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As one of the last official acts of founding rector Rudolf Mallinger, eleven clinicians from the university hospitals in Krems, St. Pölten and Tulln were appointed university professors for the first time in mid-January 2026.
Krems – The University Hospital Krems is now the only prostate cancer centre in Lower Austria certified according to OnkoZert criteria and one of only four prostate cancer centres in Austria. OnkoZert is an independent certification institute of the German Cancer Society (DKG) and audits strictly defined certification criteria.
Under the motto "Our drinking water - a mid-term knowledge exchange", the partners of the research cooperation Vienna Water Resource Systems 2020-2028 (ViWa 2020+) presented the first promising interim results and insights into the activities for the second half of the project at a mid-term symposium in the first quarter of 2025.
A study by Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences shows that higher radiation doses in lung cancer treatment carry no added risk of inflammation – and may improve survival.
Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences (KL Krems) and Rote Kreuz Niederösterreich/the Lower Austrian Red Cross (RKNÖ) are pooling their expertise in the training of paramedics. The aim is to prepare medical students at KL Krems for their work in a quality-assured manner and to promote the next generation in this voluntary care sector. In addition, the students gain a practical insight into emergency medicine and the rescue service.
During the spring conference of the OeGHO (Austrian Society for Haematologists and Oncologists) and AHOP (Working Group of Haematological and Oncological Nurses in Austria) on 25 April 2025, the General Meeting of the Austrian Palliative Care Society (OPG) took place – with a significant change at the top.
At the Research Centre Transitional Psychiatry at Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, researchers are focusing on media and video games, among other things: As part of a study, the media representation of mental health and the potential stigmatisation of autism were examined. The results show that the participants tend to favour series in which characters with high or special talents are portrayed - in comparison to more realistic representations of autism
We are delighted to announce a new school partnership with the WISO Langenlois Higher Education Institution for Social Management.
For her article "A biallelic mutation in CACNA2D2 associated with developmental and epileptic encephalopathy affects calcium channel-dependent as well as synaptic functions of α2δ-2", Sabrin Haddad PhD MSc, research associate in the Division of Physiology at Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, was awarded the prestigious "JNC Young Scientist Paper of the Year 2024 Award in Honour of Mark Smith".
Transitional life stages are important cornerstones for mental health
Im Rahmen einer Projektvorstellung an der Karl Landsteiner Privatuniversität für Gesundheitswissenschaften (KL) übergab der Rotary Club Krems-Wachau ein Sponsoring zur Unterstützung des Projekts „Fit4Reanimation – Schüler:innen in Niederösterreich lernen Leben retten“.
A new study led by Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences (KL Krems) reveals major blind spots in India’s digital health landscape.
At the end of March 2025, LGA Gesundheit Thermenregion dedicated a day to ethics in healthcare.