Research Group
Cohorts in Infectious Disease and Cancer Research
AG Kohorten in der Infektions- und Krebsforschung
Prof. Dr. med. Jörg Janne Vehreschild
Group Leader
Angelina.Menke@uk-koeln.de 
+49 221 478-88794 
UKK, UKF 
„Dear Visitor,
Thank you for checking us out! Our research group „Cohorts in Infectious Disease and Cancer Research“ harbors all components of data-driven health research and rests on three main pillars: (i) epidemiology and data science, ranging from dataset design, over processing pipelines for clinical phenotyping to multivariable regression and machine learning analyses, (ii) medicine, ranging from study development to patient deployment with unique research targets, and (iii) IT with database, software, and app development.
Based on this work, our group coordinates national and international cohort consortia and real-world data collections, e.g. the German National COVID-19 cohort (NAPKON), the Clinical Communication Platform of the German Cancer Consortium (CCP), The impact of colonization with MDRO in complex surgical patients (TIARA), the Lean European Open Survey on SARS-CoV-2 (LEOSS), the Impact of Prescription Quality, Infection Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship on Gut Microbiota Domination by Healthcare-Associated Pathogens (PILGRIM) consortium, the Translational Platform HIV (TP-HIV), and the NUM Clinical Epidemiology and Study Platform (NUKLEUS).
We also participate in numerous national and international cohort trials and real-world data hubs, e.g. the EU Horizon2020 Connecting European Cohorts to Increase Common and Effective Response to SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic (ORCHESTRA) effort or the DIGital Institute for Cancer Outcomes REsearch (DIGICORE).
One day, we shall have a proper homepage where we present you the many beautiful facets of our work and all the details on the many other projects we are involved in. But for now, we need to focus on our new and exciting projects and have to leave you with this microsite, where you can explore the fantastic people that carry this group forward and find means to contact them.
If you want to know more about us or start a collaboration, please contact us anytime.
Best wishes,
Janne Vehreschild“
Prof. Dr. med. Jörg Janne Vehreschild
Group Leader
Our Team
Our Team is currently located in Cologne and Frankfurt and affiliated with four German institutions: the University Hospital Frankfurt (UKF, associated with the Goethe University Frankfurt), the University Hospital Cologne (UKK, associated with the University of Cologne), the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) and the German Cancer Consortium (DKTK, associated with the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg).
Organisation & Staff
Team: Organisation
N. N.
Office Management
Gabriel Sauer
Staff
Astrid Farowski
Finance, Controlling and Procurement
Team: Study Operations
Gabriel Sauer
Teamlead
B. Sc. Kristina Seibel
Co-Teamlead, Documentary and Study Coordinator
Christian Blumberg
Documentary and Study Coordinator
Projects: PILGRIM, CELESTIAL, Isavuconazol-Register
Christian BlumbergM. Sc. Isabel Bröhl
Project Management
Projects: NAPKON
M. Sc. Isabel BröhlB. Sc. Audrey Brinker
Student Assistant
B. Sc. Vildan Gedikoglu
Documentary and Study Coordinator
Projects: ART-CC, HiObS, Isavuconazol-Register, NAPKON, NUKLEUS, RESPOND
B. Sc. Vildan GedikogluB. Sc. Shantiya Kaluschke
Documentary and Study Coordinator
In Elternzeit
B. Sc. Shantiya KaluschkeLudwig Montag
Coordinator IT Product and Process Management
B. Sc. Johannes Schneider
Documentary and Study Coordinator
Projects: NUKLEUS
B. Sc. Johannes SchneiderM. Sc. Shimita Raquib
Project Management
Projects: NUKLEUS
M. Sc. Shimita RaquibScientific Teams
Team: Antimicrobial Resistance & Phage Therapy
Dr. med. Annika Classen
Teamlead, Physician
Team: Clinical Epidemiology of Cancer
Dr. phil. Daniel Maier
Teamlead, Research Associate
Projects: DKTK-CCP
Dr. phil. Daniel MaierM. Sc. Stefanie Andreas
Research Associate
In Elternzeit
Projects: DKTK-CCP
M. Sc. Stefanie AndreasM. Sc. Katharina Appel
Research Associate
Lisa Falchetto
Doctoral Student (MD)
Dr. phil. Bernd Bender
Research Associate
Projects: DKTK-CCP
Dr. phil. Bernd BenderM. Sc. Ian Erhard
Research Associate
Projects: DKTK CCP, onko-FDZ
M. Sc. Ian ErhardM. Sc. Fabienne Fox
Research Associate
Projects: DKTK CCP, onko-FDZ Aktuell in Elternzeit
M. Sc. Fabienne Fox
M. A., M. Sc. Svenja Hahn
Research Associate
Dr. rer. nat. Sandra Meyer
Scientific Coordinator DKTK/CCP
Projects: DKTK-CCP
Dr. rer. nat. Sandra MeyerB. Sc. Bastian Reiter
Physician, Research Associate
Projects: DKTK-CCP
B. Sc. Bastian ReiterM. Sc. Linnea Schumann
Research Associate
Projects: DigiONE, PM4Onco
M. Sc. Linnea SchumannDipl.-Biol. Barbara Uhl
Scientific Coordinator DKTK/CCP
Projects: DKTK-CCP
Dipl.-Biol. Barbara UhlTeam: COVID-19 & HIV
Dr. phil. Margarete Scherer
Teamlead, Research Associate
Lazar Mitrov
Physician
Projects: NAPKON, NUKLEUS
Lazar MitrovDr. rer. nat. Susana Nunes de Miranda
Research Associate
Patricia Sakwinski
Doctoral Student (MD)
Projects: LEOSS
Patricia SakwinskiLene Tscharntke
Doctoral Student (MD)
Patricia Wagner
Research Associate
Projects: NAPKON
Patricia WagnerTeam: Immunocompromised Host
Dr. Med. Sina Hopff
Teamlead, Physician
Projects: NUKLEUS, Isavuconazol-Register
Dr. Med. Sina HopffDavid Brilz
Doctoral Student (MD)
Marie Laug
Doctoral Student (MD)
Projects: CoCoNut
Marie LaugMatthias Laugwitz
Science Communication Officer
Pascal Pischer
Doctoral Student (MD)
Projects: Prediction Models
Pascal PischerKatharina Tilch
Doctoral Student (MD)
B. Sc. Christina Weismantel
Physician
In Elternzeit
B. Sc. Christina WeismantelLara Wieloch
Student Assistant
Dr. rer. medic. Sebastian Wingen-Heimann
Research Associate
Projects: CELESTIAL, COMBACTE-CDI, Fidaxomicin-Register, Isavuconazol-Register, PEPP-C
Dr. rer. medic. Sebastian Wingen-HeimannLuise Wolf
Physician
Projects: NUKLEUS
Luise WolfTeam: Translational Infection Research
Dr. rer. nat. Ramsia Geisler
Teamlead, Research Associate
Projects: NAPKON, TI BBD, RISK PRINCIPE, Infektiopedia
Dr. rer. nat. Ramsia GeislerB. Sc. Melissa Beste
Student Assistant
Dr. Meta Bönniger
Research Associate
Projects: TI BBD
Dr. Meta BönnigerM. Sc. Karin Fiedler
Research Associate
Projects: NAPKON, NUKLEUS
M. Sc. Karin FiedlerIT Teams
Team: DevOps & Secure Research Platforms
Markus Brechtel
Teamlead, DevOps Security Engineer
Projects: NUKLEUS, NAPKON, DZIF TI-BBD, RPS
Markus BrechtelBernd Franke
Developer
Chin-Huang Lee
Developer
Projects: NUKLEUS
Chin-Huang LeeTom-Robin Raja
DevOps Engineer
Dr. rer. nat. Vasily Tulsky
DevOps Engineer
Projects: NUKLEUS, RPS
Dr. rer. nat. Vasily TulskyTeam: Scientific Data
Nick Schulze
Teamlead, Developer
Projects: 😀
Nick SchulzeChristian Akele
Trainee
Aleksandr Belonozhkin
Trainee
M. Eng. Ibrahim Eray Güçlü
Developer
Elias Hamacher
Developer
Robert Martincevic
Developer