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Barbara Prainsack

Barbara Prainsack

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Social Sciences and Humanities
Austria
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
53
Citations
8185
World Ranking
2337
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Austria Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Austria Leader Award
  • 2019 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Barbara Prainsack is affiliated with the University of Vienna in Austria. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Medicine, with a focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics, and Information Systems.

The main topics of their work include Ethics in Clinical Research, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing, Biomedical Ethics and Regulation, Ethics and Social Impacts of AI, Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology, and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

Prainsack has published frequently in several academic venues. The most common publication outlets include:

  • SSM - Qualitative Research in Health
  • Policy Studies
  • BioSocieties
  • BMJ
  • Policy Press eBooks

Among recent papers relevant to the broader field of public health and ethics are:

  • Integrating artificial intelligence into the clinical practice of radiology: challenges and recommendations (2020), published in European Radiology
  • Face Masks During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Simple Protection Tool With Many Meanings (2021), published in Frontiers in Public Health
  • Global Public Perceptions of Genomic Data Sharing: What Shapes the Willingness to Donate DNA and Health Data? (2020), published in The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • A look into the future of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe: an expert consultation (2021), published in the Institutional Repository University of Antwerp
  • Early Perceptions of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps in German-Speaking Countries: Comparative Mixed Methods Study (2021), published in Journal of Medical Internet Research

Frequent co-authors working alongside Prainsack include:

  • Hendrik Wagenaar
  • Amelia Fiske
  • Bettina Zimmermann
  • Seliem El-Sayed
  • Katharina Kieslich

Barbara Prainsack has contributed to several book publications, mainly with Policy Press, where four editions of The Pandemic Within were published in 2021. Additionally, a version of the same book was released by Bristol University Press eBooks in 2021.

Recognition for their academic work includes being named a Member of Academia Europaea in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Solidarity: Reflections on an emerging concept in bioethics

    Barbara Prainsack;Alena Buyx

  • Solidarity in Biomedicine and Beyond

    Barbara Prainsack;Alena Buyx

  • Beyond individualism: Is there a place for relational autonomy in clinical practice and research?:

    Edward S. Dove;Susan E. Kelly;Federica Lucivero;Mavis Machirori

  • Integrating artificial intelligence into the clinical practice of radiology: challenges and recommendations

    Michael P. Recht;Marc Dewey;Keith Dreyer;Curtis Langlotz

  • SOLIDARITY IN CONTEMPORARY BIOETHICS – TOWARDS A NEW APPROACH

    Barbara Prainsack;Alena Buyx

  • Face Masks During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Simple Protection Tool With Many Meanings.

    Lucia Martinelli;Vanja Kopilaš;Matjaž Vidmar;Ciara Heavin

  • The future of technologies for personalised medicine

    Alison Harvey;Angela Brand;Stephen T. Holgate;Lars V. Kristiansen

  • ‘Negotiating Life’ The Regulation of Human Cloning and Embryonic Stem Cell Research in Israel

    Barbara Prainsack

  • Personal genomes: Misdirected precaution.

    Barbara Prainsack;Jenny Reardon;Richard Alan Hindmarsh;Herbert Gottweis

  • Biobanks : governance in comparative perspective

    Herbert Gottweis;Alan Petersen

  • A survey of UK public interest in internet-based personal genome testing.

    Lynn F. Cherkas;Juliette M. Harris;Elana Levinson;Tim D. Spector

  • Global Public Perceptions of Genomic Data Sharing: What Shapes the Willingness to Donate DNA and Health Data?

    Anna Middleton;Richard Milne;Mohamed A. Almarri;Shamim Anwer

  • The Use of Forensic DNA Phenotyping in Predicting Appearance and Biogeographic Ancestry.

    Peter M. Schneider;Barbara Prainsack;Manfred Kayser

  • A solidarity-based approach to the governance of research biobanks.

    Barbara Prainsack;Alena Buyx

  • The “We” in the “Me”: Solidarity and Health Care in the Era of Personalized Medicine

    Barbara Prainsack

  • A look into the future of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe: an expert consultation.

    Emil Nafis Iftekhar;Viola Priesemann;Rudi Balling;Simon Bauer

  • An action plan for pan-European defence against new SARS-CoV-2 variants.

    Viola Priesemann;Rudi Balling;Melanie M Brinkmann;Sandra Ciesek

  • Logged out: Ownership, exclusion and public value in the digital data and information commons:

    Barbara Prainsack

  • Genetic Suspects : Global Governance of Forensic DNA Profiling and Databasing

    Richard Alan Hindmarsh;Barbara Prainsack

  • Early Perceptions of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps in German-Speaking Countries: Comparative Mixed Methods Study.

    Bettina Maria Zimmermann;Amelia Fiske;Barbara Prainsack;Nora Hangel

  • Trust in genomic data sharing among members of the general public in the UK, USA, Canada and Australia.

    Richard Milne;Katherine I Morley;Katherine I Morley;Katherine I Morley;Heidi Carmen Howard;Emilia Niemiec

  • Enterprising or altruistic selves?:making up research subjects in genetics research

    Richard Tutton;Barbara Prainsack

  • The Prüm Regime: Situated Dis/Empowerment in Transnational DNA Profile Exchange

    Barbara Prainsack;Victor Toom

Frequent Co-Authors

Effy Vayena
Effy Vayena ETH Zurich
George P. Patrinos
George P. Patrinos University of Patras
Rudi Balling
Rudi Balling University of Bonn
Federico Innocenti
Federico Innocenti University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Matjaž Perc
Matjaž Perc University of Maribor
David Neil Cooper
David Neil Cooper Cardiff University
Milan Macek
Milan Macek Charles University
Fahd Al-Mulla
Fahd Al-Mulla Kuwait University
Paolo Fortina
Paolo Fortina Thomas Jefferson University
Tim D. Spector
Tim D. Spector King's College London

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