Research- and Innovation Centers (RIC)
The two Research and Innovation Centers at PMU— Regenerative Medicine & Novel Therapiesand Public Health & Healthcare research —were established in 2022.
Their primary aim to consolidate often diverse scientific projects into collaborative, consortium-based initiatives. Consortium projects involve at least three research working groups (Forschungsarbeitsgruppen, FoAGs) and are coordinated through the RIC. Through shared lecture series, seminars, and events, these working groups foster deeper collaboration, spark new ideas, and identify potential partners for future grant applications.
Both centers serve as platforms and catalysts for intensifying collaboration among research working groups (FoAGs) at the PMU and its university hospitals across various health science disciplines.
By combining expertise from different research fields, these centers help maximize the full potential of research at PMU and its university hospitals, significantly enhancing their visibility of a broader scale.
Regenerative Medicine & Novel Therapies (RM & NT)
The replacement of damaged tissues or organs in the human body is a central focus in regenerative medicine. Technological advances in recent years have opened up numerous new avenues, such as the generation of stable cell systems through induced pluripotent stem cells and innovative genetic techniques like gene editing.
These scientific fields involve complex approaches that demand a high level of collaboration. The same applies to the development of new therapies in biomedicine.
In this context, the RIC for Regenerative Medicine & Novel Therapies (RM & NT) provides a platform to promote enhanced collaboration between the university hospital and PMU.
Consortium Projects
Project: COMPASS - A Comprehensive Pleiotropic Approach to Spinal Cord Injury Treatment Strategies
Principal investigator (PI): Univ. Prof. Dr. Ludwig Aigner
Institute (project lead): Institute for Molecular Regenerative Medicine;
Collaborating organizational units/institutes: Institute for Experimental Neuroregeneration; Research Program of Experimental Ophthalmology and Glaucoma Research; Institute for Pharmacy; Department of Ophthalmology and Optometry; Department of Urology and Andrology; Department of Neurosurgery; BG Accident and Emergency Hospital Murnau, SCI Center
Project: Tackling fibrosis: A cross-organ, transcriptome-guided drug repurposing approach
Principal investigator (PI): Priv.-Doz.in Dr.in Verena Wally, PhD
Institute (project lead): Department of Dermatology and Allergology
Collaborating organizational units/institutes: Department of Ophthalmology and Optometry; Department of Internal Medicine II
Project: Propionic acid in multiple sclerosis – a placebo-controlled randomized double-blinded clinical trial
Principal investigator (PI): Priv. Doz. Dr. Tobias Moser, PhD
Institute (project lead): Universitätsklinik für Neurologie, neurologische Intensivmedizin und Neurorehabilitation
Collaborating organizational units/institutes: Provincial Pharmacy of Salzburg, SALK; Clinical Research Center Salzburg (CRCS), Salzburg University of Applied Sciences; PLUS; Centre for Cognitive Neurosciences - CCNS
Project: Establishment of biomarkers for migraine in the skin: A special focus on thermoreceptors
Principal investigator (PI): apl. Prof.in Dr.in Elisabeth Russe
Institute (project lead): Hospital of St.John of God, Department of Plastic-, Aesthetic- and Reconstructive Surgery
Collaborating organizational units/institutes: Department of Neurology, Neurological Intensive Care Medicine and Neurorehabilitation; Research program for Receptor biochemistry and Tumor metabolism, SALK; Department of Biosciences and Medical Biology, PLUS; Institute for Experimental and Clinical Cell Therapy, PMU
Project: Targeting Pericyte-like Cells for Functional Regeneration - Lessons learned from Tendon, Spinal Cord and Optic Nerve Injuries
Principal investigator (PI): Priv.-Doz. Mag. Dr. Herbert Tempfer
Institute (project lead): Institute for Tendon and Bone Regeneration
Collaborating organizational units/institutes: Institute for Molecular Regenerative Medicine; Department of Ophthalmology and Optometry
Project: Identification of novel therapeutic targets in Pendred syndrome/DFNB
Principal investigator (PI): Priv.-Doz.in Silvia Dossena, Ph.D.
Institute (project lead): Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology
Collaborating organizational units/institutes: Institute for Physiology and Pathophysiology - Salzburg; Department for Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases
Project: Good Fibration: „Targeting Fibrosis to Enhance Regeneration“
Principal investigator (PI): Prof. Dr. Andreas Traweger
Institute (project lead): Institute for Tendon and Bone Regeneration
Collaborating organizational units/institutes: Institute for Experimental and Clinical Cell Therapy, University Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Dermatology and Allergology
Other Projects
Project: Pedicled bone transfer for non-unions in a rat model
Principal investigator (PI): ao. Univ.Prof. Dr. Florian Wichlas
Institute (project lead): Department of Orthopedics und Traumatology
Collaborating organizational units/institutes: Institute for Tendon and Bone Regeneration
Project: Evidence-bases individual treatment trials with immu. drugs in Mucopolysacchridosis
Principal investigator (PI):Prof. Florian B. Lagler, MD, CEO
Institute (project lead): CRCS Clinical Research Center Salzburg
Public Health & Healthcare Research (PH & VF)
Public Health, also known as health sciences, focuses on disease prevention, life extension, and health promotion through collective societal efforts, with an emphasis on equity and sustainability.
(Source: Public Health Basics Textbook, 1st Edition 2023, Urban + Fischer)
Healthcare research examines the impact of healthcare system design on access, quality, safety, costs, health, and well-being, with the aim of optimizing care and reducing errors.
(Source: Coordination Office for Healthcare Research, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg)
Consortium Projects
Project: Centre for Public Health and Health Services Research
Principal investigator (PI): Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jürgen Osterbrink
Institute (project lead): Institute for Nursing Science and Practice
Collaborating organizational units/institutes: Institute of Nursing Science and Practice, Institute of General-, Family-, and Preventive Medicine, Institute of Pharmacy and Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Clinical Pharmacy
Project: OBMAN-Management of Obesity in Salzburg
Principal investigator (PI): Priv.Doz.in Mag.a Dr.in Dagmar Schaffler-Schaden, LLM
Institute (project lead): Institute for General-, Family-, and Preventive Medicine
Collaborating organizational units/institutes: Department of Internal Medicine I, Department of Pediatrics, Department of Geriatrics
Project: Paracelsus 10,000: An epidemiological study on the health of the Salzburg population
Principal investigator (PI): Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Eugen Trinka
Institute (project lead): University Department of Neurology, Neurological Intensive Care Medicine and Neurorehabilitation; University Department of Geriatrics; University Department of Internal Medicine I
Collaborating organizational units/institutes: The Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience (CCNS) PLUS, Department of Sport and Exercise Science PLUS
Other Projects
Project: Get with the Guidelines: Evaluation of potential gender and age disparities in time to treatment, primary and secondary prevention and management of ST-segment myocardial infarction patients in Salzburg within the context of European Society of Cardiology guidelines on the management of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (n=966)
Principal investigator (PI): Mag.a Kristen Kopp, MSc
Institute (project lead):Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Salzburg
Collaborating organizational units/institutes: Institute of Nursing Science and Practice, Department of Internal Medicine II
Project: Prospective, non-interventional study to evaluate adherence and persistence to DOACS (Direct-acting Oral Anticoagulants) in a real-world elderly patient population (> 70 years) following hospitalization with symptomatic, non-valvular atrial fibrillation and determine the effectiveness of adherence-enhancing support measures such as telephone follow-up and patient medication diary entry to improve DOAC intake in this population.
Principal investigator (PI): : Mag.a Kristen Kopp, MSc
Institute (project lead): Department of Internal Medicine II
Collaborating organizational units/institutes: Institute of Nursing Science and Practice, Institute of General-, Family-, and Preventive Medicine
Projekttitel: Psychological stress in children of psychiatric patients
Projektverantwortung (PI): Mag. Victoria Elena Maringgele, PhD
Institut (Projektverantwortung): Uniklinikum Salzburg Christian-Doppler-Klinik, Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie der PMU
Mitwirkende Organisationseinheiten/Institute: Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik, Christian-Doppler-Klinik
Project: Telederm Salzburg
Principal investigator (PI): Univ.-Prof. Dr. Johann Bauer, MBA
Institute (project lead): Department of Dermatology and Allergology
Collaborating organizational units/institutes: Institute for General-, Family-, and Preventive Medicine
Project: Epidemiological Retrospective Survey of Incidence, Prevalence, Mortality, and Life Expectancy in Traumatic and Non-Traumatic Spinal Cord Syndromes (EPIDEMSCI)
Principal investigator (PI): Dr. Aljoscha Thomschewski, MSc
Institute (project lead): Department of Neurology, Neurological Intensive Care Medicine and Neurorehabilitation
Collaborating organizational units/institutes: Bio Medical Data Science
Project: Epidemiology of Spinal Cord Injury
Principal investigator (PI): Dr. Mahdi Safdarian
Institute (project lead): Department of Neurology, Neurological Intensive Care Medicine and Neurorehabilitation
Collaborating organizational units/institutes: –
Project: Mortality and life expectancy in chronic disorders of consciousness
Principal investigator (PI): Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Eugen Trinka
Institute (project lead): Department of Neurology, Neurological Intensive Care Medicine and Neurorehabilitation
Collaborating organizational units/institutes: –
Project: Content validation of the nursing risk profile for patients at risk of developing chronic postoperative pain.
Principal investigator (PI): Stefanie Berger, MScN, BScN
Institute (project lead): Institute of Nursing Science and Practice
Project: Translation and content validation of the Evidence-Informed Decision-Making Competence Measure tool.
Principal investigator (PI): Karin Kaiser, MScN, BScN
Institute (project lead): Institute of Nursing Science and Practice
Project: External validation of a multivariable risk-prediction tool (mediPORT) for identifying high-risk patients for a medication review – A prospective, national, multicenter observational study (mediPORT 2.0)
Principal investigator (PI): Mag.a Stephanie Clemens, MA, MHC, PhD
Institute (project lead): Institute of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Clinical Pharmacy
Talent Pool Projects supported to date
Priv.-Doz. DDr. Olaf Rose. Pharm. D.
Institute for Pharmacy - Pharmaceutical biology
Projekttitel: Pharmacotherapy of Parkinson Disease Psychosis
Förderung / FIZ: Senior Researcher/PH VF
Status: ongoing
Mag.a pharm. Stephanie Clemens, MA, MHC, PhD
Institute for Pharmacy - Pharmaceutical biology
Projekttitel: External validation of a multivariable risk-prediction tool (mediPORT) for identifying high-risk patients for a medication review - A prospective, national, multicenter observational study (the mediPORT 2.0 study)
Förderung / FIZ: Junior Researcher/PH VF
Status: ongoing
Marco Zattoni, PhD
Institute of Molecular Regenerative Medicine
Projekttitel: Spatial transcriptomic to define pericyte subpopulations in demyelinating spinal cord injury
Förderung / FIZ: Junior Researcher/RM NT
Status: ongoing
Priv.- Doz. Dr. Tobias Moser, PhD
Christian-Doppler-Klinik (CDK), Department of Neurology
Projekttitel: From Clinical Trials to Personalized Therapy: Propionic Acid Monitoring in Multiple Sclerosis
Förderung / FIZ: Senior Researcher/RM NT
Status: ongoing
Julia Tevini, MSc, PhD
Department of Pediatrics, Research Program of Receptor Biochemistry and Tumor Metabolism
Projekt: The Skin as the Gateway to Migraine - A Focus on Genetic and Metabolic Changes in Eyelid Skin from Migraineurs
Förderung / FIZ: Junior Researcher/RM NT
Status: ongoing
Janine Zwicklhuber, MSc
Institute of Experimental and Clinical Cell Therapy
Projekt: Establishing an EV-based Migraine Biomarker Signature
Förderung / FIZ: Junior Researcher/RM NT
Status: ongoing
Mag.a Mag.a Dr.in Christine Lehner
Institute of Tendon and Bone Regeneration
Projekt: Pericyte derived tendon cells: Novel key players in tendinopathy?
Förderung / FIZ: Junior Researcher/RM NT
Status: ongoing
Mag.a pharm. Stephanie Clemens, MA, MHC, PhD
Institute for Pharmacy - Pharmaceutical biology
Projekt: Final Destination: Pharmacists' Role in Assisted Suicide
Förderung / FIZ: Junior Researcher/PH VF
Status: ongoing
Priv.-Doz.in Mag.a Dr.in Dagmar Schaffler-Schaden, LLM
Institute of General Practice, Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine
Projekt: Screening for Obesity, Sarcopenia, and Osteoporosis in older adults in the primary care setting - the OYSTER project
Förderung / FIZ: Senior Researcher/PH VF
Status: ongoing
Priv.-Doz.in Dr. in Andrea Zurl
Department of Ophthalmology, Research Program of Experimental Ophthalmology and Glaucoma Research
Projekt: Establishment of Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy (LSFM) to Study the Involvement of Pericytes in Optic Nerve Scar Formation
Förderung / FIZ: Senior Researcher/RM NT
Status: completed
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Herbert Tempfer
Institute of Tendon and Bone Regeneration
Projekt: Pericyte- like tendon cells in vitro: Some light in the dark of cell heterogeneity
Förderung / FIZ: Senior Researcher/RM NT
Status: completed
Priv.-Doz.in Silvia Dossena, Ph.D.
Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Projekt: Identification of novel therapeutic targets in Pendred syndrome/DFNB4
Förderung / FIZ: Senior Researcher/RM NT
Status: ongoing
Dr. med. univ. Johanna Schauer-Berg, MPH
Institute of General Practice, Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine
Projekt: How are health professionals in primary care addressing the climate crisis? Development of a monitoring instrument for the evaluation of climate-health literacy.
Förderung / FIZ: Junioir Researcher/PH VF
Status: completed
Application - FIZ Talent Pool
The Talent Pool, established by the PMU, serves as an initial instrument to foster the careers of diverse employees in alignment with the goals of the FIZ. It comprises two dedicated funding tracks:
Junior Researcher
The goal is to provide systematic training and career development for young researchers. In the current Talent Pool Call, each approved application is funded with €12,500 per application and per RIC.
Eligibility: PhD students, PostDocs
NEW Application deadline for TALENT POOL: 15.10.2025
Senior Researcher
The aim is to develop a talent pool that aligns with the skills and profiles of new appointments, thematic focuses, and staffing needs. In the current Talent Pool Call, each approved application is funded with €20,000 per application and per FIZ.
Eligibility: Associate Professors/Apl. Professors and habilitated research staff
NEW Application deadline for TALENT POOL: 15.10.2025
Information about the next call
Please note that an active, approved FIZ project is required to apply for a Talent Pool project. If your project has not yet been registered, please register here.
Next planned submission date for the Talent Pool RM NT and PH VF: Autumn 2025, deadline is the 15th of October 2025
Application form Public Health & Healthcare Research (PH & VF)
Application form Regenerative Medicine & Novel Therapies (RM & NT)
Upcoming events
Save the date: FIZ Netz! 2025/2026
- 08.10.2025, 16:30-18:00 Uhr, (Location: Building C, 1st floor, HS20) - FIZ RM & NT
- 12.11.2025, 16:30-18:00 Uhr, (Location: Building C, 1st floor, HS20) - FIZ PH & VF
- 03.12.2025, 16:30-18:00 Uhr, (Location: Building C, 1st floor, HS20) - FIZ RM & NT
- 14.01.2026, 16:30-18:00 Uhr, (Location: Building C, 1st floor, HS20) - FIZ PH & VF
- 04.03.2026, 16:30-18:00 Uhr, (Location: Building C, 1st floor, HS20) - FIZ RM & NT
- 08.04.2026, 16:30-18:00 Uhr, (Location: Building C, 1st floor, HS20) - FIZ PH & VF
- 06.05.2026, 16:30-18:00 Uhr, (Location: Building C, 1st floor, HS20) - FIZ RM & NT
- 10.06.2026, 16:30-18:00 Uhr, (Location: Building C, 1st floor, HS20) - FIZ PH & VF
Past events
FIZ Netz! 11.06.2025
- Establishment of biomarkers for migraine in the skin: A special focus on thermoreceptors, Elisabeth Russe
FIZ Netz! 14.05.2025
- POET-Pain: Prävention operationsbedingter anhaltender Schmerzen durch die Einführung eines perioperativen Transitional Pain Service, Stefanie Berger und Irmela Gnass
- GeDePa: Machbarkeit und Praktikabilität eines „Geriatrischen Delir-Pass“ in der intersektoralen, interprofessionellen Delir-Prävention, Simon Krutter und Patrick Kutschar
FIZ Netz! 23.04.2025
- EPIDEMSCI: Towards a prospective Austrian Registry for Spinal Cord Injuries, Aljoscha Thomschewski
- Pharmakotherapie der Parkinson-Psychose, Olaf Rose
FIZ Netz! 19.03.2025
- Final Destination: Pharmacists' Role in Assisted Suicide, Stephanie Clemens
- Status quo Klimaschutz und Klimaanpassung in der österreichischen Primärversorgung - Ergebnisse einer qualitativen Studie, Johanna Schauer-Berg
FIZ Netz! 28.02.2025
Symposium, Rare Diseases meet Digital Sciences, „Wie Patienten mit seltenen Krankheiten von technologischer Innovation profitieren“,
- Einführung: Das große Ganze, Martin Laimer
- Wie prägt die digitale Transformation die Gesundheitsplanung, Alexandra Ferdin
- Big Medical Data – Facts and Fiction, Stefan Thurner
- Regenerative Medizin/Neue Therapien/ Projekt ServEB, Johann Bauer
- Zentrumsbildung/ZSK Sbg, Roadmap Typ A, Florian Lagler, Martin Laimer
- Fakultät für digitale analytische Wissenschaften – der Weg in die Zukunft, Arne Bathke
- Technologiegetriebene Innovation und Digitale Transformation in Healthtech, Jörg Traub
- Aktivitäten der Innovation Salzburg GmbH, Walter Haas
- Digitale Begleiter für seltene Krankheiten: Potenziale von Wearables, Elisabeth Häusler, Sebastian Mayr
- AI-unterstützte Diagnose seltener neurologischer Erkrankungen, Giorgi Kuchukhidze
- KI an der SALK – Möglichkeiten und Stolpersteine, Janne Cadamuro
- Digitale Technologien bei Operationen komplexer Kopffehlbildungen, Alexander Gaggl
- Neues aus der Murmeltierhöhle. Saskia Wortmann, Johannes mayr
- Biomedical Data Science – an der Schnittstelle von Wissenschaft und Versorgung, Georg Zimmermann
FIZ Netz! 19.02.2025
- Identification of novel therapeutic targets in Pendred syndrome/non-syndromic deafnessDFNB4, Silvia Dossena
FIZ Netz! 17.01.2025
P10 Science Hub
- Überblick P10 Studie und Datenlage, Vanessa Frey
- Die Rolle der P10 in dem PMU FIZ „Public Health“, Eugen Trinka
- Das OBMAN Projekt, Bernhard Wernly
- Die Biobank der P10 Studie, Ludmilla Kedenko
- Polygenic Risk Scores in der P10, Bernhard Paulweber
- Sportwissenschaftliche Daten in der P10, Susanne Ring
- MRT Daten in der P10, Martin Kronbichler
- MEG Daten in der P10, Nathan Weisz
FIZ Netz! 13.11.2024
- A placebo controlled MS (Multiple Sclerosis ) trial from Salzburg, Tobias Moser
FIZ Netz! 16.10.2024
- Management of Obesity in Salzburg (OBAN), Dagmar Schaffler-Schaden, Julian Gomahr, Julian Eberhardt
FIZ Netz! 18.09.2024
- Pericyte- like tendon cells in vitro: Some light in the dark of cell heterogeneity, Herbert Tempfer
- Establishment of Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy (LSFM) to Study the Involvement of Pericytes in Optic Nerve Scar Formation, Andrea Zurl
April 13, 2023, 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM
INTRODUCTION TO THE RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTER FOR PUBLIC HEALTH & HEALTHCARE RESEARCH
Topics:
Best Practices I Collaboration I Innovation I Networks I Key Insights
What to expect:
• A hub for consolidating scientific research and innovation between Paracelsus Medical Private University and its partners.
• A driving force for collaboration, information sharing, and resource planning.
• An initiator of multi-professional, interdisciplinary collaboration in Public Health and Healthcare Research.
Speakers:
- Dr. Gernot Filipp, MBA - Director, State Statistics and Administrative Controlling, State of Salzburg
- Univ. Prof. Dr. Maria Flamm, MPH - Director, Institute for General-, Family-, and Preventive Medicine at PMU / Director, Research Center for Public Health & Healthcare Research at PMU
- Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hoffmann, MPH - Institute for Community Medicine, University of Greifswald / Chair of the German Network for Healthcare Research
- a.o. Univ. Prof. Dr. Michael Lichtenauer, Ph.D. - Department of Internal Medicine II - Division of Cardiology and Internal Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Salzburg
- Univ. Prof. Dr. Jürgen Osterbrink, Dr. h.c. - Director, Institute for Nursing Science and Practice at PMU / Dean of Nursing Science / Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing Research and Education
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