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Program leadership and 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 Study (The ViNG Study) and a Vienna Centenarian Project – falls under the umbrella of the Vienna Health Study.

In alphabetical order:

Univ. Prof.in Dr. in Angelika Berger, MBA

Professor, Head of Division, Head of Comprehensive Center

Division 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

T: +43 1 40400-38080
angelika.berger@meduniwien.ac.at

Univ. Prof. Dr. Thomas Berger, MSc

Professor & Head

Department of Neurology
Medical University of Vienna

T: +43 1 40400 - 31200
thomas.berger@meduniwien.ac.at

Univ. Prof. Dr. Andreas Bergthaler

Professor & Head of the Institute of Hygiene and Applied Immunology

CeMM, external institution, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology Institute for Hygiene and Applied Immunology

T: +43 1 40160 70074
andreas.bergthaler@meduniwien.ac.at

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. Christoph J. Binder

Professor & Deputy Head

Department of Laboratory Medicine
Medical University of Vienna

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christoph Bock

Professor & Head

Institut für Artificial Intelligence
Center for Medical Data Science
Medical University of Vienna

Univ.-Prof.in Dr.in med. univ. Nicole Concin

Professor & Head

Division of General Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Medical University of Vienna

T: +43 1 40400-29150
nicole.concin@meduniwien.ac.at

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stephan Doering

Professor & Chair

Department of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
Comprehensive Center for Clinical Neurosciences and Mental Health
Medical University of Vienna

T: +43 1 40400-25190
stephan.doering@meduniwien.ac.at

Ao.Univ.-Prof.in Dr.in Susanne Greber-Platzer, MBA

Professor & Head of Department

Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Medical University of Vienna

T: +43 1 40400-34880

Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Marcus Hacker

Professor & Head of Division

Division of Nuclear Medicine 
Medical University of Vienna

Office:
Nadya Kostantinoglu
T: +43 1 40400-55310
nuk@meduniwien.ac.at

Ap.Prof. Priv.-Doz. Mag. DDr. Helmuth Haslacher, BSc BA

Head of Biobank Liquid Collections, Head of Preanalytics and Biobank & Hematological Diagnostics

Biobank, Klinisches Insitut für Labormedizin, Flüssigproben-Biobank
Medical University of Vienna

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christian Hengstenberg

Professor & Head of Division

Division of Cardiology
Department of Medicine II
Medical University of Vienna
 

T.: +43 1 40400-46140, -43570
kardiologie@meduniwien.ac.at

Ass.-Prof.in Dr.in Renate Kain

Ass. Professor & Head of Department

Department of Pathology
Medical University of Vienna

T :+43 1 40400 36500
renate.kain@meduniwien.ac.at

Univ.-Prof.in Dr.in Alexandra Kautzky-Willer

Management Team of the Dep. of Medicine III, Head of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Department of Medicine III
Medical University of Vienna

T: +43 1 40400 22280
alexandra.kautzky-willer@meduniwien.ac.at

Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Georg Langs

Professor & Director

Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy
Computational Imaging Research Lab
Medical University of Vienna

Univ.-Prof. Manuel Mayr, MD, PhD

Professor

Cardiovascular Medicine Research Cluster
Medical University of Vienna

Univ.-Prof. Dr.med.univ. Markus Müller

Rector Medical University of Vienna

Medical University of Vienna

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rainer Oberbauer, PhD

Professor & Head

Division of Nephrology & Dialysis
Department of Medicine III
Medical University of Vienna

T: +43 1 40400-43900
rainer.oberbauer@meduniwien.ac.at

Assoc. Prof. Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. univ. Stephan Polterauer

Assoc. Professor & Second Deputy Head of Department

Division of General Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Medical University of Vienna

T:: +43 1 40400-29150
stephan.polterauer@meduniwien.ac.at

Univ. Prof. Dr. Paul Plener, MHBA

Head of the Department

Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Medical University of Vienna

T: +43 1 40400 30760
paul.plener@meduniwien.ac.at

Univ.-Prof.in Dr.in Anita Rieder

Vice Rector for Education, Head of Center, Head of Department

Head 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

T: +43 1 40160-10144
valerie.welkhammer@meduniwien.ac.at

Univ.-Prof. Dr.med. Dan Rujescu

Professor & Head

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Klinische Abteilung für Allgemeine Psychiatrie
Medical University of Vienna

T. +43 1 40400-35680
dan.rujescu@meduniwien.ac.at

Univ.-Prof.in Mag. Dr.in DrPH Eva Schernhammer

Professor & Chair

Department of Epidemiology
Center for Public Health
Medical University of Vienna

Priv.-Doz.in Dr.in Daniela Schmid, MSc

Abteilungsleitung

Abteilung für Infektionsdiagnostik und Infektionsepidemiologie
Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology
Medical University of Vienna

T: +43 1 40160-33012
daniela.schmid@meduniwien.ac.at

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Shahrokh F. Shariat, M.D.

Head of Department

Department of Urology
Medical University of Vienna

T: +43 1 40400 26150, 0664 800 165 1010
shahrokh.shariat@meduniwien.ac.at

Univ.-Prof.in Dr. med. Judit Simon BA, BSc, MSc, DPhil, FFPH

Professor, Deputy Head of Center, Head of Department

Center for Public Health
Department of Health Economics
Medical University of Vienna

T:: +43 1 40160-34841
judit.simon@meduniwien.ac.at

Univ.-Prof.in Dr.in Tanja Stamm, PhD

Head of Section for Outcomes Research

Institute of Outcomes Research
Center for Medical Data Science
Medical University of Vienna

T: +43 1 40400 16370
tanja.stamm@meduniwien.ac.at

Univ.-Prof. Dr.med.univ. Michael Trauner

Professor & Head

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Department of Medicine III 
Medical University of Vienna

T: +43 1 40400-47400
michael.trauner@meduniwien.ac.at

Univ.-Prof. Mag.DDr. Stefan Thurner

Professor & Chair

Institute of the Science of Complex Systems
Zentrum für Medical Data Science
Medizinische Universität Wien 

o.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Oswald Wagner

Vice Rector for Clinical Affairs

Head of Department of Laboratory Medicine
Medical University of Vienna

Office:
Karin Tentulin-Wawra, Amtsrätin
T: +43 1 40160-10001
karin.tentulin-wawra@meduniwien.ac.at

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Peter Weninger

Professor & Head

Department of Dermatology
Medical University of Vienna

Univ. Prof.in Dr.in Ursula Wiedermann-Schmidt, MD, PhD, MSc

Professor, Head of Center, Head of Institute

Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology
Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine
Medical University of Vienna

T: +43 1 40160 38290
ursula.wiedermann-schmidt@meduniwien.ac.at

Assoc.Prof.Priv.Doz. Markus Zeitlinger, MD

Assoc.Prof & Head of Department

Department of Clinical Pharmacology
Medical University of Vienna

Prim. Priv.-Doz. Dr. Robert Winker

Ärztlicher Direktor der Krankenanstalt Sanatorium Hera sowie des Gesundheits- und Vorsorgezentrum der KFA

Löblichgasse 14
1090 Wien

OÄ Dr.in Evelyne Wohlschläger-Krenn

Ärztliche Direktorin des Arbeitsmedizinischen Zentrums der KFA , Arbeitsmedizinerin, Fachärztin für Innere Medizin

Arbeitsmedizinisches Zentrum der KFA
Hermanngasse 24-26, 1070 Wien 

T: +43 1 4000 45693
arbeitsmedizin@sanatoriumhera.at

Wissenschaftliches Management

Selma Kronsteiner-Gicevic, ScD, MSc

Postdoctoral Fellow

Medizinische Universität Wien
Zentrum für Public Health
Abteilung für Epidemiologie
Kinderspitalgasse 15
1090 Wien