AIHTA - Synopsis of current research projects

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Prevention and screening

Endometriosis: International Care Standards and Healthcare Reality in Vienna

Project leaders: Lena Grabenhofer

Project team: Lena Grabenhofer, Doris Giess, Eleen Rothschedl

Duration: Q1 2026 to Q3 2026 (8 PM)
Language: English (with German summary)

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Prevention and screening, HTA-methods & steering instruments

Health navigators

Project leaders: Claudia Wild

Project team: Claudia Wild, Romy Schönegger

Duration: February 2026 – June 2026
Language: German (with English summary)

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Rehabilitation and occupational therapy, Prevention and screening

Oral Nutritional Supplements: Efficacy, Indications, and Guidelines

Project leaders: Viktoria Hofer

Project team: Viktoria Hofer, Michaela Riegelnegg

Duration: 1^st quarter to 4^th quarter (8PM)
Language: English (with German summary)

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Prevention and screening

Effectiveness of health warning labels on alcoholic beverages: A systematic review with a narrative analysis for Austria

Project leaders: Aline Dragosits

Project team: Jule Anna Pleyer

Madlen Maierhofer
Duration: November 2025 until June 2026
Language: English (with German summary)

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High tech medicine

Bewertung medizinischer Einzelleistungen – MEL 2026

Project leaders: Julia Kern-Kim

Project co-operation: AIHTA staff for individual reviews
Duration: October 2025 – February 2026
Publication: July 15th, each year

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High tech medicine

Human Genetic Testing in Austria: An Overview of Reviews of Massive Parallel Sequencing (MPS) - Application Areas, Clinical Evidence, and Implications for Healthcare

Project leaders: Gregor Goetz

Project team: Gregor Goetz, Reinhard Jeindl, Alba Colicchia

Duration: April 2025 – November 2025 (7 PM)
Language: English (with German summary)

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Health economics

Preparatory Work for an Austrian Health Economic Guideline

Project leaders: Sarah Wolf

Project team: Christoph Strohmaier, Diana Szivakova, Sarah Wolf

Duration: February 2025 – January 2026
Language: English (with German summary)

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Psychological & psychiatric interventions

FALCO: Fighting Addictions, improving Lives: COmprehensive drug rehabilitation with music

Project leaders: Ingrid Zechmeister-Koss

Project team: Lucia Gassner

Authors: Gassner L¹, Bidzan-Bluma I², Makurat D², Karshikofffrom B³, Magel F⁴, Svensden TS⁵, Bieleninik L², Erga AH³, Zechmeister-Koss I¹

Affiliations: ¹Austrian Institute for Health Technology Assessment GmbH, Austria; ²University of Gdansk, Poland; ³University of Stavanger, Norway; ⁴Anton Proksch Institute, Austria; ⁵Regional Center for Substance Use Research, Norway

Research area: Psychological & psychiatric interventions
Project leader: Ingrid Zechmeister-Koss
Principal investigator: Catherine Lourdes Dy (NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS)
Further project partners: NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS (NO, coordinator), Universitetet I Bergen (NO), Helse Stavanger HF (NO), Sykehuset Innlandet HF (NO), Universität Wien (AT), Stiftung Anton Proksch Institut Wien (AT), Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien (AT), HAT Austria – Austrian Institute for Health Technology Assessment GmbH (AT), Herzog College (IL), Bar Ilan University (IL), Universita Degli Studi Di Pavia (IT), Uniwersytet Gdanski (PL), Fundacio Institut d’Investigacio Biomedica de Bellvitge (ES), Universitat de Girona (ES), Fundacio Institut d’Investigacio Biomedica de Girona Doctor Josep Trueta (ES), Fundació Sanitària d’Igualda (ES), Universität Zürich (CH)

This AIHTA third-party funding is part of a Horizon-Europe project (grant number 101155881)

Duration: January 2025 to December 2029
Language: English

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