Projects

Parkinson's: Moving the Conversation

14.04.2026 Health Behaviour

How can attentive, body-aware movement help people with Parkinson's disease reconnect with their sense of self and improve their quality of life? An…

A Potato or a Chocolate Spiker?

24.03.2026 Biomedicine & Technology

Eine Person trägt einen Blutzuckermonitor am Oberarm und schreibt Daten vom Handy in ein Notizbuch

David Gómez Varela, head of the Center of Excellence for Metaproteomics, nutritionist Karl-Heinz Wagner and pharmacologist Manuela Schmidt investigate…

Children as Health Agents

17.03.2026 Health Equity

Fünf weiße Kinder in weißen T-Shirts stehen Arm in Arm nebeneinander. Man sieht sie von hinten.

How can schools help disadvantaged children develop health literacy? Nursing scientist Martin Nagl-Cupal and educational psychologist Julia Holzer…

Bridging Minds: Autistic Writings and Perspective-Taking in Adolescents

03.03.2026 Care & Community

Drei Kinder sitzen auf dem Boden und lesen Bücher. Die Köpfe sind nicht sichtbar.

Can a book by an autistic author improve young people's understanding of neurodiversity? A project by literary scholar Johanna Chovanec and health…

How does strength training affect blood count?

08.10.2025 Biomedicine & Technology

Vier runde Gewichte mit Handgriffen, zwei davon werden gerade von jemandem ergriffen. Man sieht nur die Hände und Beine der Personen.

A systematic investigation of different training methods.

Sugar and health: a question of quantity and timing in life?

21.08.2025 Biomedicine & Technology

Ein Esslöffel voller Kristallzucker, rundherum aufgeschnittene Orangen, eine Zitrone, Nüsse und Samenund

This pilot project aims to lay the foundation for a better understanding of the effects of sugar, and fructose in particular, in old age.

Your research question

Do you work in healthcare and want to have a specific question researched for your institution? But you lack the time and resources to do so?

Our MasterMatch project will pass on your research question to Master's students at the University of Vienna who want to write a thesis on a topic related to health/medicine.

Contact: healthinsociety(at)univie.ac.at

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