Investigators and collaborators

Core investigators

European Translational Oncology Prevention and Screening Institute,
Universität Innsbruck

Prof. Martin Widschwendter

Dr. Chiara Herzog

Molecular analyses

Methylation analyses

European Translational Oncology Prevention and Screening Institute,
Universität Innsbruck

Elisa Redl MSc, Christine Kastner MSc, Isma Ishaq MSc, Dr. Chiara Herzog

Flow cytometry and immune cells

Institute for Biomedical Ageing Research,
Universität Innsbruck

Prof. Birgit Weinberger, Dr. Magdalena Hagen, Gabriel Knoll MSc, Michael Keller BSc

Microbiome analyses

Johannes Kepler Universität Linz

Prof. Alexander Moschen, Christina Watschinger MSc

European Translational Oncology Prevention and Screening Institute,
Universität Innsbruck

Dr. Charlotte Vavourakis

Metabolome analyses

Department for Pharmacology
Universität Innsbruck

Dr. Sonja Sturm, Dr. Umesh Kumar

Skin biopsy and histology

Department for Dermatology,
Medical University Innsbruck

Prof. Matthias Schmuth

Institute for Biomedical Ageing Research,
Universität Innsbruck

Dr. Maria Cavinato, Juliane Gasser MSc, Prof. Pidder Janssen-Duerr

Wearable data (database)

Medical University Graz

Robert Reihs BSc, Dipl.-Ing. Markus Plass, Dr. Heimo Müller

Clinical team

Study doctors and nurses

Tirol Kliniken

DDr. Peter Widschwendter, Dr. Anna Wimmer, Dr. Verena Lindner, Gabriela Hilber, Barbara Rovara, Birgit Kröss

On-site laboratory team

Tirol Kliniken

Maria Meister MSc

Vascular measurements

Medical University Innsbruck,
VASCage - Research Centre on Vascular Ageing and Stroke

Dr. Michael Knoflach, Dr. Sophia Kiechl; assisted by: Silvia Komarek, Benjamin Dejakum, Alex Messner, Bernhard Winder(Department of Vascular Surgery, Feldkirch Hospital, Feldkirch, Austria), and Johannes Nairz (VASCage- Research Centre on Vascular Ageing and Stroke, Innsbruck; Department of Pediatrics II and III, Medical University of Innsbruck)

Dieticians and Nutrition

Tirol Kliniken

Alexander Höller MSc, Ute Pichler BSc, Markus Augschöll BSc, David Ebner BSc

Exercise and sports medicine team

Institute for Sports, Alpine medicine and Health tourism,
Tirol Kliniken

Wolfgang Schobersberger, Hans-Peter Platzer

Motivational coaches

Department of Psychology,
Universität Innsbruck

Prof. Tobias Greitemeyer, Minou Mohraz, Olaya Roces Sanchez, Rosa Huber, Carina Zeitler, Anne Harbring, Rosa Ottmann, Caroline Siebert, Valeria Kovalchuk, Elvira Galeazzo, Lina Förster, Pauline Raßbach, Sonja Breu, Anna Zellmer, Sonja Breu, and Elif Algül, Melisa Amin, Johanna Haessler, Lilli Schulz, Valerie Nickel, Lea Rosenstock