Eva Krabb, MSc
Contact Details
Department of Nursing Science
Alser Straße 23, 1080 Vienna, Austria
Top 22 / Room 2.02
T: +43-1-4277-49823
E-Mail: eva.krabb@univie.ac.at
Research Interest
- Mental Health Care and Nursing
- Care of people with substance use disorders
- Primary Health Care
- Complex Interventions
Profile
Eva Krabb has been a University Assistant at the Department of Nursing Science since 2024. She completed her bachelor’s degree in Mental Health Nursing at the University of Southampton, United Kingdom in 2007. She worked many years as a mental health nurse in the fields of addiction care and acute psychiatry, in both inpatient and outpatient settings. From 2020 to 2023 she led the nursing team at an addiction treatment centre in Vienna.
She completed her master’s degree in nursing science at the University of Vienna in 2024. In her master’s thesis she writes about the care of people with addiction disorders in a low-threshold treatment setting. Eva describes in her thesis the development of a complex counseling-oriented intervention to improve hygiene practices for people who use substances intravenously.
In 2025 she was awarded the Elisabeth-Seidl-Preis, a national nursing science award, where she was ranked first in the category „master-thesis“.
Eva's research continues to focus on mental health care and nursing. For her dissertation project she will examine the role of nursing in the integration of mental health and primary health care.
Publications (Selection)
- Schwarz, M., Schwarz, C., Schütz, A., Schwanke, C., Krabb, E., Schubert, R., Liebich, S.-T., Bauer, D., Burghart, L., Brinkmann, L., Gutic, E., Reiberger, T., Haltmayer, H., Gschwantler, M. (2023). Combining treatment for chronic hepatitis C with opioid agonist therapy is an effective microelimination strategy for people who inject drugs with high risk of non-adherence to direct-acting antiviral therapy. Journal of Virus Eradication, 9(1), 100319. doi.org/10.1016/j.jve.2023.100319.
Abstracts
- Krabb, E., Nagl-Cupal, M. (2025). Development of a complex harm reduction intervention for people who inject drugs. Vortrag. 4th International Conference of the German Society of Nursing Science, Berlin.
- Krabb, E., & Melicharek, S. (2023). Perspektiven im Dilemma – Reflexion in der Praxis. ÖVDF-Fortbildung akzeptierende Suchtarbeit: Chancen und Herausforderungen für Fachkräfte aus der Suchtarbeit. Online-Workshop. Österreichischer Verein für Drogenfachleute.
- Schreder, D., Krabb, E., Köck-Hódi, S., Nagl-Cupal, M. (2024). Qualitätssicherung für die Pflege im Akut-Setting. Die Entwicklung des Peaceful-End-of-Life-Questionnaire. Wissenschaftliche Posterpräsentation. ÖGKV Pflegekongress 2024, Villach.
Awards
1. Place – master thesis Elisabeth-Seidl-Preis 2025 „The development of a counselling-orientated intervention to promote hygiene-practices in clients of low-threshhold addiction services“
- 1. Place – poster ÖGKV Pflegekongress 2024 „Quality assurance for nursing in acute settings. The development of the Peaceful-End-Of-Life-Questionnaire“
Affiliations & Memberships
- Austrian Health Care and Nursing Federation (ÖGKV)
- Federation of Austrian Professionals Working in the Field of Drugs (ÖVDF)