Leadership und Governance
Based on the overarching strategic objective “preventive medicine” of the Medical University of Vienna as outlined in the development plan for 2019-2024, a small interdisciplinary group of experts from within the host institution (Ch. Binder, Ch. Bock, H. Haslacher, G. Langs, M. Mayr, M. Müller, E. Schernhammer, S. Strohmaier, St. Thurner, O. Wagner, M. Zeitlinger) formed the founding group and engaged in a focused examination of the concept’s potential. Over a period of 18 months (2023-2025), the group held a series of in-depth meetings and discussions, drawing on their diverse academic and clinical backgrounds, to critically assess and refine the idea. These efforts ultimately led to the formulation of a strategic plan that now serves as the framework for the current project.
The Vienna Prevention Project (ViPP) cohort is owned by the Medical University of Vienna, with oversight and governance by a planning team as well as associated partners.
The ViPP planning team includes members representing a diverse array of disciplines - such as internal medicine, psychiatry, or occupational medicine - as well as relevant theoretical fields (e.g. epidemiology, health economics, data science).
The City of Vienna’s government acts as the major partner of this project. In this, ViPP is supported by its associated partner the Krankenfürsorgeanstalt der Stadt Wien (KFA) and its hospital HERA, the health care institution for municipal employees of Vienna (represented by R. Winker, E. Wohlschläger-Krenn).
The ViPP, together with two other cohorts located at the Medical University of Vienna – The Vienna Next Generation Childhood Initiative (ViNCI) and the Vienna Investigation of Trajectories in Aging (ViTA) – falls under the umbrella of the Vienna Health Study.
VHS Governance
 
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
     
                        
                
        
    
    
    
    
    
    Markus Müller
RectorMedical University of Vienna
 Spitalgasse 23
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T: +43 1 40160-10001 oder +43 1 40160-10002
 buero-universitaetsleitung@meduniwien.ac.at 
 
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
     
                        
                
        
    
    
    
    
    
    Oswald Wagner
Vice Rector for Clinical AffairsMedical University of Vienna
 Spitalgasse 23
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Office:
 Karin Tentulin-Wawra, Amtsrätin
 T: +43 1 40160-10001
 karin.tentulin-wawra@meduniwien.ac.at
ViPP Governance
 
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
     
                        
                
        
    
    
    
    
    
    Eva Schernhammer
Professor & HeadDepartment of Epidemiology
 Center for Public Health
 Medical University of Vienna
 
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
     
                        
                
        
    
    
    
    
    
    Christoph J. Binder
Professor & Deputy HeadDepartment of Laboratory Medicine
 Medical University of Vienna
ViNCI Governance
 
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
     
                        
                
        
    
    
    
    
    
    Angelika Berger
Professor & HeadDivision of Neonatology, Intensive Care Medicine and Neuropediatrics
 Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
 Medical University of Vienna
Comprehensive Center for Pediatric
 Medical University of Vienna
 
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
     
                        
                
        
    
    
    
    
    
    Paul Plener
Professor & HeadDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
 Medical University of Vienna
ViTA Governance
TBD
Experts in alphabetical order:
Radiological Diagnostics
Ulrike AttenbergerDepartment of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy
 Medical University of Vienna
Neurology
Thomas BergerDepartment of Neurology
 Medical University of Vienna
Cardiovascular Diseases
Christoph J. BinderDepartment of Laboratory Medicine
 Medical University of Vienna
Computational Genetics
Christoph BockInstitut für Artificial Intelligence
 Center for Medical Data Science
 Medical University of Vienna
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Nicole ConcinDivision of General Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology
 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
 Medical University of Vienna
Nuclear Medicine
Marcus HackerDivision of Nuclear Medicine
 Medical University of Vienna
Office:
 Nadya Kostantinoglu
 T: +43 1 40400-55310
 nuk@meduniwien.ac.at
Biobank
Helmuth HaslacherBiobank, Department of Laboratory Medicine
 Medizinische Universität Wien 
AI and Machine Learning
Georg LangsDepartment of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy
 Computational Imaging Research Lab
 Medical University of Vienna
Epidemiology
Eva SchernhammerDepartment of Epidemiology
 Center for Public Health
 Medical University of Vienna
Oncology
Shahrokh F. ShariatDepartment of Urology
 Medical University of Vienna
 
 T: +43 1 40400 26150, 0664 800 165 1010
 shahrokh.shariat@meduniwien.ac.at
Outcomes Research
Tanja StammInstitute of Outcomes Research
 Center for Medical Data Science
 Medical University of Vienna
Metabolism
Michael TraunerDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
 Department of Medicine III 
 Medical University of Vienna
Occupational Medicine
Evelyne Wohlschläger-KrennArbeitsmedizinisches Zentrum der KFA
 Hermanngasse 24-26, 1070 Vienna
Clinical Pharmacology
Markus ZeitlingerDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology
 Medical University of Vienna
In alphabetical order:
Andreas Bergthaler
Professor & HeadCenter for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology
 Institute for Hygiene and Applied Immunology
 Medical University of Vienna
CeMM, external institution
Stephan Doering
Professor & HeadDepartment of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
 Comprehensive Center for Clinical Neurosciences and Mental Health
 Medical University of Vienna
Susanne Greber-Platzer
Professor & HeadDepartment of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
 Medical University of Vienna
Christian Hengstenberg
Professor & HeadDivision of Cardiology
 Department of Medicine II
 Medical University of Vienna
Renate Kain
Ass. Professorin & HeadDepartment of Pathology
 Medical University of Vienna
Alexandra Kautzky-Willer
Professor & HeadDivision of Endocrinology and Metabolism
 Department of Medicine III
 Medical University of Vienna
T: +43 1 40400 22280
 alexandra.kautzky-willer@meduniwien.ac.at
Manuel Mayr
ProfessorCardiovascular Medicine Research Cluster
 Medical University of Vienna
Rainer Oberbauer
Professor & HeadDivision of Nephrology & Dialysis
 Department of Medicine III
 Medical University of Vienna
Stephan Polterauer
Assoc. Professor & Second Deputy HeadDivision of General Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology
 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
 Medical University of Vienna
Anita Rieder
Vice Rector for Education & HeadHead of Center for Public Health
 Head of  Department for Social- and Preventive Medicine
 Medical University of Vienna
Office:
 T: +43 1 40160-10141
 silvia.ellend@meduniwien.ac.at
Dan Rujescu
Professor & HeadDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
 Klinische Abteilung für Allgemeine Psychiatrie
 Medical University of Vienna
Daniela Schmid
Priv.-Doz.in & HeadAbteilung für Infektionsdiagnostik und Infektionsepidemiologie
 Zentrum für Pathophysiologie, Infektiologie und Immunologie
 Medizinische Universität Wien
Judit Simon
Professor & HeadCenter for Public Health
 Department of Health Economics
 Medical University of Vienna
Susanne Strohmaier
Ap.Professor & Deputy HeadDepartment of Epidemiology
 Center for Public Health
 Medical University of Vienna
Stefan Thurner
Professor & HeadInstitute of the Science of Complex Systems
 Zentrum für Medical Data Science
 Medical University of Vienna
Wolfgang Peter Weninger
Professor & HeadDepartment of Dermatology
 Medical University of Vienna
Ursula Wiedermann-Schmidt
Professor & HeadCenter for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology
 Medical University of Vienna
T: +43 1 40160 38290
 ursula.wiedermann-schmidt@meduniwien.ac.at
Robert Winker
Ärztlicher Direktor der Krankenanstalt Sanatorium Hera sowie des Gesundheits- und Vorsorgezentrum der KFA
 
 Löblichgasse 14
 1090 Vienna
Evelyne Wohlschläger-Krenn
Ärztliche Direktorin des Arbeitsmedizinischen Zentrums der KFA , Arbeitsmedizinerin, Fachärztin für Innere Medizin
Arbeitsmedizinisches Zentrum der KFA
 Hermanngasse 24-26, 1070 Vienna
Zentralbüro
Medical University of Vienna
 ViPP Central Office
 Selma Kronsteiner-Gicevic, ScD, MSc
Spitalgasse 23
 1090 Vienna
