The goal of the research at the Health University of Applied Sciences is high-quality applied research for promoting and maintaining public health. The aspiration for a research-led culture according to the Health University of Applied Science's mission statement "we educate the future” is thus put into practice.
Scientific Integrity
In order to maintain scientific integrity at the Health University of Applied Sciences, we expect our research assistants and our students to comply with the agreed scientific practices and display honesty, sincerity, transparency, and a general regard for existing mandatory practices. This is also the foundation upon which the public trust in the research and development work carried out at the Health University of Applied Sciences is built. Each research associate at of the Health University of Applied Science is independently responsible for following the mission statement regarding good scientific practices.
The Health University of Applied Sciences is represented in the "Research Committee for Scientific and Ethical Questions (RCSEQ) ". The RCSEQ is an authorised collegial body of our partner university UMIT in Hall in Tirol and the Health University of Applied Sciences, and was installed to review and assess future studies regarding scientific and ethical criteria.
Head of Research
Dr. rer. nat. MSc. Natalia Schiefermeier-Mach
Deputy Scientific Director
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Researchers A to Z
Kai-Philipp Biermann, MSc
Lehre & Forschung
Gesundheits- und Krankenpflege
+43 512 5322-76802 Send E-Mail
Wolfgang Brunner, Bakk, MSc
Lehre & Forschung
Gesundheits- und Krankenpflege
+43 512 5322-75330 Send E-Mail
Prof.in (FH) Mag.a Dr.in Ursula Costa
Programme Director
Occupational Therapy and
Occupational Sciences
+43 512 5322-76741 Send E-Mail
Ing. Mag. Christian Ederer
E-Learning
Lehre & Forschung
Radiologietechnologie
+43 512 5322-75458 Send E-Mail
Eva Maria Jabinger, MBA MSc MSc BSc
Programme Director
Quality and Process Management in the Health Care Sector
MBA in the Health Care Sector
Head TiQG
+43 512 5322-76777 Send E-Mail
Oliver Kapferer, BScN
Lehre & Forschung
Gesundheits- und Krankenpflege
+43 512 5322-75764 Send E-Mail
Prof.in (FH) Martina König-Bachmann, BSc, MHPE
Programme Director
Midwifery and
Advanced Practice Midwifery
+43 512 5322-76751 Send E-Mail
Prof.in (FH) Mag.a Heidi Oberhauser
Programme Director
Biomedical Sciences
+43 512 5322-76732 Send E-Mail
Mag. Dr. Thomas Pixner, LL. M.
Lehre & Forschung
Gesundheits- und Krankenpflege
(derzeit in Karenz)
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Dr.in Phil. Nertila Podgorica, MScN
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
Gesundheits- und Krankenpflege
+43 512 5322-76789 Send E-Mail
Martina Prokopetz, BSc, MA
Teaching & Research
Radiological Technologies
+43 512 5322-76769 Send E-Mail
Prof.in (FH) Dr.in Anna Elisabeth Purtscher
Programme Director
Dietetics
Clinical Dietetics
Tel: +43 512 5322-76738 Send E-Mail
Mag. Thomas Rathgeber, BScN
Lehre & Forschung
Gesundheits- und Krankenpflege
Koordinator
E-Learning-Team
+43 512 5322-76748 Send E-Mail
Barbara Scheiber, BSc, MSc
Studiengangs- und Lehrgangs-
leiterin
Physiotherapie
Advanced Practice Physiotherapy
+43 512 5322-76763 Send E-Mail
Dr. rer. nat. MSc. Natalia Schiefermeier-Mach
Deputy Scientific Director
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MMag.a Bianca Steinlechner-Pircher, BEd MSc
Teaching & Research
Quality- and Process Management in the Health Care Sector
+43 512 5322-76780 Send E-Mail
Birgit Trenkwalder-Prantl, BSc, MSc
Teaching & Research
Dietetics
Tel: +43 512 5322-76746 Send E-Mail
Simone Vitzthum, MA, MSc
Tirol Institut für Qualität im Gesundheitswesen
Lehre & Forschung
Qualitäts- und Prozessmanagement
+43 512 5322-76801 Send E-Mail
Mag.a Dr.in Claudia Zelle-Rieser
Lehre & Forschung
Qualitäts- und Prozessmanagement
+43 512 5322-76778 Send E-Mail