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Medizinische Universität Innsbruck
Medizinische Universität Innsbruck

Medizinische Universität Innsbruck

Innsbruck Medical University (IMU) is the most important medical research and training facility in western Austria and is attached to one of the biggest hospitals in Austria with 1600 beds. Innsbruck Medical University focuses on innovative research in the fields of oncology, neurosciences, immunology and infectiology and further promotes scientific exchange between other leading universities in Europe.

The MDS centre of IMU has been recognised as a Centre of Excellence by the International MDS Foundation and is active in international clinical trials, clinical registries and scientific collaborations, including the European Leukaemia Net (ELN) and the MDS International Working Group. The research group of Reinhard Stauder – head of the MDS centre of IMU – has a long-standing expertise in the interpretation and analysis of clinical data with a focus on the integration of geriatric assessment in evaluation and in treatment algorithms in elderly cancer patients. The aim of this research group is to improve survival rates within MDS patients by taking into account the specific health related quality of life status of every single patient for an individualized treatment.

Our team

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Prof. Dr. Reinhard Stauder MSc

Reinhard Stauder is the representative of Austria in the EUMDS registry. He has long-standing experience in both MDS and geriatrics, particularly in geriatric assessment and the development of individualised treatment algorithms in elderly cancer patients. At present Reinhard is responsible for the geriatric oncology and MDS program of the Department of Internal Medicine (Haematology and Oncology) of IMU, which is a centre of excellence of the MDS-foundation. In MDS-RIGHT, Reinhard is coordinating the integration and analysis of the geriatric assessment. In addition he is responsible for Work package 3 “Health related quality of life issues in elderly patients with anaemia”, which aims to optimize personalized treatment based on a comprehensive evaluation of a patient’s capacities and goals. Assessment of quality of life by the validated score “EQ-5D” and the recently developed “QUALMS” questionnaires will facilitate the individualized treatment of patients and will function as an early warning system. Thus, the ultimate aim is to improve clinical outcome and to integrate patient-reported outcomes including quality of life and functional capacities in MDS-patients.

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Mag. Dr. Karin Koinig

Karin Koinig is the project coordinator for MDS Right in Innsbruck. Karin holds a doctor in natural sciences (biology) and has long standing experience in managing and coordinating projects both as work package leader and project holder. MDS Right is her fifth EU project. Karin is an expert in multivariate statistics which she is also teaching to biology students and which she applies to the local geriatric assessment data of Innsbruck Medical University.