300 graduates have celebrated finishing their studies

05.11.2009

Now for the third time the annual graduation ceremony of the Medical University of Vienna has been held without any hitches in the Austria Center in Vienna. At a festive ceremony Rudolf Mallinger, Vice Rector for Teaching &...

Lars-Peter Kamolz joins the board of the European Burns Association

05.11.2009

Doz. Dr. Lars-Peter Kamolz, M.Sc., head of the intensive care unit for burns at the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in the Department of Surgery at the Medical University of Vienna (MUV), has become the first...

Experts say integrated healthcare is essential

06.11.2009

With cash injections here and a few restructuring measures there, the health systems in future will neither meet requirements nor be financeable. At a press conference on the occasion of the "9th International Conference on...

From the scabies ward to the first clinic for skin diseases

29.10.2009

Exactly 160 years ago, when Ferdinand Hebra was appointed Associate Professor for Skin Diseases, the first dermatology clinic in the German-speaking countries was founded.

[in German:] Ausschreibung Preis "sanofi-aventis Stiftung"

28.10.2009

[in German:] Die sanofi-aventis Stiftung zur Förderung der medizinischen Forschung in Österreich stellt für die Medizinischen Universität Wien Österreichs für das Jahr 2008 einen Betrag von Euro 9.000,- für die Auszeichnung...

[in German:] Ministerielle Anerkennung für MedUni Wien – Initiative

27.10.2009

[in German:] (Wien, 27-10-2009) In einem Brief an Rektor Wolfgang Schütz würdigte Österreichs designierter Wissenschaftsminister Johannes Hahn die Initiative „Researcher of the Month“: „Die Anerkennung der herausragenden...

7-Tesla: MedUni Vienna enters into cooperation with leading high-tech firm

27.10.2009

Viennese scientists from the Medical University of Vienna will in the future carry out exclusive tests on 7-Tesla coils of a leading US manufacturer. Thus MedUni Vienna is positioning itself one year after the opening of the...

Stefan Thurner is Professor of the Science of Complex Systems

23.10.2009

Effective from the 15th Oct. 2009, Univ. Prof. Mag. DDr. Stefan Thurner (40) took over the newly created position as Professor of the “Science of Complex Systems”. The Medical University of Vienna is thus setting up a scientific...

International awards for Prof. Ewald Moser

21.10.2009

At the Annual Meeting of the European Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESMRMB) in Antalya (TR), Associate Professor Dr. Ewald Moser, scientific head of the Centre of Excellence for high-field MR of MedUni...

Austrian researchers pointing the way towards "Lupus" therapy

21.10.2009

In the future, patients with the potentially severe autoimmune disease Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) will probably receive improved treatment: an international team of scientists with the participation of several Austrians...