Public Health, Health Services Research and HTA

Doctoral (Dr. phil.) Thesis Topics

Below you will find the currently avaiable thesis topics: More information and a short description of these topics can be found in Moodle (moodle.umit-tirol.at/)

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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. Alfred Barth

  1. Mobbing und Konflikte am Arbeitsplatz
  2. Die Wechselwirkungen zwischen Berufsleben und Privatleben
  3. Die Auswirkung der Digitalisierung auf Gesundheit und Arbeitszufriedenheit
  4. Die Wahrnehmung der Gleichberechtigung von Männern und Frauen in der Arbeitswelt
  5. Generationenkonflikte in der Arbeitswelt: Mythos oder Wirklichkei​t

 

Priv.-Doz. Michael Edlinger, MSc, MSc, PhD

1. Diabetes Landeck Cohort: patient characteristics and quality of care in different care settings (extension of Haslwanter V et al., Prim Care Diabetes 2024; 18:163-168)

2. The effect of participation in a diabetes education programme on the occurrence of complications among patients of the Diabetes Landeck Cohort

 

Assoc.-Prof. Priv.-Doz. Dipl.-Math. oec. Dr.rer.soc.oec. Beate Jahn

  1. ​Decision analysis of disease management programs using real world data
  2. Decision analysis in rare diseases (potential application: multiple system atrophy)
  3. Economic evaluations of infectious disease interventions  (potential applications: COVID-19)
  4. Colorectal cancer screening – benefit harm and cost effectiveness
  5. Health equity in decision analysis (potential application: screening interventions)
  6. Patient-shared decision making – translating modeling results into decision aids
  7. Impact of climate change and lifestyle interventions   

 

a.o. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Herwig Ostermann

  1. Health systems performance assessment (HSPA) – conceptual and practical implication for health reform efforts
  2. Health service planning and its impact on hospital/health reform
  3. Low-value care and overuse – measures and management

 

Assoc.-Prof. Priv.-Doz. Mag. Dr. Ursula Rochau

1. Evaluation of diagnostic imaging modalities in breast cancer: decision-analytic modeling study and cost-effectiveness analysis along the trial (Project: Horizon Europe PREMIO COLLAB)

 

Assoc.-Prof. Priv.-Doz. Dr.PH Dipl.-Biol. Gaby Sroczynski, MPH

  1. Decision-Analytic Evaluation of Cancer Screening and Prevention Strategies to Inform HTA, Guidelines and Patient Decision Aids (Breast, Cervical, Colorectal Cancer etc.)
  2. Climate Change and Health: Evaluation of Mitigation Strategies using Health Data and Decision Modelling (EU Project CATALYZE)
  3. Development and Evaluation of Patient Aids using Decision-Analytic Modelling (EU Project 4DPICTURE)
  4. Evaluation of Infectious Disease Prevention Strategies (COVID, HPV, HIV)
  5. Epigenetics in Cancer Prevention: Evaluation of Epigenetic Markers for Personalized Screening and Prevention Strategies