by Janina Kehr and Miriam Schweiger participated in an all day long “Less is More?” Project retreat. Next to celebration of many achivements and milestopnes we also planned further steps, and potential collaborations. In the project we focus on deprescribing pharmaceuticals for patient...
Honja Hama and Tobias Schiffler represented the Grabovac Group and the Medical University of Vienna at the First Consortium Meeting of the INTERACT-EUROPE 100 meeting in Barcelona! Building on the achievements of its predecessor INTERACT-EUROPE, INTERACT-EUROPE 100 is a 36-month project that is co-funded by the European Union under the EU4Health Programme 2021-2027 as part...
Tobias Schiffler attended the “Pathways from Homelessness 2024” International Conference in London on March 13-14, 2024. This event, organized by the Faculty for Homeless and Inclusion Health, gathers health and social care professionals from the UK and beyond to discuss best practices and innovative interventions for homelessness. Tobias presented the co-development of the Health Navigator...
Our very own Tobias Schiffler, together with his co-authors Chirstopher Tupy and Lisa Kainzbauer won the Best Abstract Award at the Sixth International Conference on Mental Health and Recovery in Bern, Switzerland. The award was given for the Abstarct entitled “Trialogisches Co-Design zur Verbesserung körperlicher Gesundheitsversorgung für Menschen mit psychischen Erkrankungserfahrungen: Das CoMitMent Projekt” which...
Yesterday on the 28th of May our PhD students and affiliated reserachers Alexandra Karden and Cornelia Feichtinger presented their doctoral work at the annual Young Scientist Association Symposium. During their poster session Alex presented her work taking on drug use and utilization of drug cheking services in Austria based on an analysis of the European...
On April 23rd 2024, Hanna Mües held a guest lecture on “Barriers and facilitators of healthcare access for people with mental health problems” as part of the seminar “Abnormal psychology: Social cognition and clinical disorders” organised by Ekaterina Pronizius from the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Vienna at IES Vienna. IES Vienna is...
On April 9th 2024, Hanna Mües and Igor Grabovac gave a webinar on “Sexual and gender diversity – Scientific findings and relevant topics for practice”, which was organized by the Österreichischen Bundesverband für Psychotherapie (ÖBVP, engl.: Austrian Federal Association for Psychotherapy). In their talk, they outlined various determinants of health of people identifying as part...