Center for
Digital Health and Social Innovation

Research is our passion

As a multidisciplinary team, we drive innovation at the intersection of health, social and digital technologies in three research groups for the benefit of our society.

Get to know the leadership of the Center for Digital Health and Social Innovation and its research groups, as well as other researchers active with us.

Core Team

Dr. rer. nat. Vanessa Yue Fei Leung
  • Senior Researcher
    Center for Digital Health and Social Innovation
  • Department of Health Sciences
P: +43/676/847 228 670
FH-Prof. Priv.-Doz. Dr. Brian Horsak
  • Head of Center for Digital Health and Social Innovation
  • Senior Researcher Institute of Health Sciences
  • Department of Health Sciences
P: +43/676/847 228 587
FH-Prof. Jakob Doppler MSc
  • Academic Director Digital Healthcare (MA)
    Department Media and Digital Technologies
  • Head of Center for Digital Health and Social Innovation
    Department Health Sciences
P: +43/676/847 228 680
Dr. Eva Turk MBA
  • Senior Researcher
    Center for Digital Health and Social Innovation
  • Department of Health Sciences
P: +43/2742/313 228 534
P: +43/676/847 228 534

Researcher

Julia Böck BSc
  • Research Assistant
    Media Computing Research Group
    Institute of Creative\Media/Technologies
  • Department of Media and Digital Technologies
Bernhard Dumphart Bakk. MSc
  • Junior Researcher Institute of Health Sciences
  • Department of Health Sciences
P: +43/676/847 228 480
Ing. Dipl.-Ing. Bernhard Girsule BSc
  • currently on leave
  • Junior Researcher
    Digital Technologies Research Group
    Institute of Creative\Media/Technologies
  • Department of Media and Digital Technologies
Dipl.-Ing. Stefanie Größbacher BSc
  • Junior Researcher
    Media Computing Research Group
    Institute of Creative\Media/Technologies
  • Department of Media and Digital Technologies
P: +43/676/847 228 656
FH-Prof. Dipl.-Sporting. Dr. Mario Heller
  • Lecturer
  • Department of Media and Digital Technologies
P: +43/676/847 228 682
FH-Prof. Andreas Jakl MSc
  • Lecturer
  • Department of Media and Digital Technologies
P: +43/676/847 228 683
Dr. Victor Adriel de Jesus Oliveira MSc
  • Lecturer
  • Department of Media and Digital Technologies
P: +43/2742/313 228 679
FH-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Peter Judmaier
  • Deputy Head of
    Media Computing Research Group
    Institute of Creative\Media/Technologies
  • Lecturer
  • Deputy Academic Director Media Technology (BA)
  • Department of Media and Digital Technologies
P: +43/676/847 228 630
Philipp Krondorfer MSc
  • Junior Researcher
    Center for Digital Health and Social Innovation
  • Department of Health Sciences
Dr. Sabine Lehner BA MA
  • Researcher Ilse Arlt Institute for Social Inclusion Research
  • Department of Social Sciences
P: +43/2742/313 228 524
FH-Prof. Mag. Dr. Michaela Moser
  • Lecturer
  • Department of Social Sciences
P: +43/676/847 228 554
Dipl.-Ing. Stefan Nebel BSc
  • Junior Researcher
    Digital Technologies Research Group
    Institute of Creative\Media/Technologies
  • Department of Media and Digital Technologies
FH-Prof. Mag. Dr. Johannes Pflegerl
  • Head of Research Institute
    Ilse Arlt Institute for Social Inclusion Research
  • Lecturer
  • Deputy Academic Director Social Work (MA)
  • Deputy Head of Department
  • Department of Social Sciences
P: +43/676/847 228 555
Kerstin Prock BSc PT, MSc
  • Research Assistant
    Center for Digital Health and Social Innovation
  • Department of Health Sciences
P: +43/2742/313 228 312
FH-Prof. DSA Mag. (FH) Dr.PhDr. Christoph Redelsteiner MSc
  • Academic Director Social Work (MA)
  • Course Leader Addiction Counselling and Prevention (acad.)
  • Course Leader Addiction Counselling and Prevention (certif.)
  • Course Leader Addiction Counselling and Prevention (MA)
  • Department of Social Sciences
P: +43/676/847 228 556
Dr. Lukas Richter BSc MSc
  • Lecturer
  • Department of Social Sciences
P: +43/676/847 228 514
Dipl.-Ing. Mag. Alexander Rind
  • Researcher
    Media Computing Research Group
    Institute of Creative\Media/Technologies
  • Department of Media and Digital Technologies
P: +43/2742/313 228 653
Ing. Benjamin Roszipal BSc MMS
  • Research Assistant Institute of Health Sciences
  • Department of Health Sciences
Dipl.-Ing. Lucas Schöffer BSc
  • Junior Researcher
    Digital Technologies Research Group
    Institute of Creative\Media/Technologies
  • Department of Media and Digital Technologies
P: +43/2742/313 228 686
FH-Prof. Manuel Schwanda BSc MScN
  • Deputy Academic Director Healthcare and Nursing (BA)
  • Senior Researcher Institute of Health Sciences
  • Department of Health Sciences
P: +43/676/847 228 543
Mark Simonlehner MSc
  • Junior Researcher Institute of Health Sciences
  • Department of Health Sciences
P: +43/2742/313 228 578
Tarique Siragy BSc MSc PhD
  • Senior Researcher
    Center for Digital Health and Social Innovation
  • Department of Health Sciences
Dipl.-Ing. Djordje Slijepčević BSc
  • Researcher
    Media Computing Research Group
    Institute of Creative\Media/Technologies
  • Department of Media and Digital Technologies
P: +43/2742/313 228 654
Adrian Vulpe-Grigorasi BEng MEng
  • Junior Researcher
    Center for Digital Health and Social Innovation
  • Department of Health Sciences
FH-Prof. Barbara Wondrasch PT PhD
  • Head of Research Institute
    Institute of Health Sciences
  • Department of Health Sciences
  • Member of the UAS Board from 2023 to 2026
P: +43/676847 228 583
FH-Prof. Priv.-Doz. Dipl.-Ing. Mag. Dr. Matthias Zeppelzauer
  • Head of
    Media Computing Research Group
    Institute of Creative\Media/Technologies
  • Department of Media and Digital Technologies
P: +43/676/847 228 652