Members

Our members conduct research into health and wellbeing in order to work with society and practitioners to develop a better healthcare system for all.

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Faculty of Chemistry

Thomas Böttcher

Research topics: AMR and Selective Antibiotics, Virulence Inhibitors, Phages

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Department of Biological Chemistry
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Christopher Gerner

Research topics: metabolomics, mitochondrial stress, chronic inflammatory diseases

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Department of Analytical Chemistry
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Samuel Meier-Menches

Research topics:
Multi-omics, drug discovery, mass spectrometry

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Department of Analytical Chemistry
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Harald Schöny

Research topics: Metabolism, training optimisation, lipids

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Department of Analytical Chemistry
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Veronika Somoza

Research topics: Aromatic compounds, bitter-tasting compounds, nutrition in adulthood

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Department of Physiological Chemistry
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Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies

Valeska Huber

Research topics:
Disease and globalisation, epidemics, quarantine

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Department of Contemporary History
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Birgit Nemec

Research topics:
Global health, reproductive health, disability

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Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies
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Faculty of Law

Nikolaus Forgó

Research topics:
Rare cancers, health data protection, AI healthcare apps

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Department of Innovation and Digitalisation in Law
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Karl Stöger

Research topics: health planning law, law of the medical professions, biotechnology law

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Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law
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Faculty of Life Sciences

Ina Bergheim

Research topics: diet, intestinal barrier, liver

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Department of Nutritional Sciences
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Gerhard Ecker

Research topics: Ligand- and structure-based drug design, transmembrane transport proteins, toxicity prediction

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Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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David Gomez Varela

Research topics: metaproteomics, microbiome, AI-assisted data analysis

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Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Eike Heiss

Research topics:
Cellular stress resistance, immunometabolism, bioactive natural compounds

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Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Daniel König

Research topics: chronic diseases prevention, cognitive ageing, cardiometabolic health

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Department of Nutritional Sciences
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Petra Rust

Research topics: nutritional and health literacy, dietary patterns, sustainable nutrition

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Department of Nutritional Sciences
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Manuela Schmidt

Research topics: Proteomics, chronic pain, network biology

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Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Karl-Heinz Wagner

Research topics:
Ageing, metabolic health, lifestyle interventions

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Department of Nutritional Sciences
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Steffen Waldherr

Research topics: Metabolic networks, modelling of cell populations, machine learning for physiological data

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Functional and Evolutionary Ecology
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Wolfram Weckwerth

Research topics:
Genotype-environment-phenotype-relationships, metabolomics, green systems biology

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Functional and Evolutionary Ecology
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Faculty of Mathematics

Jörg Menche

Research topics: systems biology, data visualisation, virtual reality

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Max Perutz Labs
Ludwig Boltzmann Department of Network Medicine
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Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies

Adams Bodomo

Research topics:
one health, biodiversity, indigenous knowledge systems

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Department of African Studies
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Johanna Chovanec

Research topics: neurodiversity, autism, nostalgia and melancholy

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Department of European and Comparative Literature and Language Studies
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Anja-Xiaoxing Cui

Research topics: music interventions, cognition, dementia

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Department of Musicology (Historical Musicology, Ethnomusicology and Systematic Musicology)
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Sebastian Klinger

Research topics:
sleep, medical humanities and health humanities, history of science

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Department of German Studies
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Monika Pietrzak-Franger

Research topics: chronic illness, gender and sexual health, illness narratives and iconography of illness

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Department of English and American Studies
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Faculty of Psychology

Robert Böhm

Research topics: antibiotic use, health policy acceptance, vaccinations

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Department of Occupational, Economic, and Social Psychology
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Anna Fekete

Research topics:
Stress, music and art interventions, pain

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Department of Clinical and Health Psychology
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Julia Holzer

Research topics: well-being in school, science outreach, implementation research

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Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology
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Laura Maria König

Research topics:
diet, physical activity, health and science communication

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Department of Clinical and Health Psychology
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Sonja Kunz

Research topics: food beliefs, meat reduction, cognitive biases

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BOKU Institute for Marketing and Innovation
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Urs Markus Nater

Research topics:
stress, (digital) interventions, reproductive health

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Department of Clinical and Health Psychology
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Ricarda Nater-Mewes

Research topics:
Ethnic minorities and refugees, persistent somatic symptoms, psychological and psychotherapeutic interventions

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University of Klagenfurt – Institute of Psychology
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Matthew Pelowski

Research topics: Experiences of art, well-being, art-based interventions

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Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology
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Mizan Rambhoros

Research topics: emotive experiences, positive places, mental wellbeing

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Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology
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Julia Reiter

Research topics: group conflict and discrimination in health contexts, access and inclusion in health, adolescents

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Department of Occupational, Economic, and Social Psychology
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Barbara Schober

Research topics: well-being in school, mental health literacy, intervention implementation

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Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology
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Giorgia Silani

Research topics: mental health literacy, neurodiversity, school interventions

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Department of Clinical and Health Psychology
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Bence Szaszkó

Research topics:
stress, mindfulness, mental health

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MedUni Vienna – Centre for Public Health
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Ulrich Tran

Research topics: mindfulness, suicide, psychosocial interventions

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Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology
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Martina Zemp

Research topics: ADHD, minority stress, family interaction

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Department of Clinical and Health Psychology
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Faculty of Social Sciences

Valeria Bordone

Research topics: intergenerational relationships, grandparenthood, wellbeing

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Department of Sociology
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Christian Haddad

Research topics:
politics and governance of biomedical and pharmaceutical innovation; social studies of health & medicine; political economies of global health R&D

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Department of Sociology
Department of Science and Technology Studies
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Kerstin Hämel

Research topics: primary health care, chronic and long-term care, community participation

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Department of Nursing Science
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Kathrin Karsay

Research topics: mental health, social media and smartphone use, health influencers

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Department of Communication
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Janina Kehr

Research topics: biomedicine, hospitals, planetary health

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Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology
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Lisa Lehner

Research topics: health justice, AMR, inequalities of care

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Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology
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Jörg Matthes

Research topics:
digital health and AI, media and nutrition, health communication

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Department of Communication
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Martin Nagl-Cupal

Research topics:
family care and health, child and adolescent health in care contexts, care transitions

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Department of Nursing Science
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Katharina Theresa Paul

Research topics: health governance, vaccination policy, evidence and policy

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Department of Political Science
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Michaela Pfadenhauer

Research topics:
AI Companions, Social Robotics, Sociology of Professions

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Department of Sociology
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Elisabeth Scheibelhofer

Research topics: discrimination in healthcare, migrant experiences of healthcare, multilingualism in psychotherapy

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Department of Sociology
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Veronika Siegl

Research topics: reproduction, gender health, death/grief

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Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology
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Sonja Spitzer

Research topics: socio-economic health inequalities, gender health, intergenerational inequality

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Department of Demography
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Cristina Suero García

Research topics: late fertility, medically assisted reproduction, family formation

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Department of Demography
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Dagmar Vorlicek

Research topics: global health, biological security, dual-use research

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Department of Sociology
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Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics

Marion Rauner

Research topics:
Disaster and emergency management, public health (including health technology assessment), disease policy modelling

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Department of Business Decisions and Analytics
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Centre for Teacher Education

Susanne Schwab

Research topics: Well-being at school, inclusive and equitable education, learning barriers

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Department of Education
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Centre for Sport Science and University Sports

Robert Csapo

Research topics:
Ageing, resistance training,
overuse syndromes

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Department of Sport and Human Movement Science
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Peter Gröpel

Research topics: Performance psychology, exercise motivation, behavioural change programs

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Department of Sport and Human Movement Science
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Jürgen Scharhag

Research topics: Exercise as medicine, sports cardiology, exercise physiology

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Department of Sport and Human Movement Science
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Barbara Wessner

Key research areas: muscule and immune systems, physical activity, the menopause and ageing

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