As part of an inter-university network and for the first time, the Ignaz Semmelweis Institute aims to pool expertise relating to detecting, preventing and managing both known and emerging infectious diseases. The medical universities in Vienna, Innsbruck, and in Graz - as well as the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna and at the JKU Linz – have established professorship positions to also be integrated at the Ignaz Semmelweis Institute.

At the podium:

• Univ. Prof. Dr. Helmut Salzer, Clinical Infectiology, Johannes Kepler University Linz
• Univ. Prof. Dr. Sylvia Knapp, interim. head of the Ignaz Semmelweis Institute, Infection Biology, Medical University of Vienna
• Univ. Prof. Dr. Martin Hönigl, Infectiology, Medical University of Graz

Moderator:

Dr. Christine Haiden, journalist and President of the Upper Austrian Press Club

Click here, opens an external URL in a new window to watch the 12^th installment of the JKU medTALK series.

The JKU’s medTALK series at the medLOFT (JKU MED Campus) focuses on the future of medicine ranging from recent research findings and healthcare, to patient care.

The JKU aims to create a platform six times a year to not only explore research and innovation in medicine, but also give physicians and media and medical industry experts an opportunity to discuss controversial topics. The JKU medTALK series is open to the public (we ask those interested to kindly sign up in advance to attend).