Research Group

Cohorts in Infectious Disease and Cancer Research

AG Kohorten in der Infektions- und Krebsforschung

“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)

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

Prof. Dr. med. Jörg Janne Vehreschild

Group Leader

nicole.katzschke@uk-koeln.de UKK, UKF

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

Astrid Farowski

Astrid Farowski

Finance, Controlling and Procurement

a.farowski@med.uni-frankfurt.de UKK, UKF

Astrid Farowski

Finance, Controlling and Procurement

Nicole Katzschke

Nicole Katzschke

Office Management

nicole.katzschke@uk-koeln.de UKK, UKF

Nicole Katzschke

Office Management

Ludwig Montag

Ludwig Montag

Coordinator IT Product and Process Management

montag@med.uni-frankfurt.de IDMKD, Goethe Uni

Ludwig Montag

Coordinator IT Product and Process Management

Gabriel Sauer

Gabriel Sauer

Staff

gabriel.sauer@uk-koeln.de UKK, UKF

Gabriel Sauer

Staff

Team: Study Operations

M. Sc. Isabel Bröhl
Projects: NAPKON

M. Sc. Isabel Bröhl

Project Management

broehl@med.uni-frankfurt.de IDMKD, Goethe Uni

M. Sc. Isabel Bröhl

Project Management

B. Sc. Audrey Brinker

B. Sc. Audrey Brinker

Student Assistent

audrey.brinker@uk-koeln.de UKK

B. Sc. Audrey Brinker

Student Assistent

B. Sc. Kristina Knaub

B. Sc. Kristina Knaub

Project Assistent

knaub@med.uni-frankfurt.de IDMKD, Goethe Uni

B. Sc. Kristina Knaub

Project Assistent

B. Sc. Vildan Rüzgar
Projects: NUKLEUS, NUM Studiennetzwerk, Fachnetzwerk Infektionen

B. Sc. Vildan Rüzgar

Project Assistent

ruezgar@med.uni-frankfurt.de IDMKD, Goethe Uni

B. Sc. Vildan Rüzgar

Project Assistent

M. Sc. Shimita Raquib
Projects: NUKLEUS, NUM Studiennetzwerk, Fachnetzwerk Infektionen

M. Sc. Shimita Raquib

Project Management

sikdar@med.uni-frankfurt.de IDMKD, Goethe Uni

M. Sc. Shimita Raquib

Project Management

Scientific Teams

Team: Clinical Epidemiology of Cancer

Dr. phil. Daniel Maier
Projects: DKTK-CCP

Dr. phil. Daniel Maier

Project Lead

daniel.maier@dkfz-heidelberg.de UKF, DKTK

Dr. phil. Daniel Maier

Project Lead

M. Sc. Stefanie Andreas
Projects: DKTK-CCP

M. Sc. Stefanie Andreas

Project Lead

stefanie.andreas@dkfz-heidelberg.de UKF

M. Sc. Stefanie Andreas

Project Lead

M. Sc. Katharina Appel
Projects: NAPKON, NUKLEUS, ORCHESTRA

M. Sc. Katharina Appel

Research Associate

appel@med.uni-frankfurt.de IDMKD, Goethe Uni

M. Sc. Katharina Appel

Research Associate

Lisa Falchetto

Lisa Falchetto

Doctoral Student (MD)

Lisa Falchetto

Doctoral Student (MD)

Dr. phil. Bernd Bender
Projects: DKTK-CCP

Dr. phil. Bernd Bender

Research Associate

bernd.bender@dkfz-heidelberg.de UKF

Dr. phil. Bernd Bender

Research Associate

M. Sc. Fabienne Fox
Projects: DKTK CCP, onko-FDZ (currently on parental leave)

M. Sc. Fabienne Fox

Research Associate

Fox@med.uni-frankfurt.de IDMKD, Goethe Uni

M. Sc. Fabienne Fox

Research Associate

M. A., M. Sc. Svenja Hahn

M. A., M. Sc. Svenja Hahn

Research Associate

hahn@med.uni-frankfurt.de IDMKD, Goethe Uni

M. A., M. Sc. Svenja Hahn

Research Associate

Dr. rer. nat. Sandra Meyer
Projects: DKTK-CCP

Dr. rer. nat. Sandra Meyer

Scientific Coordinator DKTK/CCP

Sandra.Meyer@dkfz.de UKF, DKTK

Dr. rer. nat. Sandra Meyer

Scientific Coordinator DKTK/CCP

B. Sc. Bastian Reiter
Projects: DKTK-CCP

B. Sc. Bastian Reiter

Physician, Research Associate

b.reiter@med.uni-frankfurt.de UKF, DKTK

B. Sc. Bastian Reiter

Physician, Research Associate

Isabel Schnorr

Isabel Schnorr

Physician

Isabel Schnorr

Physician

M. Sc. Linnea Schumann
Projects: DigiONE, PM4Onco

M. Sc. Linnea Schumann

Schumann@med.uni-frankfurt.de IDMKD, Goethe Uni

M. Sc. Linnea Schumann

Dipl.-Biol. Barbara Uhl

Dipl.-Biol. Barbara Uhl

Scientific Coordinator DKTK/CCP

Dipl.-Biol. Barbara Uhl

Scientific Coordinator DKTK/CCP

Team: COVID-19 & HIV

Dr. phil. Margarete Scherer
Projects: NAPKON, TP-HIV, LEOSS

Dr. phil. Margarete Scherer

Teamlead, Research Associate

margarete.scherer@uk-koeln.de UKK, UKF

Dr. phil. Margarete Scherer

Teamlead, Research Associate

Dr. rer. nat. Susana Nunes de Miranda
Projects: LEOSS, NAPKON, NUKLEUS

Dr. rer. nat. Susana Nunes de Miranda

Research Associate

Susana.Nunes-de-Miranda@uk-koeln.de UKK

Dr. rer. nat. Susana Nunes de Miranda

Research Associate

Lene Tscharntke

Lene Tscharntke

Doctoral Student (MD)

Lene Tscharntke

Doctoral Student (MD)

Patricia Sakwinski
Projects: LEOSS

Patricia Sakwinski

Doctoral Student (MD)

Patricia Sakwinski

Doctoral Student (MD)

Patricia Wagner
Projects: NAPKON

Patricia Wagner

Research Associate

Patricia Wagner

Research Associate

Team: Immunocompromised Host

David Brilz

David Brilz

Doctoral Student (MD)

David.Brilz@uk-koeln.de UKK

David Brilz

Doctoral Student (MD)

Marie Engelhard
Projects: PEPP-C, Isavuconazol-Register und Fidaxomicin-Register

Marie Engelhard

Research Associate (M.Sc.)

marie.engelhard@uk-koeln.de UKK

Marie Engelhard

Research Associate (M.Sc.)

Marie Laug
Projects: CoCoNut

Marie Laug

Doctoral Student (MD)

Marie.Laug@uk-koeln.de UKK

Marie Laug

Doctoral Student (MD)

Pascal Pischer
Projects: Prediction Models

Pascal Pischer

Doctoral Student (MD)

Pascal Pischer

Doctoral Student (MD)

Katharina Tilch

Katharina Tilch

Doctoral Student (MD)

Katharina.Tilch@uk-koeln.de UKK

Katharina Tilch

Doctoral Student (MD)

Team: Translational Infection Research

Dr. rer. nat. Ramsia Geisler
Projects: NAPKON, TI BBD, RISK PRINCIPE, Infektiopedia

Dr. rer. nat. Ramsia Geisler

Teamlead, Research Associate

Geisler@med.uni-frankfurt.de IDMKD, Goethe Uni

Dr. rer. nat. Ramsia Geisler

Teamlead, Research Associate

B. Sc. Melissa Beste

B. Sc. Melissa Beste

Student Assistant

Melissa.Beste@uk-koeln.de UKK

B. Sc. Melissa Beste

Student Assistant

Dr. Meta Bönniger
Projects: TI BBD

Dr. Meta Bönniger

Research Associate

meta.boenniger@uk-koeln.de UKK

Dr. Meta Bönniger

Research Associate

M. Sc. Karin Fiedler
Projects: NUM Studiennetzwerk, Fachnetzwerk Infektionen, NapCode

M. Sc. Karin Fiedler

Research Associate

ka.fiedler@med.uni-frankfurt.de IDMKD, Goethe Uni

M. Sc. Karin Fiedler

Research Associate

IT Team

Markus Brechtel
Projects: NUKLEUS, NAPKON, DZIF TI-BBD, ONCOnnect, RPS

Markus Brechtel

Teamlead, DevOps Security Engineer

Brechtel@med.uni-frankfurt.de IDMKD, Goethe Uni

Markus Brechtel

Teamlead, DevOps Security Engineer

Christian Akele

Christian Akele

Trainee

christian.akele@uk-koeln.de UKK

Christian Akele

Trainee

Aleksandr Belonozhkin

Aleksandr Belonozhkin

Software Developer

aleksandr.belonozhkin@uk-koeln.de UKK

Aleksandr Belonozhkin

Software Developer

Elias Hamacher

Elias Hamacher

Developer

hamacher@med.uni-frankfurt.de IDMKD, Goethe Uni

Elias Hamacher

Developer

Chin-Huang Lee
Projects: NUKLEUS, NUM Studiennetzwerk

Chin-Huang Lee

Developer

c.lee@med.uni-frankfurt.de IDMKD, Goethe Uni

Chin-Huang Lee

Developer

Robert Martincevic

Robert Martincevic

Developer

Martincevic@med.uni-frankfurt.de IDMKD, Goethe Uni

Robert Martincevic

Developer

Tom-Robin Raja

Tom-Robin Raja

DevOps Engineer

tom-robin.raja@uk-koeln.de UKK

Tom-Robin Raja

DevOps Engineer

B. Sc. Nils Tulke
Projects: NUKLEUS, NUM Studiennetzwerk, Fachnetzwerk Infektionen

B. Sc. Nils Tulke

Developer and Study Coordinator

B. Sc. Nils Tulke

Developer and Study Coordinator

Dr. rer. nat. Vasilii Tulskii
Projects: NUKLEUS, ONCOnnect, RPS

Dr. rer. nat. Vasilii Tulskii

Senior DevOps Engineer

tulskii@med.uni-frankfurt.de IDKMD, Goethe Uni

Dr. rer. nat. Vasilii Tulskii

Senior DevOps Engineer