Honja presents Less is More at the Austrian Patient Advisory Board

On November 28, 2024, our Honja had the opportunity to present at the Austrian Patient Advisory Board (Österreichischer Patient:innenbeirat). The talk, titled Verschreibungspraktiken in Wien: Erste Erkenntnisse zu „Deprescribing“, focused on findings from our “Less is More?“-project. The session delved into the concept of deprescribing drawing on preliminary data from Vienna. The presentation highlighted the challenges...

Our Projects Spotlighted at the European Cancer Summit

Honja Hama and Igor Grabovac visited the European Cancer Summit between 20th and 22nd of November in Brussels. The European Cancer Summit is a high level event organized by the European Cancer Organisation and brings academic researchers, medical practitioners involved in cancer prevention and care and policy makers from national and EU levels. We are...

Lisa and Igor win a new grant from WWTF

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...

Hanna successfully defends her doctorate

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...

DIGI: a new project for our team

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...

New publication by Hanna and Igor

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 is Visiting Professor at EHESP

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...

Lisa, Honja & Tobi presented results from CANCERLESS at this year’s FEANTSA Forum in Vienna

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...