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...
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...
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...