Barbara Prazak-Aram
Barbara Prazak-Aram will take over the leadership of the Master’s program in Digital Health Management in the fall of 2024. Since September 2022, she has been a research associate at the Institute of Health Sciences and has been teaching in the Bachelor’s program in Aging Services Management since 2016. Additionally, she has been teaching for many years at various universities in Austria.
Prior to that, Barbara Prazak-Aram spent more than 15 years in non-university research, focusing on rehabilitation technology, Active & Assistive Living, and User Experience Design at the intersection of technology and social sciences. She has extensive experience in project management and leadership of national and international projects, as well as in securing third-party funding.
Her research interests lie in the fields of Active & Assistive Living, assistive technologies for the elderly and people with disabilities, and in the implementation of participatory research designs with vulnerable target groups, along with ethical and methodological issues.
Career Path
| Since May 2024 | Designated Program Director, Digital Health Management Master at Ferdinand Porsche FERNFH |
| Since 2022 | Research Associate at the Institute of Health Sciences at Ferdinand Porsche FERNFH |
| 2018 – 2022 | External Lecturer, PH OÖ, Inclusive Pedagogy at PH OÖ |
| 2017 – 2024 | External Lecturer, University of Vienna, Institute of Education Sciences, Center for Teacher Education at University of Vienna |
| 2016 – 2022 | External Lecturer, Bachelor "Aging Services Management" at Ferdinand Porsche FERNFH |
| 2013 – 2018 | External Lecturer, FH Campus Vienna, Master's Program "Health Assisting Engineering" at FH Campus Vienna |
| 2008 – 2015 | External Lecturer, FH Wiener Neustadt, Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy at FH Wiener Neustadt |
| 03.2007 – 02.2008 | Lecturer in the "Assistive Technologies" course at University of Linz, Institute Integrated Studies |
| 2002 – 2017 | Scientist, Project Manager at AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH |
| 2001 | Project Associate at IBM Austria |
| 2000 – 2014 | Initiator, Consultant at Integr@Point e.V., Consulting Office for Assistive Technologies and Supported Communication |
| 2000 – 2002 | Diploma Candidate, Project Associate at ARC Seibersdorf research GmbH |
Education
| Since 2026 | Doctoral Studies in Education Sciences at the University of Vienna |
| 1996 – 2001 | Diploma Studies in Pedagogy with a Specialization in Special and Remedial Education at the University of Vienna |
Review activities
- ICCHP - International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, sowie für das Young Researcher Consortium im Rahmen der Konferenz.
- Zeitschrift für Gerontechnologie
Awards
06.2004 | Best poster price in the conference „challenges in dementia care: can technology |
| 09.2017 | Honourable mention for excellent distance learning at the Ferdinand Porsche FERNFH, 2nd place with the course ‘Ambient Assisted Living’ |
Memberships of Academic Societies
- Society for Supported Communication e.V.