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 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...
Between 12. and 13. of May, Igor Grabovac participated in the Impact Days 2025 – a two day meeting focused on sustainable and socialy resposible development and investments. In over 50 sessions and with 196 speakers, Igor participated as a panelist on a discussion focusing on prevention as a community effort organised by the Future...
On May 7th and 8th, 2025, the 18th FH Forschungsforum took place at FH Campus Wien – University of Applied Sciences – under the theme “Doing Research – Shaping the Future.” Our team was actively involved in the event, contributing to both presentations and session leadership. Tobias Fragner shared insights from the CoMitMent project, while Katrin Schäfer presented qualitative findings...
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...