Igor Grabovac

📣 Take-home message:
If we’re serious about autonomy and equity, ACP must be accessible and routine — with training, adapted communication tools & organisational backing.

Thanks to our amazing #team and all caregivers sharing their experience 💙

#DisabilityRights #PalliativeCare @meduniwien.ac.at

🔍 Key findings (125 caregivers):
Only 1 in 3 had experience with ACP discussions
Main barriers: communication challenges, emotional discomfort & lack of time/structures
Bright spot: 83% want ACP training

There’s motivation, but not enough support yet.

#AdvanceCarePlanning #InclusiveHealthcare

Barriers and facilitators to advance care planning for people with intellectual disabilities: a cross-sectional survey study of professional caregiver perspectives - International Journal for Equity i... Background Advance care planning (ACP) is a critical process for ensuring person-centred end-of-life care, yet it remains underutilized among people with intellectual disabilities (ID). Understanding ...

📄 New open-access paper just out in International Journal for Equity in Health on advance care planning for people with #intellectual #disabilities in Austria.

We asked: what helps—and what gets in the way—of ACP in practice?

🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#HealthEquity #DisabilityInclusion

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The idea started with Felipe Schuch, who is coordinating this global effort.

At @meduniwien.ac.at, Sandra Haider and I are leading locally — cohort 2 is enrolled, cohort 1 wraps up next year 🎓
Our study protocol is now published if you’d like to learn more.

#AcademicSky #MentalHealthResearch

The project brings together 69 universities across 28 countries (every continent!) to study how diet, sleep, stress management, social support & physical activity influence student mental health worldwide.

#GlobalHealth #StudentWellbeing

Can you build a global cohort to study health behaviours and #MentalHealth in #UniversityStudents?
That’s exactly what UNILIFE-M is doing 🌍

Letter to the editor: Commending an insightful contribution to infectious complications in patients undergoing transrectal prostate-biopsy with Ciprofloxacin compared to fosfomycin-trometamol - World ... This study delivers a comprehensive retrospective analysis addressing the growing clinical concern of antimicrobial resistance in patients undergoing prostate biopsy. By evaluating prophylactic strate...

…patient safety, support antimicrobial stewardship, and shape effective clinical protocols.“

#ProudSupervisor

Read in full: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

As the author states:
„In conclusion, I sincerely commend Dr. Andreas Banner and his team for their significant contribution to the field of
urology. Their article represents a vital advancement, demonstrating how data-driven approaches can improve…

What an absolutely #proud moment I have to share- I am absolutely #chuffed.

My amazing #PhDstudent at @meduniwien.ac.at, Andreas Banner and the first paper arising from his thesis is subject of a #commendation #letter to the editor of World Journal of #Urology.

Eating chips regularly raises risk of type 2 diabetes by 20%, study finds Baking, boiling or mashing potatoes raises risk by 5% and replacing with whole grains lowers risk significantly

There is an *association* between eating chips regularly and developing diabetes. The authors acknowledge their study design cannot demonstrate causality. Shall we stop doing food frequency survey research and instead study how to address obesogenic environments?

www.theguardian.com/food/2025/au...

Infectious complications in patients undergoing transrectal prostate-biopsy with ciprofloxacin compared to fosfomycin-trometamol - World Journal of Urology Purpose To evaluate the risk of infectious complications associated with the use of ciprofloxacin (CIP) or fosfomycin-trometamol (FMT) for antibiotic prophylaxis in patients undergoing transrectal pro...

Read the full paper in #openaccess here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

🩺 Results showed low #infection rates, but higher in the #fosfomycin group. Suggestions are that fosfomycin ought to be used carefully and transitions to transperitoneal biopsies may even further reduce overall infection rates and support #antibiotic #stewardship in the era of rampaging #AMR.

Hot off the presses in #WorldJournalofUrology is our comparison between ciprofloxacin and fosfomycin-trometamol prophylaxis for patients having a transrectal #prostate #biopsy.

➡️ After analysing a retrospective cohort of 913 patients we took a look at the rates of #UTIs with a 30 day follow-up.

Andreas Banner can operate on your #prostate and he can also write a beautiful #paper. Very #proud of Andi and his first #PhD paper publication! 👏

📢 NEW PAPER ALERT

The #INTERACT-EUROPE100 Team visited Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg from 3–5 July to deliver the third Train-the-Trainer course, featuring hands-on workshops on the Inter-Specialty #Cancer Training Programme.

More sessions coming soon!

🔗Follow the project: www.europeancancer.org/eu-projects/...

Erste Chikungunya-Infektion in Mitteleuropa Im französischen Elsass nahe der deutschen Grenze hat sich eine Person mit dem Chikungunya-Virus angesteckt – es ist damit der erste Chikungunya-Fall in Mitteleuropa. Übertragen wird der Erreger von d...

Wer von einer Tropenreise mit Fieber, Hautausschlag, Gelenksschmerzen zurückkommt, sollte sich auch auf #Chikungunya und #Dengue testen lassen
Heuer 9 bestätigte Chikungunyafälle bei Reiserückkehrern, 68 Denguefälle #Referenzzentrale #ZentrumVirologie
#MedUniWien
science.orf.at/stories/3231...

Issues of inequity and #homelessness clearly obvious among the glitz and glam of chrome and glass skyscrapers. Time for the local government in #Brussels to do something and help people in dire need! #HousingIsHealth

Guess where I am?

Yes, Brussels! With its usual and unique blend of charm and chaos. Meeting international and industry #stakeholders to discuss #sustainability of #PatientNavigation models that we are developing in @co-captain.bsky.social 🌈

Sichtbarkeit ist super aber Policies sind viel besser! Danke an @meduniwien.ac.at und #springer für die Gelegenheit über diesen Themen zu reden.

So happy to have met Esteban during my time as a visiting #professor at EHESP in Rennes and happy to have made this further collaboration possible. 🌈

🚨 Men carry the heaviest cancer burden in Europe but policy continues to overlook them.

ECO’s Men and Cancer report remains essential reading, with urgent calls for better screening, gender-sensitive care, & a European Prostate Cancer Initiative.

📄Learn more: www.europeancancer.org/resources/pu...

Our @grabovacigor.bsky.social today at #CCCTrio focused on #cancer #care and translational research!
Bench to bedside to #policy is the future of translational #science and #research. ❤️

I will be chairing a session on #cancer #epidemiology so if you are around come and say hi! 🥰

Catch me today at #CCC-Trio at the @meduniwien.ac.at where a transdisciplinary conference on #cancer #care in underway.
This year very happy that more focus is given on #PublicHealth aspects and understanding that true transdisciplinary work in cancer care means bench to bedside to POLICY! 🌈

PRIDE Kids – Identität im Wandel Jetzt in die Folge reinhören!

Aufwachsen jenseits binärer #Geschlechterrollen 🏳️‍🌈⤵️

Diana Klinger von der #MedUniWien spricht in einer Hörgang-Folge mit Springer Medizin Österreich über Ängste, Fakten und Unterstützung – für Kinder, Eltern und Fachleute.

🎧 Zur #Podcast-Folge! ⬇️

#Pride #PrideMonth

#graz1006 Für Angehörige und Betroffene wurde ein Callcenter eingerichtet: +43591338400 📞

Prevention & Early Detection Cluster: the CO-CAPTAIN project The 4P-CAN Podcast · Episode

Take a listen here:

open.spotify.com/episode/0Q69...

I teamed up with our sister project, the 4P-CAN Project who are members of our Prevention and Early Detection Cluster - Implementation Research and made a short interview for their #podcast and spoke about our goals and values and work in the cluster where we lead the work on #inequalities.