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...
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...
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...