Synopsis of completed research projects
High tech medicine
Avastin® for age-related macular degeneration
Project leaders: Claudia Wild
Project team: Claudia Wild
Duration: July 2007 - October 2007
High tech medicine, Health economics, HTA-methods & steering instruments
Clinical and health economic registries in the field of cardiovascular, spinal and neurologic diseases. Methods and good practice strategies
Project lead: Stefan Mathis
Duration: June 2007 - June 2008
High tech medicine, Rehabilitation and occupational therapy
Back pain. Diagnosis and treatment according to evidence-based guidelines - options and limitations
Project lead: Rosemarie Felder-Puig
Duration: June 2007 - Juli 2008
High tech medicine
Clinical application of Tissue Engineering. An overview of International and Austrian Areas of Research with a critical analysis of selected applications
Project lead: Erwin Falkner
Duration: May 2007 - August 2008
Oncology
Horizon Scanning in Oncology - Concept Development for the Preparation of a Horizon Scanning System in Austria
Duration: May 2007 - September 2008
High tech medicine
Testing for HER2 positive breast cancer. Challenge for improvement of current conditions and practice
Project leaders: Claudia Wild
Duration: January 2007 - June 2007
Prevention and screening
Mammography screening. Evidence-based evaluation of mammography-based breast cancer screening programmes
Project lead: Philipp Radlberger
Duration: October 2006 - July 2007
European collaboration
Emerging technologies - Part II: EU newsletter
Project leaders: Claudia Wild
Duration: Oct. 2006 - July 2007
Prevention and screening, Health economics
Statins: A comparison between predicted and actual effects on population health in Austria - Part II + III
Project leaders: Ingrid Zechmeister-Koss
Duration: 2006-2008
HTA-methods & steering instruments
Methods manual (External manual- Part 1 & Internal manual- Part 2)
Project lead: Gerald Gartlehner
Duration: September 2006 - March 2007