Medical Psychology

The PhD Program in Medical Psychology focuses – following the biopsychosocial paradigm – on the interaction of psychological, physical and social factors with an individual’s health. Research areas covered by the PhD program include, for example, patient-reported outcome research, psychological treatment of patients with somatic diseases, sexual health, health services research, and psychoimmunology.

Students in this program will learn the skills and acquire the expertise necessary for conducting studies in the field of Medical Psychology. They will be trained in qualitative and quantitative research methods (including psychometrics and systematic approaches to guide the process of implementation of PRO-based health services in clinical care) and familiarized with different study types such as observational studies and clinical trials. Students will learn how to successfully master the full life cycle of a clinical study from planning the study, to its implementation, data analysis and dissemination of results.

The program is directed at students with a master’s level degree in psychology or a related field. Each student will be supervised by a faculty member and a PhD committee consisting of senior researchers. In addition, the students will be integrated in one of the research teams to provide the opportunity for close interaction with peers and senior researchers. Completion of the PhD program will allow to pursue a research career in academia or industry.

Lectures and Courses

The minimum study duration is 6 semesters. For the program 180 ETCS points are required. These are composed of 20 ECTS for curricular courses and 160 ECTS for the thesis.

The 20 ECTS for curricular courses are composed of core subjects (8-10 ECTS), seminars (6 ECTS) and general subjects (4-6 ECTS).

PhD program specific courses and seminars are offered in yearly intervals. Detailed information on core subjects and general subjects are provided by our Campus Information System i-med inside.

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	credits	availability	information
Patient-reported Outcomes: An introduction to the evaluation of medical treatments from the patients‘ perspective	2	WS	LV 999081 Link
Quantitative methods in medical psychology	2	SS	LV 048550 Link
Clinical Neurosciences II – Neuropsychology	3	SS	LV 042513 Link
Statistics Advanced for Non-Clinical PhD	2	WS/SS	LV 041027 (SS & WS)
Interpretation von Patient-reported Outcomes im Kontext klinischer Studien (KF)	1	SS	LV 048551 Link
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience	1	WS	LV000046 Link
Designing a qualitative research project in health – Part I	2	SS	LV 225541 Link
Analyzing and writing up qualitative research data – Part II	2	WS	LV225042 Link

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	credits	availability	information
Aktuellen Studien aus der Patient-reported Outcome Forschung	1	WS	LV999084 Link (Giesinger)
Aktuellen Studien aus der Patient-reported Outcome Forschung	2	SS	LV 999584 Link (Lehmann)

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If you want to enroll for general subjects, please register via i-med.inside or contact the lecturers directly via e-mail.

Students

The student representative positions are currently vacant.

Name	E-Mail	Supervisor
Runde Lea Anna Maria	Lea-Anna.Runde@student.i-med.ac.at	Eva-Maria Gamper
Götz Greta Lilian	Greta.Goetz@student.i-med.ac.at	Noora Tuovinen & Alex/ Hofer
Ehlers Roxana	Roxana.Ehlers@student.i-med.ac.at	Katharina Hüfner
Dieminger Alina	Alina.Dieminger@student.i-med.ac.at	Katharina Hüfner
Fliegel Anne	Anne.Fliegel@student.i-med.ac.at	Sonja Rossi

Name	E-Mail	Supervisor
Vetrano Chiara	Chiara.Vetrano@student.i-med.ac.at	David Riedl
Sonnenstuhl Marie Katharina	Marie.Sonnenstuhl@student.i-med.ac.at	Jean Paul
Schaar Christopher	Christopher.Schaar@student.i-med.ac.at	Beatrice Frajo-Apor
Puster Felix Robert	Felix.Puster@student.i-med.ac.at	Nikola Komlenac
Migl Laura	Laura.Migl@student.i-med.ac.at	Manuela Gander
Machajdik Viktoria	Viktoria.Machajdik@student.i-med.ac.at	Sonja Rossi
Gerstgrasser Sonja	Sonja.Gerstgrasser@student.i-med.ac.at	Eva-Maria Gamper
Unterholzner Jana	Jana.Unterholzner@student.i-med.ac.at	Hüfner Katharina
Söller Judith Stefanie	Judith.Soeller@student.i-med.ac.at	Ludwig Sabine
Seidl Claudia	Claudia.Seidl@student.i-med.ac.at	Holzner Bernhard

Name	E-Mail	Supervisor
Kranholdt Stefan	Stefan.Kranholdt@student.i-med.ac.at	Sevecke Kathrin
Thurner Anna	Anna.Thurner@student.i-med.ac.at	Giesinger Johannes
Birgit Haller	Birgit.Haller@student.i-med.ac.at	Sevecke Kathrin
Annika Sophie Erning	Annika.Erning@student.i-med.ac.at	Ludwig Sabine
Caroline Constanze Haupt	Caroline.Haupt@student.i-med.ac.at	Ludwig Sabine
Elisabeth Anna Schiechtl	Elisabeth.Schiechtl@student.i-med.ac.at	Hüfner Katharina
Judith Marscheider	Judith.Marscheider@student.i-med.ac.at	Rossi Sonja
Annika Rackl	Annika.Rackl@student.i-med.ac.at	Rossi Sonja

Name	E-Mail	Supervisor
Achim Schimanski	Achim.Schimanski@student.i-med.ac.at	Hüfner Katharina
Niclas Hubel	Niclas.Hubel@student.i-med.ac.at	Holzner Bernhard
Francesco Sparano	Francesco.Sparano@student.i-med.ac.at	Giesinger Johannes
Micha Johannes Pilz	Micha.Pilz@student.i-med.ac.at	Giesinger Johannes
Simone Schackmar	Simone.Schackmar@student.i-med.ac.at	Hüfner Katharina

Name	E-Mail	Supervisor
Nathalie Egeter	Nathalie.Egeter@student.i-med.ac.at	Giesinger Johannes
Franziska Gross	Franziska.Gross@student.i-med.ac.at	Holzner Bernhard
Jonas Dreher	Jonas.Dreher@student.i-med.ac.at	Holzner Bernhard
Nataliia Maronchuk	Nataliia.Maronchuk@student.i-med.ac.at	Hofer Alex
Veronika Isabella Engele	Veronika.Engele@student.i-med.ac.at	Holzner Bernhard
Jonas Raphael Dreher	Jonas.Dreher@student.i-med.ac.at	Holzner Bernhard