“We need to explain research in a way that serves us all” Maribel Königer spoke with Ms Eva Höltl.
Dr Eva Höltl, an occupational physician, has been a member of ERSTE Foundation’s managing board since March 2020. In her primary role, she has headed the health centre of Erste Bank Austria, the Austrian subsidiary of Erste Group, of which ERSTE Foundation is the main shareholder, for 15 years. In this role, she was also responsible for pandemic management at the bank. Eva Höltl was also one of the spokespersons for the initiative Österreich impft (“Austria Vaccinates”) in 2021, and she is now vice-chair of the expert committee for psychosocial health on the Supreme Medical Council, the most important advisory body to the Austrian minister of health. At ERSTE Foundation, she is involved, among other things, in the development of a digital application to make everyday life easier for people caring for loved ones, which is to be brought to market maturity in 2022 by the ERSTE Foundation subsidiary Two Next in cooperation with social organisations.
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