Medical University of Vienna
Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
Head of Aerobiology and Pollen Information Research Unit
Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria

Phone: +43 (0)1 40400 - 33430
FAX: +43 (0)1 40400 - 3904

E-Mail: uwe.berger@meduniwien.ac.at

Homepages: www.pollenwarndienst.at; www.polleninfo.org; www.pollendiary.com; https://ean.polleninfo.eu/Ean/

Research Interests
Symptom forecasting, threshold computation, analysis of aerobiological samples, maintaining of a European wide pollen data base (EAN), implementation of a pollen symptom diary (PHD) in Europe (already 13 European countries included), processing and dissemination of information to pollen allergy sufferers to support them avoiding their allergen (homepage, teletext, newsletter, mobile app, interviews for the media), handling symptom and pollen data and research in the field of aerobiology and allergy.

The Austrian Pollen Information Services

Our main interest is the support of the Austrian and European pollen allergy sufferer. The Austrian Pollen Information Services provide information for free and supply important tools (symptom diary; www.pollendiary.com; mobile app for smart phones). Main goal is the development and establishing of an EU-wide personalized symptoms-forecast .

Selected References

Bastl K., Kmenta M., Jäger S., Bergmann K.-C. and U. Berger. (submitted). Aerobiologia. Development of a symptom load index – enabling temporal and regional pollen season comparisons and creating a new gateway for Personal Pollen Information.

Richter R., Berger U. E., Dullinger S., Essl F., Leitner M., Smith M. and G. Vogl. . Journal of Applied Ecology. Spread of invasive ragweed: Climate change, management and how to reduce allergy costs.

Prank M., Chapman D. S., Bullock J. M., Belmonte Soler J., Berger U, Dahl A., Jäger S., Kovtunenko I., Magyar D., Niemelä S., Rantio-Lehtimäki A, Rodinkova V., Sauliene I., Severova E, Sikoparija B, and M. Sofiev (2013). Agricultural and Forest Meterology 182-183: 43-53. An operational model for forecasting ragweed pollen release and dispersion in Europe.

Berger U., Karatzas K, Jaeger S., Voukantsis D., Sofiev M., Brandt O., Zuberbier T. and K. C. Bergmann. 2013. Allergy 68: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, News and Commentaries: 963-965. DOI:10.1111/all.12181; Personalized pollen-related symptom-forecast information services for allergic rhinitis patients in Europe.

Voukantsis D, Karatzas K, Jaeger S, Berger U, Smith M. 2013. Aerobiologia 29(2):175-185. DOI:DOI 10.1007/s10453-012-9271-1; Analysis and forecasting of airborne pollen–induced symptoms with the aid of computational intelligence methods.