Teresa KÖNIG, Bsc. Dipl.-Ing.

Teresa-Maria KÖNIG holds a Bachelor’s degree in Food and Biotechnology and a Master’s degree in Biotechnology from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU). Since July 2023, she has been working as a research associate and medical journalist at the Department of Evidence-Based Medicine and Evaluation at the University for Continuing Education Krems. There, she works for Medizin transparent, a project of the independent, global research network Cochrane. Her work focuses on producing evidence-based health fact-checks (rapid reviews), addressing health misinformation, and communicating complex medical information in an accessible and scientifically sound manner.
As part of her doctoral studies in Applied Medical Sciences at the Medical University of Vienna, she focuses on health misinformation, particularly on how individuals perceive, assess, and respond to it.