» October 4, 2022 / Invitation / WTS Global Seminar Series 2 "Working Time Society: Global seminar series to showcase current research in work hours and shift work" / VIRTUAL EVENT
Date & time: October 4, 2022 3pm-5:30pm CEST
Follow this LINK to register for the seminar FOR FREE
This webinar is organized in collaboration with Dr. Kyriaki Papantoniou from the Medical University of Vienna and Dr. Helene Garde from the National Research Centre for the Working Environment in Copenhagen
» SAVE the DATE: December 7, 2022 / Hybrid event: Learning from the wise: "Zirkadiane Rhythmen – die geheimen Schrittmacher unseres Lebens“
Date & time: Dezember 7, 2022, 7:00 p.m.
Location: Billrothhaus der Gesellschaft der Ärzte in Wien
Address: Frankgasse 8, 1090 Vienna
Hybrid event, click here for event details & registration
» June 30, 2022 / Science Lunch with Mag.a Astrid Christine Erber
“Ivermectin, the ‘wonder drug’: Looking at effectiveness and safety”
Date: 30.06.2022, time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Medizinische Universität Wien, Zentrum für Public Health, Hörsaal 1
» May 31, 2022 / Exposome Austria - Launch Event
Exposome Austria is a new research infrastructure dedicated to the advancement of exposomic technology in Austria and the national hub of the pan-European ESFRI - EIRENE infrastructure that aims to fill the gap in the European infrastructural landscape and to pioneer the first EU infrastructure on the human exposome. Exposome Austria was kicked-off in January 2022 and the official Launch Event will be held on May 31, 2022 at the University of Vienna together with the Medical Universitity of Vienna (Prof. Dr. Eva Schernhammer, Dr. Lukas Wisgrill, Prof. Dr. Claudia Gundacker), the Medical Universitity Innsbruck and the Environment Agency Austria as partners.
» May 30, 2022 / 3rd Gabriele Possanner Lecture with Prof. A. Heather Eliassen, ScD from Harvard
Title: “Leveraging biomarkers in breast cancer epidemiology:
etiology, prevention, and risk prediction”
Date: May 30, 2022 at 12:00 p.m.
Location: Medical University of Vienna, Center for Public Health, Department of Epidemiology
» February 24, 2022 / Science Lunch ”Sex-Specific Differences in Chronic Kidney Disease”
Location: Virtual Webex event
Medical University of Vienna, Center for Public Health, Department of Epidemiology
» February 1, 2022 / Exposome Austria – Research Infrastructure
Exposome Austria is a new research infrastructure dedicated to the advancement of exposomic technology in Austria and the national hub of the pan-European ESFRI - EIRENE infrastructure that aims to fill the gap in the European infrastructural landscape and to pioneer the first EU infrastructure on the human exposome.Exposome Austria was kicked-off in January 2022 and the official Launch Event is scheduled for May 2022 at the University of Vienna together with the Medical Universitity of Vienna (Prof. Dr. Eva Schernhammer, Dr. Lukas Wisgrill, Prof. Dr. Claudia Gundacker), the Medical Universitity Innsbruck and the Environment Agency Austria as partners.
» January 25, 2022 / TV Interview "ORF-Niederösterreich heute" / Latest on Omikron
TV-Interview with Eva Schernhammer. Article only available in German
» January 17, 2022 / Article in the magazine "NEWS" / A portrait of Prof. Schernhammer
Interview with epidemiologist Eva Schernhammer from the Medical University of Vienna. Article only available in German
» January 15, 2022 / Article in the newspaper "KURIER" / COVID-19 / "Omikron bei fast 100 Prozent: Epidemiologin erwartet Störungen im System"
Latest News from the Department of Epidemiology. Article only available in German
» December 9, 2021 / OeGEpi Best Epidemiology Paper Award Ceremony 2021
Austrian Society of Epidemiology (OeGEpi)
November 22, 2021 / Eva Schernhammer guest on CGTN America / TV-Interview
Austria returned to a full nationwide lockdown Monday – the first EU country to take restrictions that far amid the latest wave of surging COVID-19 infections across Western Europe.
» November 5, 2021 / Pandemic Forum / ”Going viral: How a pandemic challenges society at large”
A lecturer with Prof. Eva Svchernhammer from the Department of Epidemiology at the Medical University of Vienna
Place: Van Swieten Saal, Medical University of Vienna - a hybrid meeting
For more information see LINK above
» Oktober 11, 2021 / Aricle in the daily newspaper "Der Standard" / "Body-Mass-Index: Die Vermessung des Körpers"
with epidemiologist Leonie Bogl (Nutritional Epidemiology) from the Medical University of Vienna
Article only available in German
» September 2, 2021 / Conference on the topic "Vaccinate-yes/no/maybe/fear: A "safe" post-COVID-19 University?
A joint event of the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research, the Ombuds Office for Students and the Sigmund Freud Private University Vienna. Epidemiologist Eva Schernhammer from the Medical University of Vienna will give a presentation on this topic
Location: Sigmund Freud Privatuniversität, Vienna
» July 9, 2021 / Artivle at ”Kärnten Magazin” / Covid-19 / Interview with epidemiologist Eva Schernhammer
Epidemiologist and member of the German government's expert panel Eva Schernhammer on childhood vaccination, further waves and whether masks and testing will continue to accompany us.
Article only available in German
» July 5, 2021 / Radio Clip "Ö1-Morning Journal" / Theme Covid-19
Radio interview with epidemiologist Eva Schernhammer
» June 14, 2021 / Article in the daily newspaper "DER STANDARD" / "Vaccination is responsibility to all of us"
Newspaper interview with epidemiologist Eva Schernhammer from the Medical University of Vienna. Article only available in German
» April 29, 2021 / International Dark-Sky Association Talk "The circadian clock and health": video recording now available
Prof. Eva Schernhammer from the Medical University of Vienna and Harvard Medical School gave a scientific talk about “The circadian clock and health“ for the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) during the Dark Sky Week from April 5-12th 2021.
» April 22, 2021 / ZPH Science Lunch in Cancer Epidemiology
Assoc. Prof. Kyriaki Papantoniou, MD, PhD
Department of Epidemiology, Medical University of Vienna
“Subtle circadian disruption and cancer risk: does timing of daily activities matter?"
Date: 22.04.2021, time: 12:00 p.m.
» April 10, 2021 / Article in the daily newspaper "KURIER" / Theme Covid-19 / ”Where are we in the pandemic?” with epidemiologist Eva Schernhammer
» April 3, 2021 / KURIER / Covid-19 / ”The virus is now hitting the younger ones”
with epidemiologist Eva Schernhammer
» April 1, 2021 / OeGEpi Best Epidemiology Paper Award 2021 - Submissios are NOW OPEN
Austrian Society of Epidemiology (OeGEpi - Österreichische Gesellschaft für Epidemiologie)
» March 19, 2021 / Medinlive / ”Corona crisis - Concerns over Europe's Vaccination delays”
with epidemiologist Eva Schernhammer from the Medical University of Vienna
» March 16, 2021 / OeGEpi Web-Meeting / „Ein Jahr COVID-19: Sternstunde der Epidemiologie?“
International acclaimed speakers from the Austrian Society of Epidemiology (OeGEpi) share their insights and latest research results on Covid-19 related topics
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (CET), Web-Meeting
» March 2, 2021 / ORF ZIB2-Studio / Covid-19
TV-Interview with epidemiologist Eva Schernhammer
» February 25, 2021 / Österreichische Ärztezeitung / ”Covid-19: Die Marker-Rolle der Kinder”
Latest News from the Department of Epidemiology
» February 19, 2021 / Die Presse / Covid-19 / ”Ist im Sommer alles überstanden?”
with epidemiologist Eva Schernhammer
» February 17, 2021 / Der Standard / Covid-19 / "Warum ein extrem harter Lockdown in der Praxis kaum umsetzbar ist”
Latest News from the Department of Epidemiology
» February 10, 2021 / ORF ”Talk 1" / Covid-19
Interview with epidemiologist Eva Schernhammer from the Medical University of Vienna
» January 21, 2021 / CPH Science Lunch "Optimism & Health" / 12:00 - 13:00 / Virtual Event
In the last few years it has been shown that optimism is prospectively associated with better health. As part of the Science Lunch Series, Jakob Weitzer from the Department of Epidemiology will elaborate on several key aspects of this link, e.g. What is optimism? Is it really optimism that leads to better health, and if so, can the training of optimism promote health?
» January 17, 2021 / ORF Talk "Im Zentrum" / ”Viruslast und Dauerfrust - Ausnahmezustand bis Ostern?”
Talk with epidemiologist Eva Schernhammer from the Medical University of Vienna
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