Collaboration
Our collaboration brings together dedicated minds from IMC Krems, Duervation and the Karolinska Institute. Here we focus on in-depth research, forward-looking collaboration and innovative projects aimed at improving the occupational balance of informal caregivers.
IMC Krems University of Applied Sciences
Located in the heart of the province of Lower Austria, IMC Krems is an internationally oriented University of Applied Sciences. Its research focuses cover future-oriented topics, take a long-term perspective, and are constantly being enhanced by means of domestic and international partnerships with business, community groups and other academic institutions. The university’s research topics range from sustainability-related issues in business to the latest developments in health sciences, as well as state-of-the-art focus topics in science & technology.
Prof. (FH) Hanna Köttl, PhD, MSc, BSc
Partnership Manager and
Project Lead
Hanna Köttl works as program director and researcher at IMC Krems, leading the CROB research project. During her PhD studies as part of the EU H2020 ITN EuroAgeism project, she gained in-depth research and policy experience, collaborating with various international universities and high-level policy organizations, including UNECE and AGE platform Europe. Her research focuses on health inequalities, digital healthcare and media literacy in later life. Dr. Köttl also contributes as Associate Editor to the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR Aging).
Assoc. Prof. (FH) Larisa Baciu, MSc
Project Team Member
Larisa Baciu is an occupational therapist, lecturer and researcher at IMC Krems. As an occupational therapist, she has worked with people whose daily activities and quality of life have been affected by neurological and geriatric conditions. In teaching she has specialized in interprofessional collaboration and the use of the ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health). She is a board member of the Austrian Association for Occupational Science (AOS), where she is involved in quality assurance and the development of occupational therapy. In 2024 she leads the CROB project on an interim basis.
Stefanie Lentner, MSc
Project Team Member
Stefanie Lentner is an occupational therapist and health scientist. Her therapeutic work focuses on the treatment of stroke patients in the home setting. She contributes her knowledge about patients’ and their informal caregivers’ needs and challenges to the CROB project. Her research interests are stroke rehabilitation, in particular stroke survivor’s engagement in leisure activities, interprofessional collaboration with formal and informal caregivers and occupational balance. Stefanie also works as a lecturer and is committed to providing information on evidence-based work in the Association of Austrian Occupational Therapists.
Evelyn Haberl, MSc, BSc
Project Team Member
- Evelyn Haberl is an occupational therapist and completed a Masters’ Degree in Applied Health Sciences at the IMC Krems in 2023 while working in an interdisciplinary group practice. Prior to working in the healthcare field, she gained experience in accessibility and universal design as an interior designer. Evelyn joined the research project CROB and is also holding lectures at the University of Applied Sciences Campus Wien. Her research interests include health promotion and enabling participation, and range from school-based occupational therapy to occupational balance and informal care.
Duervation
Duervation is an Austrian enterprise which aims to innovate health care based on health care consulting and research and development. Duervation has a broad-based and interdisciplinary team with extensive experience in the development and implementation of health technologies, in healthcare, in education and training for health professionals, and in science and research.
Priv.-Doz. Prof. (FH) Mona Dür, PhD, MSc
Project Partner
Mona Dür is the founder and managing director of Duervation GmbH, a management consultant, health scientist, and occupational therapist. She is also an affiliated scientist at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and President of the Austrian Association of Occupational Science (AOS). With Duervation, she contributes to the human-centered digitalization of healthcare. She has 17 years of experience in teaching and research, is a guest lecturer at several universities, co-editor of PlosOne and Frontiers in Pediatrics, and has numerous publications.
Cornelia Lischka, MSc, BSc
Project Team Member
Cornelia Lischka studied Occupational Therapy at the University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt and completed a Master's degree in Health Assisting Engineering at the University of Applied Sciences Campus Wien. She works as an occupational therapist and as a scientific employee at Duervation GmbH. She is involved in various research projects primarily aimed at health promotion with a focus on occupational therapy.
Michael Schön, MSc, BSc
Project Team Member
Michael Schön completed his Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering with a specialization in Rehabilitation Engineering at the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien in 2020 and obtained a master’s degree in Health and Rehabilitation Engineering in 2022. He has worked with heart rate variability applications and medical computer models. Michael worked as a project manager for a software company specializing in innovation support before joining Duervation in 2023 as a research assistant involved in health promotion and health data use projects.
Karolinska Institute
The Karolinska Institute (KI) is one of the world’s leading medical universities. It is Sweden’s largest academic center for medical research and offers the country’s most extensive range of medical courses and programs. With a close relationship to the clinical environment, a well-established infrastructure, and a stable financial situation, KI has excellent conditions for sustaining high-quality research and education.
Prof. Susanne Guidetti, PhD, MSc
Project Partner
Prof. Susanne Guidetti, at the Karolinska Institutet, leads the HELD research group and coordinates international efforts for the Occupational Therapy program. She oversees the Doctoral Programme in Health Care Science (PUF-V) and has extensive experience in teaching and supervising. Her research focuses on developing, implementing and evaluating health care and rehabilitation interventions, particularly in occupational therapy and neurology. She has a strong international profile with international collaborations for example in Sweden, Uganda, and Denmark. For more information, visit HELD Research Group.
Funding
This project is funded by the Gesellschaft für Forschungsförderung Niederösterreich m.b.H. (GFF) as part of the RTI-Strategy 2027 (FTI21-P-005).
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The Gesellschaft für Forschungsförderung Niederösterreich m.b.H. (GFF) is the research funding agency of the province of Lower Austria. Through its objective, transparent and service-oriented performance in the field of science and research, it contributes to achieving the strategic goals of the province of Lower Austria. In the RTI Strategy 2027 of the province of Lower Austria, the RTI partnerships were defined as a funding instrument for the establishment of networks and thematic groups that are intended to promote research and innovation on issues and challenges within the RTI fields of action. Within the framework of the RTI partnership, institutions from various scientific disciplines are to network with non-scientific institutions (i.e. interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary). The combination of scientific and practical knowledge should contribute to solving social challenges. To this end, an RTI partnership is formed around a specific topic and brings in a wide range of expertise to enable new perspectives and open discourse. The RTI partnership should continue to develop and grow. This is the only way to ensure sustainability and a focus on needs (www.gff-noe.at).
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